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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Fresh off a 6-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox that left them one-half game behind the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central Division, the Chicago White Sox are making a flurry of roster moves they hope will vault them back to the top.
The White Sox on Saturday optioned third baseman Josh Fields to Class AAA Charlotte and traded minor league outfielder Paulo Orlando to the Kansas City Royals for veteran lefthander Horacio Ramirez.
Ramirez is expected to take the roster spot of righthander Jose Contreras, who will be placed on the disabled list Sunday after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in the second inning of Saturday’s loss.
MLB.com: White Sox acquire Horacio Ramirez
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Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:13 AM | 41 comment(s)
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HoRam to fix a problem? Hahahahahahaha.
- Dayton Moore
Seriously, a guy with a .308 OBP in High A?
A guy with a .308 OBP in double A, or a reliever with an ERA of 5 or more
Oh it will cost them. Every time he takes the mound.
Jarrod Dyson: 37 steals in 46 tries, .251/.332/.275
Derrick Robinson: 54 steals in 68 tries, .250/.316/.325
Paulo Orlando: 28 steals in 37 tries, .264/.310/.412
The Running Rocks have 44 triples, 47 home runs, and 229 stolen bases so far in 2008.
Don't ask who will play right field in this arrangement. Joseph Dickerson was the right fielder until a DL stint, and he's 24 for 38 in stealing. Dickerson actually hits the ball well too, so they might want to promote him soon.
Washburn + Silva = lineup of DEATH.
I know minor league stats are on BBRef now, is it possible to use PI to see when the last time an affiliated club finished with more triples than homers? I have to believe that with a couple of more balls bouncing into the right-field corner, those guys are chasing a seriously old record.
Just wait for Ramirez to hit Olivo and start a 35 person brawl.
Harder to do with the three men that it takes to fill Contreras' uniform all on the DL...
Then they can flip him for Todd Ritchie.
Not that old. The Astros did it in 1979.
They hit 58 homers in 1986. They hit 68 in 1991. Even when Jack Clark was hitting 35 homers they still only hit 94. They had years when the leader had 13 (Hector Cruz) or 11 (Todd Zeile).
No wonder a whole generation of St. Louisans still longs for the days of Whiteyball, which for them equated to 3 pennants via stolen bases, bunts and hit-and-runs.
For what it's worth, on Sportscenter this morning Buster Olney said that Washburn should be on the waiver wire today and Chicago will claim him.
Remember: Adding some tiny marginal value is worthwhile whether it's a mild upgrade on a star or an upgrade of a few bullpen innings.
The White Sox really need to make some hay this week, with Danks on the mound tomorrow, KC coming into town Tuesday, and the Twins playing the Yankees.
Also, Williams doesn't seem to have much trouble putting together a rotation each year. In fact, I'd say he's probably the best in the business at it.
This year:
Buerhlerhlrere: Minors
Danks: Traded McCarthy
Contreras: Traded Loaiza
Floyd: Traded Garcia
Vazquez: Traded Chris Young
At the time of the deadline, Williams knew that Contreras was hurt, and he knew that Clayton Richard wasn't getting the job done as 5th starter. So, instead of spending his time and energy filling a need, he spent his time and energy getting a famous backup CF who may or may not be competent to play CF.
At the time of the deadline, Williams knew that Contreras was hurt, and he knew that Clayton Richard wasn't getting the job done as 5th starter. So, instead of spending his time and energy filling a need, he spent his time and energy getting a famous backup CF who may or may not be competent to play CF.
Contreras' old injury and his new injury have nothing to do with each other. As such, I don't think it's fair to bash Williams for not having the foresight to know Contreras' achilles would snap while trying to cover first.
And anyways, who should Williams have tried to acquire and what were the Sox supposed to give up? At the moment, the Sox farm system is pretty much gutted. Fields and Poreda are the only trading chips, and even those two aren't that great. Even with that, however, the options that I heard rumored weren't terribly appealing (Duchscherer, Burnett) -- certainly better than what the Sox have, but probably not worth what they were going to command in prospects.
The Sox are what they are at this point -- a team that's right on par with Minnesota (maybe a little better, maybe a little worse) but who are still a bit behind Boston, Tampa Bay and Los Angeles (not to mention a few NL teams). As of right now it looks like the Sox will be playing meaningful baseball into September, which is much more than I expected going into the season. More importantly, however, is the fact that Williams -- with a handful of acquisitions -- has done a really nice job of building a solid core to build around for the next couple years (Quentin, Danks, Swisher and -- although I might be jumping the gun a bit with this one -- Ramirez).
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