Early Afternoon Roundup

by Charlie on Jul 31, 2008 12:20 PM EDT Comment 5 comments

-P- The White Sox and Reds have agreed on a trade that would send Ken Griffey to Chicago for Danny Richar and Nick Masset. The commissioner's office needs to approve it. The players the Reds get aren't anything special, but they save money on the deal. I'm not really sure what the White Sox are doing here--they don't really have a place for Griffey. He may be the sort of player who draws interest and brings people to the stadium, but I don't think he'll help them win much, and he would actively hurt them if he moved one of their starting outfielders to the bench.

-P- You can cross Gaby Hernandez off the list of prospects we might get from the Marlins--he's headed to Seattle for Arthur Rhodes. It's a pretty standard deal--reliever for C-grade prospect.

-P- The Astros have acquired LaTroy Hawkins from the Yankees for second base prospect Matt Cusick. Is there a more stupidly run team than the Astros right now? They're a half game out of last place and they're pretending like they're still in it.

-P- This is from yesterday, but I didn't have time to comment on it: the Yanks acquired Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth. Rodriguez has recovered pretty nicely from a horrible 2007, so he should be an upgrade for the Yanks.

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Hawkins is just the piece of the puzzle they need to make the playoff push.

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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 31, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What the White Sox are doing?

Trying to win this year. Swisher’s been disappointing (and is more powerful from the right side), and Konerko’s been abysmal. The whole lineup is pretty righthanded, the bench is virtually all RH. And they’re still in 1st!

Also, one of those guys could be playing through an injury. Griffey has five PH HR too. Lots of little reasons for the White Sox to pick him up. I know Kenny Williams gets knocked a lot, and Ozzie doesn’t get a lot of respect, but every time I watch the White Sox it seems like Ozzie pushes all the right buttons. I think in today’s MLB the most important trait for a manager is people skills. In the clubhouse, Ozzie has those skills like crazy; the players love, and respect him. And from the games I’ve seen, Ozzie is a great - not good, or lucky - field manager.

by azibuck on Jul 31, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They're going to play him in CF.

Something wrong there.

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by UtesFan89 on Jul 31, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

seriously

leaving the entire range argument aside, which is surely unfavorable, how long will his hamstrings hold up?

by johnnycuff on Jul 31, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

btw

in regards to azibuck’s comments, i have to agree that williams and guillen have to be doing something right, whether i’d like to admit it or not. nobody picked the white sox to do anything this year but here they are 14 games over .500 at the deadline. they’ve obviously benefited from the al central being upside down in regards to most offseason predictions (ok, well kansas city is in the right spot). their record outside the division is actually under .500 and they’ve been poor against the al east, where half the playoff spots and possibly the AL pennant reside. still, somebody had to win those games and those two put them in that position.

by johnnycuff on Jul 31, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs