Broadway Traded to Mets for Ramon Castro, Cash; Corky Miller DFAed; Whisler Recalled from Charlotte

Whew.

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well then

THANK YOU NATE SILVER, TECHNOLOGY IS THE TOPS

by Hazymania on May 29, 2009 10:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wes Whisler: This guy just doesn’t strike enough people out. While his ERA is often very nice – 3.81 last year and 2.12 so far this year – his peripherals scream "not a major leaguer." He’s averaged about 4.5 K/9 in the upper minors and that simply won’t do. While he does perform better against lefties, he hasn’t shut them down like a Gobble can. Also has little experience pitching in relief.

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by larry on May 29, 2009 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this is such a fuckin odd trade

Banned - by The Cheat on Sep 25, 2008 10:17 PM CDT

by BoeJouma on May 29, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

why?

we are replacing a career +44 ops with a +90 ops.

I must be an idiot
i do not get this where would he play stuff? I see you guys are making a big deal of this, but i do not know what you guys are talking about
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by JoeCoolMan24 on Aug 19, 2005 9:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs

by Where Triples Go to Die on May 29, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not like we lost anything in it

" You know...
I think this technique of using the ninth inning of close ballgames as extended spring training for pitchers who’ve missed time due to injury might not be a great idea."
by eponymous_coward on May 14, 2009 1:16 PM PDT

by U-God on May 29, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Castro

47 % caught stealing this year, very small sample size (7 / 15).

"I am not going out like SSH. "
by WTGTD, 12/3/08

by ballyb on May 29, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ok i am really leaving now

later h8ers

by JoeCoolMan24 on Aug 19, 2005 9:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs

by Where Triples Go to Die on May 29, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Corky Miller -- dude just couldn't provide the shaving-cream-pie quota that the Sox need from their back-up catcher

by CWSKeith on May 29, 2009 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Purging our failing 1st round picks?

Why stop there…albeit we’d be selling low on Fields and McCullough.

"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."

by Shoeless In SC on May 29, 2009 10:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Castro career numbers:

28% CS

vs. LHP: .256/.330/.426
vs. RHP: .231/.306/.415

It looks like he’s better than AJ right now. Not that AJ’s going anywhere. Still, probably the best backup catcher we’ve had since Jim’s been writing about it.

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by colintj on May 29, 2009 10:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

do you think he could top toby's coulda shoulda 2007 season?

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Jun 1, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey guys, Mets fan here.

Y’all got the better end of this trade by far. Castro is a good offensive catcher (when healthy), can PH well, is at least competent behind the plate, and honestly was our best catcher. Fucking Omir Santos gets a couple clutch hits, and suddenly we trade our best catcher. Sweet. Anyone have any information on Broadway? He was a pretty good prospect a few years ago, right?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on May 29, 2009 10:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

not really.

he was drafted high. that’s about it. backend rotation fodder. which i believe you guys actually may need.

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by larry on May 29, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

major league back end rotation fodder is what they need.

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by colintj on May 29, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

walks a lot of guys

by IceColdFalstaff on May 29, 2009 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Broadway sucks.

He can’t break 90 regularly and never will. He aspires to be Brian Bannister.

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by colintj on May 29, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Every time he is warming up in the bullpen, you'll cringe....unless you have a 10-run lead.

That’s been my experience, at least.
However, the opportunity for google images is rich with him.

Cheers!

by homesickalien on May 30, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still get the cringe unless we're losing by ten

by TheFunkle on May 30, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone talk Alexei down from the rafters...

…it’s not that Castro

by IceColdFalstaff on May 29, 2009 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Now that's funny!

"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009

by DrCrawdad on May 30, 2009 1:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

VG.

Middle name Abraham.Another brother, WU.

"I am not going out like SSH. "
by WTGTD, 12/3/08

by ballyb on May 30, 2009 4:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been waiting years for this deal.

Ramon Castro is the natural compliment for AJ Pierzynski, and if things go well, a natural backup for Tyler Flowers. He is easily the best backup catcher the Sox have had this century. The only cause for concern is whether or not he can stay healthy, but getting him for Lance Broadway is a move I love.

by asinwreck on May 30, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

castro is too old and too poor defensively to be a complement to flowers.

the sox will need a guy who plays good defense to back-up flowers and is durable. a back-up to flowers should play in quite a few games, if only because flowers should be pulled in the 7th/8th or later in any game in which the sox have a close lead.

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by larry on May 30, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So who would you choose as a backup fitting your description?

Then narrow iby adding “who is available at a reasonable price?”. Sounds like you’d like T-Flow to actually come in and transition slowly. (As in, a guy who really should be able to be a #1 catcher should compliment Flowers.) I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 30, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no. flowers should be the starting catcher when he arrives.

and i’m not going to think about it right now because it’s not something which requires thinking until 1.5 years from now or so.

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by larry on May 30, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Please.

You are following guys whose projected ML arrival is 2011 for the most part.

AndI know you think at least 5 years down the road. You had your wife picked out in high school. I’d make book on that.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 30, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, who are in the white sox organization.

i’m sorry that i don’t follow the backup catcher market that closely. perhaps you should post at soxmachine.

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by larry on May 30, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

LOL.

Perhaps.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 30, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

Rec’d

Your suit is black.............................................................................................NOT

by trademaker on May 30, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have certainly unadopted you.

You embrace the tiger that is larry, you are on your own.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 30, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would've unadopted him at the suggestion of trading Buehrle.

by homesickalien on May 30, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn right

the force is strong with this one!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 30, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you guys know

people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance.

Your suit is black.............................................................................................NOT

by trademaker on May 31, 2009 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so go back to your failed blog

sorry if that came of as harsh, but learn to hang with it. we are a bunch of assholes, that’s part of this site. but if you’re going to act like an idiot and a child you will be treated as such. if you say something dumb, it’s best to just drop it and move on because if you try to fight it on here it’s just going to end badly for you.

by U-God on May 31, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you can't handle WU, probably best to go back into hibernation. At least until the spell-checker got fixed.

by homesickalien on May 31, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i love his comment so much i may make it my sig

by U-God on May 31, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

To assail the one who defended you (and attempted, in a small way, to protect you)

is counterproductive. If you want to hang with the 8th best MLB blogging site you have to grow up, or allow ourself to be embraced as a mascot. No whining allowed. You sound like my 6 year-old daughter. Grow some hair.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 31, 2009 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs