According to an SI.com report on Tuesday, the Chicago White Sox will not try to resign the free-agent outfielder. That means that the sure Hall of Famer will have played only 41 games in Chicago, which lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL division series.

The White Sox acquired Griffey from the Cincinnati Reds in July for the stretch run. The team held off the Minnesota Twins for the AL Central crown but lost in four games to the Rays in the playoffs.

Between the two teams last season, Griffey hit only .249 with 18 homers and 71 RBIs in 490 at-bats. He is a career .288 hitter with 611 home runs. The 13-time All-Star and 1997 MVP played 11 seasons in Seattle and parts of nine with Cincinnati.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3669977

Hi, I'm from SouthSideSox. Here is a post I made over there, was wondering what some of you thought, and could offer some help on what might be asked in return. 

"I was bored so I decided to play some MLB The Show. I signed Roy Oswalt in the 2009 offseason, and I was thinking, what about Wandy Rodriguez in real life? I have heard his name thrown around in all these Jake Peavy trades, so I assume he is expendable. He had a pretty decent year last season. I then figured it would be nice to get a young CF along with Wandy. I see Abercrombie on their roster with an OF that includes Lee, Pence, Bourn, and even grindERSTAD. Since Reggie isn't actually that young anymore (28), he might not be regarded that highly with Houston. "

Is that accurate? And does anyone here know of the status of those 2 players? Can they be traded, or will it be too hard to pry them from Mr. Wade? I really don't follow the Astros at all, you guys know much more than I. What would the 'Stros be looking for in return?

 

 

I was bored so I decided to play some MLB The Show. I signed Roy Oswalt in the 2009 offseason, and I was thinking, what about Wandy Rodriguez in real life? I have heard his name thrown around in all these Jake Peavy trades, so I assume he is expendable. He had a pretty decent year last season. I then figured it would be nice to get a young CF along with Wandy. I see Abercrombie on their roster with an OF that includes Lee, Pence, Bourn, and even grindERSTAD. Since Reggie isn't actually that young anymore (28), he might not be regarded that highly with Houston. 

Buehrle

Danks

Rodriguez

Vazquez

Floyd

Looks pretty good to me, and then plug in Abercrombie in CF and leadoff. 

Abercrombie

Getz

Quentin

Thome

Konerko

Dye

Swisher

Pierzynski

Ramirez

 

Not sure exactly what the Astros are looking for. Thoughts?

Swish and Fat Toby made a video on FunnyorDie. Swisher is funny, Fat Toby is not. 

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cf84d400b7

 

Maybe it's just because i'm a Sox fan, but I found genuine humor and good acting skills in Swish right there. I hope they do this often.

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Via MLBTraderumors...

 

C - A.J. Pierzynski - $6.25MM
C - Toby Hall - $2.25MM (club option, $150K buyout)
1B - Paul Konerko - $12MM
2B - Chris Getz - $400K
SS - Alexei Ramirez - $1.1MM
3B - Josh Fields - $400K
IF -
LF - Carlos Quentin - $400K
CF - Brian Anderson - $400K
RF - Jermaine Dye - $11.5MM
OF - DeWayne Wise - $400K+
OF/1B - Nick Swisher - $5.3MM
DH - Jim Thome - $13MM

SP - Mark Buehrle - $14MM
SP - Javier Vazquez - $11.5MM
SP - John Danks - $400K
SP - Gavin Floyd - $400K
SP - Clayton Richard - $400K

RP - Bobby Jenks - $550K+
RP - Scott Linebrink - $4.5MM
RP - Octavio Dotel - $6MM
RP - Matt Thornton - $1.325MM
RP - Boone Logan - $405K
RP - D.J. Carrasco - $400K+
RP - Ehren Wassermann - $400K

Buyouts: Ken Griffey Jr. - $2MM

Other commitments: Jose Contreras - $10MM, Mike MacDougal - $2.65MM

I'm not sure if any of the $22MM received from the Phillies will go toward Thome's 2009 salary.  I'm also unsure if Chicago's portion of Junior's buyout goes toward '09 payroll.  To play it safe I will include all of that.  That brings us to $108MM plus arbitration raises, notably to Jenks.  So figure a little north of $110MM committed.  The Sox began the year with a $121MM payroll, though GM Ken Williams will not necessarily use every last dollar.  It seems that the Sox can afford one decent free agent if that's Williams' preference.

