Minor Nuggets
by larry on Jan 6, 2010 7:45 PM CST
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Courtesy of Scott Merkin.
In news that shouldn't surprise anyone:
According to [Buddy] Bell, there was a bit of a discrepancy in [Juan] Silverio's papers over his age, so he ended up spending last year with the White Sox Dominican team. But Silverio was back for a great instructional league showing this past fall and might have physically outgrown the shortstop position.
The speculation about it was obvious based upon his return to the Dominican in 2009 after spending 2008 with Rookie League Bristol as numerous players were unable to get visas due to improper documents. However, this is the first time it has been confirmed. Since he was in the US for instructional league, it appears that the issue has been resolved and he'll be back in the US minor leagues next season, likely Kannapolis.
More unsuprising news:
Look for Viciedo to play both third base and first base this season, probably starting the year for Triple-A Charlotte. Bell said the present reports out of Miami from bench coach Joey Cora and Minor League pitching coach Jose Bautista have been solid concerning Viciedo's ongoing conditioning work and that Viciedo could contribute offensively at the big league level in 2010.
Viciedo rather obviously could not handle third so the move to first was inevitable.
The luminaries will be out in Arizona this weekend:
Champion and Bell will join pitching coach Don Cooper, bullpen coach Juan Nieves and another highly respected White Sox Minor League pitching coach in Curt Hasler during this weekend's voluntary White Sox pitching minicamp at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. Young pitchers such as Daniel Hudson and Lucas Harrell will be joined by infielder-turned-reliever Sergio Santos, among others, along with appearances by Peavy, Matt Thornton and J.J. Putz in this optional skull session.
And for winningugly:
Due to Mitchell's reduced baseball experience as a two-sport athlete at LSU, Bell said the White Sox "will be slower with him then we would be with most No. 1 picks."
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So any word on how old Silverio is?
There was some chatter that he was 34 or something fantastic. I can’t imagine that’s true if they’ve bothered to get him back to the States.
What kind of prospect is he now?
i'd doubt he's more than 2 years off his originally listed age.
probably born in 89 or 90.
i haven’t really thought of him as much of a prospect. not sure it really changes much. of course, bell called him “one of our higher-prospect kids”, whatever the hell that means.
This seems interesting..
It seems now that Viciedo is trying to find himself a true posistion, if you ask me it is definitely not 3rd and it seems it will either be 1st or DH. I can’t recall off the top of my head from last spring, how storng is Viciedos arm really? Just Curious because if it is indeed strong, is the outfield not a possibility for him? Preferrably one of the corner spots.
If Bell doesn't think his footwork is good enough to play third,
what makes him think he can play first?
The last time Bell was in the White Sox organization
Frank Thomas played first. So there you go.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
Viciedo's arm is good.
Not a cannon, but good. Acceleration isn’t his strong suit, though.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
Ive heard he could throw 93 mph
no joke
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
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Rating the Managers by Intentional Walks
The intentional walk is one of the more more overused moves in MLB. The goal of this post is to identify which managers most frequently overuse the free pass. (I did a similar post last season that you can view by clicking here.)
The reason why IBBs are usually a bad idea is because putting a runner on increases the opposing team’s chances of scoring in every base-out combination possible. Of course, despite that, intentional walks can still help a team’s chances of winning in specific, strategic situations, like late in close games, two outs, a star hitter at the plate, and a much less dangerous hitter on deck. But you have to be judicious, and most managers are not.
interesting stuff at link
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/320766-rating-the-managers-by-intentional-walks
use it to set up a DP...
I’m a big fan of the intentional walk and don’t think it is used often enough.
Kenwo4life=ratings
or use it to set up the 2 run home run
or the 1 run double. or first and third. or first and second. or..
BA grades the 2005-2008 drafts
White Sox A C D C+ 2.38
(first letter grade is 2008 and then descending to 2005; last is GPA from that period. yes, they used GPA)
Hells Bells!
The important part is our grades are AC/DC. Fuck yes!
His name is Rios and he dances on the sand
Metal.
The Boogeyman cometh
by omnipotent grab on Jan 7, 2010 10:07 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
public service announcement for anyone who misses wilson betemit
he is tearing up the dominican league (mlb has him listed with a .928 OPS in 166 ABs playing for gigantes and a .940 OPS in 162 ABs playing for leones.)(i believe he solely plays for gigantes). anyways, you may see him play at 5:30 cst today as gigantes takes on leones on espn360.
the suck is not just a river in ireland.
