The White Sox announced the 2012 regular-season schedule and the 2012 regular season ends with a 3-game series on October 1-3 at Cleveland.
September 14, 2011
The Sox won’t resolve Ozzie Guillen’s situation until after the Marlins have hired a manager says Jayson Stark
Who will be managing the White Sox next season? We tossed that question at a baseball source who is tight with team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, and got this succinct reply: “Ozzie Guillen.”
The same source also said, with zero equivocation, that if the Marlins think they can wait this out and then scoop Guillen off the unemployment line this winter, they’d better re-think. Unless the folks in Florida want to trade a big-time player to the South Side, the source said, the White Sox won’t make any move to resolve Guillen’s future until after the Marlins have hired a manager.
Seems like the Sox want to make others think Guillen isn’t going anywhere so they have more leverage in any negotiations that take place. I’m not confident it will work. There is also this nugget:
White Sox officials have been telling people in the game they need to cut payroll next year after going over budget this season. And they also have five starters under contract for next year, even without Buehrle.
So an executive of one team who spoke with the White Sox brass says the only way he sees them making room for Buehrle is if he’s willing to “be creative” about his next contract. AND the club would have to be able to trade one of its current starters — most likely Gavin Floyd. Can all that happen? Of course. But it’s still a lot of hoops for Buehrle and his team to jump through.
I think Buehrle will be “creative.” Maybe a 2-3 year offer would be enough. Sign him Jerry!
Other White Sox links:
- James recaps last week’s and yesterday’s game.
- Chuck Garfien writes about what’s going on with Joe Crede.
- Jon Paul Morosi has an article on Paul Konerko.
- BTW, B-R’s blog notes the Sox are 14-2 when Paul Konerko draws an intentional walk.
- The Sox added 3 pitching prospects to the AFL’s Mesa Solar Sox: Nevin Griffith, Jacob Petricka and Brandon Kloess.
September 13, 2011
Great Falls wins Game 1 of Best of 3 Championship series
9/13:
| Great Falls Voyagers | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Snodgress | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12.00 | |||
| Brase (W, 1-0) | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| Drake (H, 1) | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Vance (S, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
I see C Kevan Smith with a 2B and a HR, LF Michael Earley with another HR, and 1B Martin Medina with 2 more HRs. And RF Mark Haddow with 2 BB.
Ken Rosenthal talks about Ozzie Guillen [UPDATE]
An extension for White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen does not appear to be on the table and it’s looking more and more like the team will have a new manager next season, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal said on The Mully and Hanley Show Tuesday.
“There is a point of critical mass that this team is reaching, and I would expect, I’m not saying this any more than speculatively, but I would expect that Ozzie would be gone,” Rosenthal said.
The FOX Sports baseball reporter says that the chances of Guillen returning to the South Side next season have diminished in the last couple of weeks.
Audio at the link.
Rosenthal thinks it might be best for Ozzie and the Sox to separate and start over again. J.J. is thinking the same. And Fangraphs’ Chris Cwik gives us his thoughts on the subject.
UPDATE: More Ozzie:
“I feel for the White Sox,” he said. “Maybe if I go someplace else, I just have a ‘job’ and I will just do my ‘job.’ But with the White Sox, it’s different. I grew up in this organization. If I managed somewhere else, I would have the responsibility to go in with the best intentions, and I’ll still win. But this is a different thing, a different feeling. Sometimes I stop and say ‘Nah, I won’t [talk about managing elsewhere] because I might kill Jerry [Reinsdorf’s] heart. I say a lot of things, but I love this organization. It’s always going to be in my heart. Will it always be on my mind? We’ll see.”
“If Jerry doesn’t think I’m the right guy to run this ballclub, he won’t have any problem with me at all … at all,” Guillen said. “He can count on that. A lot of people think that if Ozzie leaves here he will have a press conference on Michigan Ave. and blast the White Sox. Nah. That won’t do me any good. Why?
“First of all, I live in Chicago. I want to walk to walk the streets of Chicago with my head up and not regret saying something I shouldn’t say. I’ll just leave it like that. Either way is fine with me.”
