A Plan That Could Work !

I wouldn't mind if we saw a few guys get benched a bit more.  I wouldn't mind seeing Ozzie give BA a few more games and give Swisher a couple of games off to see if the break would help him get out of his funk.

Dj so you want to sit Thome against lefties? Why, he is hitting over 80 points better against lefties and has the same amount of home runs against lefties but in  42 less at bats. So I guess taking away the one aspect of his hitting he is doing well in will help. Makes sense.

I guarantee there are a few teams that would take Thome and Konerko. Both of them are notorius slow starters. The one logical reason Stairs is hitting better right now is they are off to another slow start. Do you really think that Matt Stairs is better than either of them? Have you ever watched him? He tends to start out hot and slows down where it is reverse for Thome and Konerko. Thome will not waive his no trade thats why he isnt being dealt, I guarantee somebody would take a left handed power stick anyday of the week.

Nobody said the announcers had anything to do with losing. They are just annoying appologists. They stunk before the losing streak and they will stink during what is hopefully the upcoming winning streak.

I never said the White Sox should get rid of Thome,Konerko or Dye. I just doubt if any team is " currently" interested in any of them.   I can't predict what will happen in the future.     

I didn't realize Thome is hitting 80 points better against LH pitchers, hard to believe that.   If ozzie decides to rest Thome more often, it will be against LH pitchers.   Plus, I don't recall the last hit he got against a LH relief pitcher?    I didn't say  Stairs was a better hitter then PK, JT and JD.   My point is if he can do it so can our 3 hitters.  What teams might be interested in those guys?   Maybe after their contracts expire.   Also it would probably be an AL team. The only point i wanted to make was I think they can do much better then they have.  If its true about 80 points better against LH, it won't last much longer.

I don't see your logic of Stairs getting off to a good start because the Blue Jays are off to a slow start  ???

ChiSports,

I'm not comparing JT,JD and PK to Stairs, my point is if Stairs can hit .300 why can't our 3 guys hit at least their lifetime averages? 

Boselli, your idea sucks even more! 

First of all, the White Sox have to compete.  They aren't drawing fans now, just think how many fans  would come to the ball park if they had no chance to win?  They won't go in a rebuilding mode, you need a good farm system to do that.

You are kidding, aren't you?  Believe me, JD, JT , PK will be with the White Sox until thier contracts are up.  Joe Crede's value isn't worth to much right now, he's not hitting and his defense hasn't been good. Having Boras as his Agent means he'll be shopped around after the year by Boras and sign with the higest bidder. There won't be many bidders,and he won't get as much as Boras has in mind.  

White Sox problem is not their starting pitching, don't look for Gio Gonzales to be back in a White Sox uniform.

Nothing against swisher, i like him, but we gave up too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So how are these guys that the White Sox traded for Swisher doing?

How are the guys doing they traded well lets see Ryan Sweeney is batting 71 points higher than Swisher with more RBI and stolen bases. The stat everyone loves Swisher for OBP Sweeney is a whopping 16 points behind Swisher. the pitchers arent setting the world on fire but they only have 6 starts so a couple of good games and the ERA is down quickly. What has Swisher done exactly to show he was worth anything? Josh Fogg and Kip Wells may not have turned out to be superstars but did Todd Ritchie do anything for positive? Nope. So that made it a bad trade. Same thing here, if you give up highly touted prospects and bring in someone that does nothing makes it a bad deal. They probably could have landed Brian Roberts with the package they gave up for Swisher.

Reading comprehension DJ, I said the reason its easy to understand why he is off to a better start is because the other 3 you were talking about Thome, Konerko, and Dye are off to bad starts. You asked for a logical reason he had a high BA and they had a low BA. Simple he is starting well they (the three you mentioned) are off to a bad start. Ask me where they are at when the year ends.

Since you dont seem to believe me about the stats he is batting .265 against lefties and .184 against righties.Thats a difference of 81 if you need help with it. With one hit out of three tonight his average against righties will probably rise about 5 points so it will be 76.

Pretty remarkable, Sweeney is hitting better for Oakland then he ever hit in the White Sox Minor League system!  It seemed like he was hurt alot too.

There is no reason why Swisher can't hit a least his lifetime average. He has a .196 average, not counting last nights 2 hits.  He's way below his liftime average of .250.  Why? Does he not have the ability to hit better? Isn't he suppose to be getting better?  His best years should be ahead of him?  He shouldn't be getting worse?

 They probably could have landed Brian Roberts with the package they gave up for Swisher.Roberts is hitting .263, it would probably be .223 if he was a White Sox.  Orioles  weren't all that anxious to trade him anyway, the Cubs offered them a good package and they didn't take it. 

But I agree that they need a lead-off hitter and neglected to find one in the off season. last I looked Jerry Owens was hitting .285 at Charlotte.  They will trade him to Oakland and he'll probably hit .320 over there. 

I think they need to give Thome some time off and let Brian Anderson get some playing time. Anderson is hitting .280 .   Law of Averages say that LH hitters hit RH pitchers better then the reverse, thats all I'm saying.   Thome may be hitting LH better the RH now, but the Law of Averages say that won't last.   How many At Bats has he had against LH?   Probably less then 25% of his total AB's?   White Sox need Thome to improve his hitting against  RH pitchers because the vast majority of his bats  the rest of the year probably  be against RH, not LH.