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by billyok on Jan 7, 2010 10:40 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Cust re-signs with A's
Well, that's too much for him at this point.
And apparently he doesn’t, so screw him. Christ, we need a hitter with a ceiling that isn’t an absolute prayer for him to reach, but we’re running out of options.
I don't know if there really are any serious options they would consider besides Thome
at least right now. Maybe Delgado.
"Oh well back to work"
Branyan is an option, no? I know he seems to be asking for two years, but his options appear to be rather limited
and if the Rangers land Vlad, isn’t Dye likely back in the picture? I know that all these guys (besides Thome) still want to play the field, but with teams getting smarter about not only defensive ability but also vulnerability to injury, I’m fairly certain that most of Dye, Vlad, Delgado and Branyan are going to have to eventually settle for mostly-DH-and-some-field roles (provided they’re not willing to play for $1-2 million).
On that same note, if the Sox refuse to upgrade their DH spot over ~$3 million, I’m going to be rather salty heading into the season.
yep
and since Branyan is a credible 1B, it allows KW to sell him to Ozzie as adding to team ‘flexibility’
We won't get that extra power hitter/ DH until mid-season
Kenny will likely try to pull off some big trade for someone like Adrian Gonzalez or Prince Fielder at or near the trade-deadline. That is if we’re not out of contention by then b/c of our weak lineup.
by Quickly 0 and 2 on Jan 7, 2010 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
So punt the DH spot for 81 games?
I’ll just regurgitate larry’s point — seeing that the division has been decided by one-game playoffs each of the past two years, that seems like a really cogent plan.
I agree that it's a stupid plan
But wait and see. This is exactly what they will do. We’re not adding any high impact players until mid-season by trade. The off-season additions are over. And I just don’t get it with this pitching staff. You’d think Kenny and company would really go for it. But their hope will be that the team can just hang in there until July 31, make that big move, and land in the post-season.
by Quickly 0 and 2 on Jan 7, 2010 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
If they wait
I doubt it would be that long. I do really think KW wants to add one now but is trying to manage Guillen’s wishes. Hopefully the sweet talking KW is known for sometimes can come thru here to convince Ozzie it’s his idea. I still think Thome will prob be so cheap it becomes a no brainer. Especially if he talks about retiring as a White Sox. And yeah with the division as is its a stupid idea to wait.
"Oh well back to work"
Still not worried, Thome is the guy for the job.
And he’s still out there. Fuck flexibility, the guy took up a roster spot on an NL team last year, if the Dodgers can figure it out, I’d sure as hell hope Ozzie can figure it out when there is actually a position for the guy.
Having flexibility for the 10 or whatever NL DHless games we play a year is ridiculous. I’d much rather have a good lineup for 150 games. It’s just posturing to hold off on making a decision, when KW knows he can use Thome as a fallback.
Pierre, Beckham, Q, Thome, Konerko, Alexei, AJ, Rios, Teahen with our rotation and bullpen wins the AL Central. KW isn’t going to let Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay or Ozzie ruin that for him. He may like his manager, but he likes winning a lot more.
by Grinder in Training on Jan 8, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
O n second thought....
I might give him 5 plus another 2-3 in incentives.. I think he’s got one last hurrah left….
So...let's get in that game, Kenny.
Hopefully, he has his ass already in it.
My fear is all the decent DH options sign elsewhere
Then the Twins swing a trade for Uggla to play 3B. Then Kenny goes out and does something stupid to try to match their move.
It’s going to be sad when the Sox lose the division to the Twins because KW and JR couldn’t find $4M to sign a DH
.
logic's been dead
kenwo shoots from his hip and thinks with his gut.
by colintj on Dec 29, 2009 1:15 PM CST
by e-gus on Jan 7, 2010 3:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Father, What is Regret?
There's Your Zagnut!!!
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jan 7, 2010 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
This kid just is begging for a wedgie
or a swirlie. Or a colin-inspired fist.
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
this is the kind of outside the box, the lights are on but larussa is behind the wheel sleeping thinking the sox could use.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is excited about Mark McGwire’s return to baseball as the team’s hitting coach and raised the bizarre possibility of putting the former slugger on the active roster for use as a pinch-hitter.
“If we’re in contention, we’ll put him on the roster Aug. 31. It’s a nice little dream,” said La Russa, adding that he expects McGwire — who dodged steroid questions before Congress and has been silent since accepting his new job with the Cardinals — to address the media soon.
“Is it likely?” La Russa said of the pinch-hitting scenario. “Probably not. I don’t think it’s a zero possibility. The point is, you’ll see him in spring training. He won’t be leaning on the batting cage chatting it up. He’ll work his (butt) off, and hitters will be thrilled he’s there helping them.”