September 12, 2011
Fangraphs’ Eric Seidman gauges Mark Buehrle free-agent prospects
Buehrle 2011: 4.8 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 45% GBs, .291 BABIP, 72% LOB, 3.58 ERA, 4.14 xFIP
Buehrle Career: 5.0 K/9, 2.0 BB/9, 46% GBs, .291 BABIP, 72% LOB, 3.83 ERA, 4.22 xFIP
Almost mirror images, right? [Mark] Buehrle is right on his career averages this season and he does this practically every single season, like clockwork. He is Jeff Suppan-esque in his consistency except he doesn’t stink. [Mark] Buehrle has tallied right around 46 WAR over 12 seasons and almost always produces 3.5-4.5 per season. Even his worst season was still league average by our standards here. …
Sign him Jerry! 2/25 may be enough. It doesn’t seem like Mark wants more years.
THT’s Chris Jaffe: The Juan Pierre All-Stars
… Which leads to a question: What other players are like him? Who else has that one thing they know how to do, and God bless ‘em for it, because the rest of their game is weak. I don’t just mean hits, either. But there’s gotta be someone whose game is entirely based on power, or on walks, or on stolen bases, or on whatever.
Let’s see if we can field an entire lineup of these guys. The one-dimensional players, regardless of what the dimension is, who don’t bring too much else to the table.
What follows is a list of Juan Pierre All-Stars, and I’ll list what their big strength is alongside their name and position. …
Florida Marlins haven’t ruled out trading a player for Ozzie Guillen [UPDATE]
The Marlins haven’t ruled out trading a player (certainly not a key one) for top managerial choice Ozzie Guillen, but prefer not to, and will wait until his availability is known before moving on to anyone else.
UPDATE: Ken Rosenthal chimes in:
A few weeks back, a source familiar with Ozzie Guillen’s thinking predicted that it was 95 percent certain that Guillen would remain the White Sox’s manager.
The source has now dropped the odds to 50-50, and says Guillen’s chances of staying are that good only because owner Jerry Reinsdorf has been loyal to him before.
Guillen wants a contract extension, and so far the White Sox are cool to the idea. Something has to give: The return of Guillen as a lame duck would be potentially explosive for both sides.
September 11, 2011
Nice throw Dayan!
Gunned him down at the plate.
Video: http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19103909&c_id=cws
September 10, 2011
The bulldog is sleeping
White Sox pitching Don Cooper and Peavy spoke to MLB.com about that decision on Saturday.
“Jake right now is shut down,” said Cooper of the right-handed starter. “The things we are looking at right now are, one, we want to win as many games as we can. Two, we want to keep everybody strong and healthy and continue to finish this season strong.”
“With the way we are playing and with how it looks for us winning, and just where we are at in the season, they made a decision to start to rest and the recovery in the offseason period and try to get strong for next year,” Peavy said.
How will the Sox catch the Tigers now? 
Here are Peavy’s final 2011 stats:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | CHW | AL | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.92 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 111.2 | 117 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 470 | 86 | 1.263 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 3.96 |
The K/BB ratio looks good. The HR/9 too. But his fastball is down about 1 mph from last year. Hopefully he gets his strength back in the off-season and has a nice year in 2012.
Other White Sox links:
- James looks at Jake Peavy’s shutdown and Mark Buehrle’s present and future.
- J.J. looks at Jake Peavy’s shutdown too.
- Charlie Leesman struck out 9 and walked 0 in Birmingham’s Game 3. Birmingham lost 3-2 in 11 and now trails the playoff series 2-1. Great Falls lost 11-1 and their series is now tied 1-1.
Why is Adam batting in the 9th inning of a tied game against a leftie?
There is a runner on 2nd base (and one at 1st). A base hit can win the game. Ozzie is wasting outs…
UPDATE: Oh, look at that:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | CLE | AL | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.62 | 64 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.1 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 151 | 1.029 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 2.27 |
What the hell was Dunn doing in there against this guy?
UPDATE #2: More wasted outs; bunting…
UPDATE #3: Alex Rios walk-off slam!
Video: http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19062033&c_id=cws
September 9, 2011
Brent Lillibridge update
Good news for Brent Lillibridge. It's a clean break of his hand. Surgery not needed.—
Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) September 09, 2011
September 8, 2011
No more Brent Lillibridge this year
Lillibridge suffers a fracture in his right hand. Done for the season.—
Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) September 09, 2011
UPDATE:
Herm confirms the fracture in Lillibridge's hand is the 5th metacarpal. In case you love details.—
Chris Rongey (@ChrisRongey) September 09, 2011
