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#46
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What's going to take the guts is not only backing up the truck, but taking A and AA players in return. Teams aren't giving up their developed top prospects. Yo have to take chances on undeveloped talent if you want to really rebuild a farm system.
BTW, Escobar whom we sent to the Twins is probably better than any infielder we have except for Konerko and Alexei. |
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I don't have much of a problem with taking high-upside talent, but I have zero confidence in the minor league coaches to be able to properly develop those guys. Crede might have been the last position player they were somewhat successful with.
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The Sox OBP is .273. Dead last in the AL. 40 points off the league average. There's no better predictor of offensive success than On Base Percentage.
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Heck, we're playing with nothing but utility infielders right now, except for Konerko and Alexei. Gillespie may be more than that - we'll see.
And after one injury, it's utility outfielders time too. Peavy is the one player we have who could really bring some young talent. Rios, could bring in some too, especially if he's hot at the deadline. But the trades have to be executed correctly, for a change. |
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This is as ridiculous as the people who think the Sox should be bringing back Brent Lillibridge. What is it about people getting attached to bad players? |
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Dunn's 2-for-19 with 8 K's when we have RISP. Those 8 K's are much more damaging than the other 15, because they either didn't move guys over or didn't bring them in.
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But I guess it's a matter of a bad OBP team to begin with having a bad year. |
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This is largely a function of the two historically high-OBP players on the roster (Dunn and Keppinger) and one expected to walk a lot (Flowers) failing to walk.
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I'm sure Uribe and Crede were "bad" players too...until they played a huge part in us winning the WS in 05. |
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Dunn hasn't had a good obp since before he joined the Sox. I don't think we stacked up that well to start with, and now we're obviously off the charts bad. Quote:
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Keppinger will probably end up okay. Even today he's making the "productive out", a reasonable approach when in a slump. Dunn, though.... |
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The teams that are that worried about their utility infielders are the teams that are winning 95-100 games. The Sox do not have that kind of luxury. |
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