The team to beat is...

by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Feb 21, 2011 11:15 AM CST

I asked this several weeks ago. Now that we have reached February and there is much more certainty about this team and those in our division, I ask again (after the jump)...

Have the moves of Kenny Williams this offseason made the White Sox the team to beat in the AL Central? The Twins did very little but will nonetheless add two very good pieces to their October roster (Joe Nathan and Justin "I'm Dizzy" Morneau). The Tigers now have some Miggy-related turbulence, but he's not expected to miss any significant amount of time. The Royals and Indians are the Royals and Indians.

Poll

Given the additions to the roster, are the 2011 White Sox the team to beat in the AL Central?

Yes.

63 votes

No.

23 votes

Paper predictions never matter. Give me the real games.

35 votes

Ask me in September.

3 votes

124 votes | Poll has closed

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Clearly, its Detroit.

I hope Kotsay gets hit by a dump truck and slips into a coma where he is stuck forever in Baseball purgatory having to bat against a three-headed, six-armed Lefty Hydra consisting of Billy Wagner, Damaso Marte, and Randy Johnson. - Shoeless In SC

by blackoutsox on Feb 21, 2011 7:56 PM CST reply actions

if alex rios says it...

i’ll roll with him.

Kenwo4life=ratings

by KenWo4LiFe on Feb 21, 2011 8:03 PM CST reply actions

TEAM TO BEAT

WE WILL HAVE AN AWESOME BATTING ORDER, ON PAPER OUR PITCHING STAFF SHOULD DOMINATE, BUT WE HAVE TO BEAT THE TWINS.. IN HEAD TO HEAD GAMES!!!

by Kenny Villareal on Feb 21, 2011 9:38 PM CST reply actions

man, people just ripping off veteran members' icons left & right this week.

by craigws on Feb 21, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions

I am flattered.

Since I own no copyright and can cloak the bastard whenever I want I am positively Zen-like in my calm.

He was the last vestige of a time when men named Rube and Mordecai and Smokey Joe and Grover strode as giants upon the land, their won-loss records both gleaming and gory, good and bad entangled.

by winningugly on Feb 22, 2011 6:46 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs

Do you by chance work with Bills of Lading?

by Grinder in Training on Feb 22, 2011 9:49 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs

Or converse with Eastern European truckers?

Take your whosh like a man, dammit. - RWShow

White Sox Baseball:
We’re so expensive, we force Christians to steal. - blackoutsox

by Shoeless In SC on Feb 23, 2011 8:37 PM CST up reply actions

Besides all the yelling

I do agree the Sox need to do better H2H vs the twinkies.

Does UZR take into consideration the JumpThrow?

by Tdogg on Feb 22, 2011 9:52 AM CST up reply actions

The team to beat this year is the Sox

Hopefully we’ll have our guys healthy enough the majority of the year this time to make a serious run into and through the playoffs.

When life gives ya lemons, shut up and eat your damn lemons.
Brett Favre will lead the Vikings to a Victory in Super Bowl XLVI, Guaranteed! - REVENGE4FAVRE

by P-Townfan on Feb 24, 2011 9:22 AM CST reply actions

I think the White Sox can win 100 games this year to beat out Detroit by 5 games.

The UFC is a place where they will pay you tens of thousands of dollars for you to fight but only 1 dollar for your soul.

by communication-breakdown on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM CST reply actions

Wow, I love the optimism

But I gotta keep ‘em at 90ish. The championship team didn’t win 100

Your 2011 Chicago White Sox: Donkey Kong!!!

by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Feb 25, 2011 9:29 AM CST up reply actions

If we get off to a hot start, stay healthy, and manage a winning head-to-head against the Twins and Tigers

I think 100 is possible. I personally think we’ll be in the mid 90s but we have an outside shot at 100.

Our manager wears 13, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.

by ChiSoxRox on Feb 25, 2011 6:25 PM CST up reply actions

I'd say yes

Of course we really do not know till the season starts. I think our start is going to be very important, due to the age of our squad. Injuries can kill us or put us down for a time, but Herm is the best in the business.

by 815Sox on Feb 26, 2011 11:41 AM CST reply actions

The team to beat is the defending champions of the AL Central.

Any discussion of us being the team to beat or about us winning 100 games seems a bit extreme considering we haven’t even played a spring training game yet. The Twins are the reigning champions and will be until someone dethrones them. This speculation is ridiculous.

Two rights make one wrong

by Rhubarb on Feb 28, 2011 9:37 AM CST reply actions