The Sox have talked about wanting to add speed at the top and bottom of the lineup.  A guy with a strong OBP would surely be preferable.  Willy Taveras, Juan Pierre, Ichiro Suzuki, Brian Roberts, Orlando Hudson, Chone Figgins, Randy Winn, Cesar Izturis, Bobby Abreu, and Coco Crisp may be available to varying degrees.  Roberts would be perfect, but the Orioles may still want young pitching or a shortstop.  Winn or Crisp could be easier to acquire.  The Angels may prefer to keep Figgins.

There's talk of moving one of the pricier vets, maneuvering past no-trade clauses.  Dye would be appealing to many clubs; Abreu could be signed as a replacement.  Another option: shop Jenks.  Three years of Jenks is quite valuable, and he'd make an appealing alternative to signing Francisco Rodriguez or Brian Fuentes.

At this point we have learned to just sit back and watch Williams work...he has proven he's unpredictable and very good at his job.

Que the horrifying dead horse images, but I really would like to pursue Brian Roberts for a 1 year deal with Chris Getz playing a benchrole and learning from Roberts.

Here are the AWESOME predictions of MLB 08 The Show for tonights game. I downloaded the most current rosters, and set up the exact lineups for tonight. Here are the results....

 

Sox - 6

Twins - 3

Player of the Game: Gavin Floyd

• Wise - 1/5, 1 R
• Cabrera - 1/5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• Dye - 0/2, 2 BB
• Thome - 0/4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• Konerko - 2/4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• Griffey - 3/4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Ramirez - 1/3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• AJ - 2/4, 2 RBI, 1 K
• Uribe - 1/4, 1 RBI, 1 K

2B - Griffey, Wise 3B - Cabrera RBI - Cabrera, AJ (2), Griffey, Ramirez, Uribe HBP - Dye
E - Cabrera SB - Dye, Ramirez
Floyd (W) - 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K Thornton - .2 IP, 1 H, 2 K Jenks (S) - 1 IP, 0 H

There you have it! I'm sure they will be 100% correct.

but don't we have to win the division by 1.5 games to clinch? And likewise, don't the Twins have to win by 1.5, and if either is only leading by .5, then we play the make-up game vs. the Tigers.

 

45, 44, 43, 42, 41,40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34,33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16.

The record for most 20+ HR hitters in a season is 7 set by the '96 Orioles and the 2000 Blue Jays. Here are our players who are already there, and the players who are "on pace" to get there....

Have 20:

Quentin; Dye; Thome; Swisher

On pace for 20:

Ramirez (20); Griffey (22);

Have a Chance:

Crede (only 3 away); Konerko (on pace for 17); Pierzynski (on pace for 16)

 

I think Ramirez, Griffey, and Crede will all get there. That would put us at a tie with the record at 7. That leaves it up to Konerko and AJ. I dont think AJ has a chance, but Konerko might be able to step it up.

Also, we are currently on pace for 245 HR this year, that would set a franchise record, and put us 19 behind the Major League record set by the '98 Mariners. We are currently averaging 1.5 HR a game, but over the past 2 weeks it seems we have been averaging 3+. We could make a run at that record as well.

This time no Q-uperman, it's Ozzie.

 

SI: I wish I knew how to...

Oz: Bullfight

SI: Hot dog, hamburger, or tofu?

Oz: Hotdog

SI: Favorite part of The Dark Knight?

Oz: Haven't seen it

SI: Favorite part of Project Runway?

Oz: The weird make-up (I think Ozzie has to reconsider what he watches, and what he doesn't)

SI: Sexiest woman you never met?

Oz: Sharon Stone (Interesting, I figured she would be latino)