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/01/la-russa-mcgwire-could-pinch-hit-for-cardinals.html
that's one way to get an extra few years of HOF eligibility
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my thoughts exactly, the lucky prick
wrapped and sealed with masking tape moistened with sweat experience existence of ignorance
by onlysoxfaninboston on Jan 7, 2010 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
St. Louis Kenwo finds this idea intriguing.
by The Actual El Guapo on Jan 7, 2010 6:47 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Whoosh.
Nice stepping on the joke, DB. ;)
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
a guillen-thomas clubhouse would be deep-fried awesome.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
Entirerly OT...
Just saw a TV promo for “The Doctors”, and the jackass MD hosting the show is wearing scrubs…. ON THE SET! Because keeping a sterile field in a TV STUDIO is really Fraking important… Maybe he is doing procedures during the commercial break.
He could be dressed up in any freaking costume- Spaceman, Godzilla, a Ghost… What a Putz.
There's Your Zagnut!!!
fucker! my motherboard's maxed at 8GB
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
You could comment on like, 5400 game threads with that power.
Taj Gibson is the face of Bulls basketball!
by Trey23 on Jan 5, 2010 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 7, 2010 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
I have 8GB and I'm going to move up to 16GB this spring. To be honest in most things I don't notice a
difference between 4GB and 8GB. However when editing pictures and videos I do.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Yeah, I get by with 375.
WoW looks a little dumpy and there are some rather important clipping issues (sometimes my toon’s head gets cropped, its creepy) but nothing else, really. Now, bandwidth… I would love it if someone would liven up all the damned dark fiber. FIBER TO YOUR DOOR!
grumble, grumble, FCC.
Google has bought a lot of it but they aren’t using it for anything, yet. Might be the backbone for something, phone network maybe?
Football is miles behind here
and i’m getting stuck in
what do you reckon to this crap?
’ Patrick Vieira’s value to Manchester City is a winning mentality ’ – we are way behind – but i’ve got stuck in on the blogs
This is the United States calling. Are we reaching?
His name is Rios and he dances on the sand
by Nordhagen on Jan 7, 2010 9:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
A trade for Kotchman just became more complicated.
KenWo stews, as Konerko looks to retire in Chicago.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Red-Sox-Casey-Kotchman-Mariners
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
Oh, and the Yellow Rose of Texas is that color because
it has been sprinkled with urine. This kid Gilbert is some prize recruit! 24-6.
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
i wouldnt want to be playing against Alabama's defense
if I was Colt McCoy….let alone some 18 year old pissing down my leg……..again
Confucious say "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
poor kid man
he’s only thrown 26 attempts prior to this game, which will be the biggest stage he sees over the next years. i don’t even want to imagine what McCoy’s feeling standing on the sideline all game….
bummer Texas, bummer
well, apparently his arm is dead. that's got to hurt draft status.
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by thatshortkid on Jan 7, 2010 11:14 PM CST up reply actions
TEBOW TEBOW TEBOW
Taj Gibson is the face of Bulls basketball!
by Trey23 on Jan 5, 2010 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 8, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
wow really?
I hadn’t heard that, was listening to the game on mute. Will definitely hurt his status.
it's what he kept stupidly saying in his post-game interview on the field
“something something my arm is dead something something i can’t feel it, like i slept on it wrong and it’s asleep something something”
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jan 8, 2010 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
any college football nostradomii care to predict the order of picks between mccoy / tebow / bradford / clausen?
if you want to get fancy, say round / position
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by thatshortkid on Jan 8, 2010 12:32 PM CST up reply actions
clausen, bradford, tebow, mccoy
clausen-stl, bradford-was, tebow-jax, mccoy-somewhere in the 3rd round
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by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
Suh has to be the first (stl) pick, no?
by The Actual El Guapo on Jan 8, 2010 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
i can see them taking jimmy anyways
they aren’t a particularly well run franchise and do need a quarterback badly. i see suh going second.
"A brief but trenchant analysis of Scott Podsednik
He’s dogshit."
by NYRoyal on Jan 8, 2010 8:56 AM PST
My bold NFL prediction for the year:
The team that gets Suh (whoever it is) will make the playoffs next year.
by The Actual El Guapo on Jan 8, 2010 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
Pour one out this weekend for Jim Sulski
One of Columbia College’s finest
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by billyok on Jan 8, 2010 12:40 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Goodbye everyone it's been fun
I’m moving to Royals Review or as I like to call it -where Sox players go to die Review. I’m a little scared and I’ll miss you guys except “larry”. At least G-E-T-Z GetzGetzGetz will be there to ease the awkwardness though his social views make me nervous to be around him.
