SB Nation User Blog: PaulieK14

I Don't Know What's Worse

PaulieK14 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:50:33 -0000

The fact that some "analyst" has the Minnesota Twins winning the 2009 World Series, or the fact that Peter Gammons has Gordan Beckham winning the AL Rookie of the year, the same Beckham that is in AA Birmingham. Does he forsee us tanking quickly and brining him up in late May? He also has Josh Fields as his Breakout Player (as does homer Chris Singleton), so where's all of this love coming from? (Alexei is also picked as a Breakout Player by 2 people, 1 person picked the Sox as a dark-horse team, & only 2 people picked the Sox to win the Central - ESPN Fantasy Analyst Matthew Berry & homer Chris Singleton)

ESPN predicts the 2009 season

(Side note: These predictions were made on Sunday)

MLB To Lend A Hand To Type As?

PaulieK14 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:45:56 -0000

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/02/mlb-to-lend-a-h.html

There have been rumblings that Major League Baseball, which is aware that Type A free agents like Juan Cruz and infielders Orlando Hudson and Orlando Cabrera have been hindered by the compensation rules, are willing to make it easier for teams to sign then trade those free agents. For example, Arizona could sign Cruz to a contract that the Twins are willing to take on. The Twins and Diamondbacks would then work out a trade for Cruz. The Twins could land Cruz without losing a draft pick.

What does this mean for teams like the Sox looking to get compensation for Cabrera? Are lawsuits for getting nothing in terms of compensation in the near future?

Matt Bush Story Leading To Danny Goodwin Story

PaulieK14 — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:33:13 -0000

Matt Bush doing his best to rank among baseball's biggest busts

By David Brown

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Matt-Bush-doing-his-best-to-rank-among-baseball-?urn=mlb,139588#remaining-content

5. Danny Goodwin, White Sox '71 and Angels ‘75: Goodwin has the distinction of being the only person ever picked first overall twice. "But I've never heard of Danny Goodwin," you're probably saying. If so, it's because he hit .236 with 13 homers in 636 career at-bats in the majors and his career ended in '82. The Sox in '71 didn't have much else from which to choose in the first round (Jim Rice went 15th to the Red Sox) but they might have regretted taking someone named Bill Sharp in the second round, 25th overall, while passing on George Brett (29th) and Mike Schmidt (30th). As for Goodwin, here's a fun story about his Peoria (Ill.) roots.

White Sox Make Offer To Bobby Abreu

PaulieK14 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:07:20 -0000

[NY Daily News]

Bobby Abreu was offered a one-year deal worth $8 million from the White Sox, the Daily News has learned. Abreu made $16 million as the Bombers' starting right fielder last season. He anticipated being able to sign a three-year deal as a free agent this offseason but has mostly received only one-year offers.

[Note by The Cheat, 02/03/09 1:00 PM CST]:Redirected to original source, and promoted to the front page.

[Update by The Cheat, 02/03/09 2:51 PM CST]: Scott Gregor uses a little common sense, and a "White Sox source," to deny the rumor. Meanwhile, Jerry Crasnik seems to have more detail.

Negotiations between the Chicago White Sox and free-agent outfielder Bobby Abreu stalled early this week after the team floated the possibility of a one-year, $8 million contract, said a baseball source.

The source disputed a New York Daily News report that said the White Sox had made Abreu an $8 million offer but confirmed that the team has been in contact with Abreu's agent, Peter Greenberg, in an effort to gauge the outfielder's asking price.

And Kenny Williams is still blaming bloggers for the economic meltdown, world hunger and global warming.

"He is a great player and can help any club," said Williams via e-mail to MLB.com, not confirming or denying the Abreu offer, staying consistent with his offseason policy. "But I just have stopped responding to every blogger's post."

Michael Young On White Sox Radar

PaulieK14 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:53:12 -0000

http://stations.espn.go.com/stations/espnradio1000/blog?id=3738908&post=3822498

The always-secretive White Sox have been working hard in baseball's underground trying to obtain a top-of-the order hitter for their lineup. According to American League sources, the White Sox have had talks with the Texas Rangers about the availability of shortstop Michael Young. Young, multi-talented infielder and 5-time All-Star, is in the final year of a contract and will be a free agent at the end of the 2009 season. Texas has interest in Jermaine Dye, as a suitable replacement for Milton Bradley, who officially signed with the Cubs on January 8. Dye has one more year remaining on his contract before becoming a free agent.

In addition to Dye the Rangers have asked for former #1 pick, and Sox pitching prospect, Aaron Poreda. Poreda is considered the best young arm in the organization. And any trade involving Poreda would be a deal-breaker for White Sox. A White Sox source told me on Friday that at this time there are no legs to the proposed deal with Texas, however the Rangers are very interested in Dye and a reworking of this deal could happen sometime in the near future.

Young hasn't played 2B since 2003, so if we find a way to get him, we might be looking at Alexei playing 2B again in 2009.

Jon Garland's Destination?

PaulieK14 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:48:14 -0000

MLBTraderumors.com was asking where Jon Garland might end up and I was wondering that as well. Are we content with the starting 5 of Buehrle, Danks, Vazquez, Floyd, & Richard? Could we give Garland a "hometown discount" and bring him back in and have Richard as long relief? Are we going after another starter and not automatically inserting Richard as the #5? I know Garland wasn't a part of the Angels' playoff plans and it seems somewhat comical with last year's trade becoming a moot point with Garland and Cabrera as free agents, but I guess we could get some draft picks out of Cabrera. Thoughts on Garland returning to the Sox or where else he might end up?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/10/odds-and-end-15.html

Interesting Passan Column

PaulieK14 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:12:06 -0000

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AlYtMqoK8EM8prvr8HRTsh45nYcB?slug=jp-playoffpulse090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Playoff Pulse: Do-or-Dye play costs White Sox

By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports 12 hours, 8 minutes ago

CHICAGO – He tried not to second-guess himself. Jermaine Dye believed he made the right decision, and manager Ozzie Guillen backed him up, and that was good enough for the Chicago White Sox, even though the truth wasn’t nearly that easy.

Every September, there are seminal moments that define a team, decisions that determine if a team spends October in a ballpark or on a couch...

Is he tasting for Maple?

PaulieK14 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:31:18 -0000

Is he tasting for Maple?

Gordon Beckham

PaulieK14 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:32 -0000

He's listed on Milb.com as being on the Kannapolis roster:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Gordon%20Beckham&pos=SS&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=493596

This is a great thing considering a fair amount of rookies start out in short-season rookie ball. Kannapolis has only 17 games left, which isn't bad considering how late in the season we are and the MILB Playoffs being just around the corner. Anyone have any idea on when he'll get his first taste of Minor League Baseball?

How Much Does Timing Factor Into The NFL?

PaulieK14 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:53:30 -0000

I believe the Bears can become exhibit #1 for this question as it is clear that timing has affected their roster and offense of the future.

Cedric Benson conveniently got in trouble with the law for the 1st time on May 3rd & the 2nd time this summer in early June. Consequently he was released from the team.

Now, had Benson gotten in trouble PRIOR to the draft, we may be sitting with a different running back. I'm not saying I'm unhappy with Forte as we have yet to see him even practice, BUT one cannot help but wonder how much differently the draft might have gone with Benson gone. Would we have moved up for McFadden? Would we have been trading down for more picks targeting Forte still? Would we have taken Mendenhall over OL Williams? Would we have done the draft the same exact way?

One final question is whether or not the Bears feel comfortable with Peterson, Wolfe, and the ROOKIE Forte as the RB corps for '08? Might they go after a Shaun Alexander or a Kevin Jones? Maybe only TIME will tell...