Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2006
Kenny Williams was right in saying the White Sox were going to be unable to sign their current starting pitchers to long term deals, the amount of money being thrown at arms these days is absolutely insane. The San Francisco Giants have tempted Barry Zito over the bridge for a whopping $126 million over 7 [...]
In a surprise move, Kenny Williams has decided to send Brandon McCarthy out of town in exchange for three young pitchers. Here’s a blurb from mlb.com’s coverage: McCarthy, 23, was traded to Texas, along with 19-year-old outfielder David Paisano, in exchange for pitchers John Danks, Nick Masset and Jacob Rasner. A similar form of this [...]
Well, not deck in the same context as punch AJ or anything! The White Sox have come to terms with Toby Hall on a two year deal that brings Hall to Chicago for at least two years to backup AJ Pierzynski behind the plate. Another good move on Kenny Williams’ part to make the team [...]
Sorry, I guess I watched too much Cisco Kid to avoid the “Oh Sisco” line. The Sox have made another move, sending Ross Gload over to the Kansas City Royals for Andrew Sisco. Sisco is a big (6’10″) lefthander with a power arm that adds on even more power to the Sox bullpen. Losing Gload [...]
So the White Sox sent Freddy Garcia over to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez. The first question is was it a good deal for the Sox? With the current state of the market on pitching I say yes, yes it was. The Sox realize that baseball is a long term affair, [...]
Posted in General on Dec 2nd, 2006
Now that we know Pods is back for next year, or at least signed for next year, it’s time to address the issues he had last year.  According to an article in the Daily Herald Pods was known to have a bit of a temper in Milwaukee and Ozzie said he, at times, brought [...]
Posted in General on Dec 1st, 2006
It was an interesting day here in the windy city, we got our first taste of winter and a few tidbits of baseball news as we head into more winter meetings… First on the burner is the 1 year deal that Scott Podsednick signed to avoid arbitration. The deal is worth $2.9 million for next [...]
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