First the hitters in Merkin’s projected lineup:
Player Pos Age G AB R Hits 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP PA AVG OBP SLG R150 Def Pierre, Juan CF 32 140 504 66 141 23 6 2 34 34 12 28 38 6 538 0.280 0.325 0.361 -12 -1 Rios, Alexis OF 29 146 567 80 153 34 4 18 75 20 6 43 100 5 615 0.270 0.327 0.439 2 -1 Quentin, Carlos OF 27 123 415 70 110 24 1 23 76 3 2 43 66 17 475 0.265 0.358 0.494 19 -2 Konerko, Paul 1B 34 141 517 70 135 27 1 26 81 1 0 59 93 7 583 0.261 0.345 0.468 11 0 Teahen, Mark 3B 28 144 536 72 141 30 4 16 65 7 3 44 126 4 584 0.263 0.324 0.424 -2 -7 Beckham, Gordon 3B 23 148 530 79 146 38 2 18 80 8 6 53 92 6 589 0.275 0.348 0.457 11 3 Pierzynski, A.J. C 33 133 494 56 136 26 1 13 53 1 1 19 63 5 518 0.275 0.309 0.411 -8 -4 Kotsay, Mark 1B 34 102 366 37 93 20 1 6 42 3 2 27 45 1 394 0.254 0.307 0.363 -16 -2 Ramirez, Alexei SS 28 147 527 69 146 24 2 17 73 11 7 37 68 2 566 0.277 0.327 0.427 1 -2
Pierre seems like a big hole. We have
| Botts, Jason | OF | 30 | 107 | 343 | 50 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 111 | 3 | 400 | 0.239 | 0.348 | 0.417 | 5 | 0 |
Kotsay seems like another hole. We could use a real DH:
| Thome, Jim | DH | 39 | 123 | 412 | 64 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 131 | 3 | 487 | 0.233 | 0.351 | 0.442 | 11 | 0 |
The current starting pitchers (both Garcia and Hudson):
| Player | Age | G | GS | Won | Lost | IP | Hits | BB | SO | HR | HB | Runs | ER | ERA | R vs Rep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Buehrle | 31 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 192 | 210 | 47 | 105 | 22 | 5 | 96 | 88 | 4.12 | 38 |
| Gavin Floyd | 27 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 185 | 187 | 61 | 145 | 25 | 6 | 97 | 89 | 4.33 | 35 |
| John Danks | 25 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 169 | 170 | 59 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 87 | 80 | 4.26 | 35 |
| Jake Peavy | 29 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 145 | 139 | 49 | 130 | 16 | 4 | 69 | 63 | 3.91 | 35 |
| Daniel Hudson | 23 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 106 | 109 | 44 | 88 | 15 | 7 | 62 | 57 | 4.84 | 14 |
| Freddy Garcia | 35 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 69 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 32 | 4.57 | 10 |
and the top 6 bullpen candidates:
| Player | Age | G | GS | Won | Lost | IP | Hits | BB | SO | HR | HB | Runs | ER | ERA | R vs Rep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Thornton | 33 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 51 | 21 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 3.36 | 11 |
| Bobby Jenks | 29 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 46 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 3.29 | 9 |
| Carlos Torres | 27 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 61 | 31 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 4.15 | 6 |
| Tony Pena | 28 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 70 | 21 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 31 | 4.04 | 6 |
| J.J. Putz | 33 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 35 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 4.14 | 4 |
| Scott Linebrink | 33 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 52 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 4.50 | 2 |