Note to hsa: I left the money inside the musket
Signed,
scotty ballgame
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
by Scotty Ballgame on Jan 8, 2010 9:13 AM CST via mobile reply actions
come on scotty, you're better than that
settling for cheap inside jokes. Pods deserves a better funeral than that. Couldn’t you post a picture of a retarded kid or something?
I can't upload the stool chart on my mobile
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
by Scotty Ballgame on Jan 8, 2010 9:45 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
oh. noes!
So what’s the new name gonna be?
I am not your lady... I am not any kind of a lady! ~ Aldonza
by homesickalien on Jan 8, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
I dont know
I figure I have until end of ST or else current name can transfer to Linebrink
I am open to suggestions
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
by Scotty Ballgame on Jan 8, 2010 10:56 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
OK
how about larry’s missing soul?
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
by Scotty Ballgame on Jan 8, 2010 11:04 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
You could slip a Simpson's ref in there and make it larry's$5soul
I am not your lady... I am not any kind of a lady! ~ Aldonza
by homesickalien on Jan 8, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
Simpson's did it
Is that like the forbidden donut….forbidden donut….mmm
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
by Scotty Ballgame on Jan 8, 2010 1:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Seduced to the Dark Side- Darth Pods
There's Your Zagnut!!!
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jan 8, 2010 2:27 PM CST up reply actions
link sorry
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/01/royals-close-to-signing-speedy-outfielder.html
Confucious say "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
I love Dayton Moore.
Taj Gibson is the face of Bulls basketball!
by Trey23 on Jan 5, 2010 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 8, 2010 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
Who is sadder?
Brian Anderson as he once again is relegated to the bench or Royals fans as they now have Scott Podsednik as plan A in CF with Brian Anderson as their fourth outfielder.
I was going to ask how do you stick with the Royals as a fan.. but when you have no expectations of ever doing well, and you know you can’t win, the losing probably just isn’t that bad. Anyone past the age of like 12 knows in their heart of hearts their team has no chance of being successful. When you have no hope, I guess you can’t have any disappointment.
by Grinder in Training on Jan 8, 2010 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
There's some kind of strange link between Sox-Royals
We take their crappy relievers and they take our crappy hitters.
Tabasco turned out just fine.
Who have we given them that’s been worth a tinker’s damn?
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
The man whose name is an anagram for Gals Odors.
by The Actual El Guapo on Jan 8, 2010 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
Nobody really
That’s what I was saying. A majority of the time we’re playing pass the trash.
On a side note, was Pods somehow a type A free agent? Or B at least? Do we get any picks out of this?
Wouldn't have minded a Cubs uniform..
Could walk down the street and watch him play, and I’m sure he wouldn’t have helped their chances of being successful so that’d have been nice.
Wouldn’t want him in a Sox uniform, but he’s been nothing but good for the White Sox. Seems like a classy guy, I’ll be rooting for him to do well, especially as he plays for a team that has no chance of winning the division.
by Grinder in Training on Jan 8, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Most fun Royals games ever coming at you in 2010
Assuming any of these guys make it out of spring training
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Over/under on how many times Pods does something heroic to end a game against us in 2010. Bar set at 5.
Over.
I am not your lady... I am not any kind of a lady! ~ Aldonza
I Predict...
Gimpy will be on the DL for at least 30% of the season. I will take the Under.
There's Your Zagnut!!!
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jan 8, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
Haters!
;)
I am not your lady... I am not any kind of a lady! ~ Aldonza
by homesickalien on Jan 8, 2010 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
under. it's dependent on pods being put in a position to do something heroic / game ending.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jan 8, 2010 12:20 PM CST up reply actions
I will miss e-gus' picture of him after getting picked off 3rd in Seattle.
“Dur”, IIRC.
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
Hey, speaking of that, when are we going to have an RIP memorial book
for BA, Pods, and the rest of the Royals gang?
"don tink about new jork. jus come in ready to wing de gay."
I thought the same yesterday. I'll take care of it if larry doesn't want to.
I am not your lady... I am not any kind of a lady! ~ Aldonza
by homesickalien on Jan 8, 2010 3:28 PM CST up reply actions
not every player is deserving.
BA should have had one but i was busy then. oh well. the rest do not have that certain je ne sais quoi which merits remembrance.
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