Cowley says replace Mark Buehrle and Gavin Floyd with Cliff Lee and Daniel Hudson, re-sign Freddy Garcia, trade Bobby Jenks, re-sign J.J. Putz, pickup Matt Thornton’s option, say goodbye to Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Carlos Quentin, promote Dayan Viciedo and Tyler Flowers, sign Carl Crawford or Adam Dunn, and sign the one and only Juan Uribe.
I say forget free-agents and the money in the draft and international scouting.
from Tuesday’s Bruce Levine’s chat:
Q: Bruce-If we see the Sox drop off next month and Kenny starts to trade people , like Mark Buehrle, is there a chance we could see him comeback to the team after the season?
A: Buehrle if traded will not be back. You’re not going to bring back a guy making $14 million if you’ve already made a decision to move a lifelong Sox player. He wouldn’t come back. His choice would be St. Louis. He’s always said he wanted to play for his hometown team at least for one year.
Kotsay had a 2-run HR and a BB. Pierre had a 2B. Buehrle was called for 2 balks. Ozzie was ejected and was mad.
| Chi White Sox | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buehrle | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 |
| Williams, R | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.82 |
| Pena, To(W, 1-1) | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.21 |
| Thornton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.89 |
| Jenks | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.52 |
The list is up to six … and counting.
Bobby Jenks, Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Mark Buehrle, Andruw Jones – and now J.J. Putz. He’s the latest White Sox player to see his name pop up on the rumor mill.
… One National League scout said Monday that there were more teams than just the Philadelphia Phillies interested in Sox relievers, as bullpen problems seem to be springing up all over baseball.
Buehrle said he’s not as stressed as three years ago, when he was nearly traded to Atlanta while his wife Jamie was expecting the couple’s first child. Buehrle got a four-year extension with limited no-trade rights, and son Braden was born about two weeks later — just before the July 31 trading deadline.
The most urgent decision involves catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who attracted interest from Texas recently. Pierzynski can become a free agent after this season, and the Sox would certainly like some compensation if they don’t re-sign him. Pieryznski, 33, can gain full trade veto rights on June 14 by virtue of his 10th anniversary as a major league player and spending at least the past five seasons with the same team. Pierzynski currently has a limited no-trade clause. … And then there are financial considerations. A source familiar with Texas’ murky ownership situation said it’s uncertain whether the Rangers could accept the balance of Pierzysnki’s $6.7 million salary because of a snag in the sale of the team.
Gonzales, also, touches on Mark Buehrle, Paul Konerko, Jake Peavy, Tyler Flowers, Jordan Danks, and Dayan Viciedo.
Back to A.J. How about 1B/OF Mitchell Moreland (stats)?
MLBTR on Ken Rosenthal’s latest video update:
If the White Sox decide to blow up their roster, it may happen sooner rather than later, given the ten and five rights that will kick in for A.J. Pierzynski and Mark Buehrle this summer. Pierzynski, Konerko, J.J. Putz, and Andruw Jones would be the most likely trade candidates.
A one-word text response spoke volumes. Asked on Saturday if he was ”losing patience,” general manager Ken Williams waited a good 10 minutes to fire back: ”Yes.” A cryptic ”yes” at that, period at the end and all.
… On the list of potential movable parts are A.J. Pierzynski, Paul Konerko (upon agreement), Bobby Jenks, Mark Buehrle (upon agreement), Andruw Jones, Carlos Quentin and Scott Linebrink. But what would be the return for any of those names? It would be nothing more than skimming dollars and cents off a sinking payroll — change for the sake of making a change. …
EagerBieber: Hey girl! I want to give you all of my love, to you! /kisses fingertips, points
BuehrleBrawl: /looks around like he’s expecting Roger McDowell to show up any minute and blast him in the face with a shaving cream pie
EagerBieber: /winds up in most awkward way imaginable, lobs ball to home plate
BuehrleBrawl: /takes picture, heads off field
**Online Host**
Later, in the Chicago White Sox Chatroom…BuehrleBrawl: hey coach, you got a second? I need to ask you a question.
OzzieOzzieOzzie: sure Mark, just hold on onnnnne second… /types “RT: @JohnStamos meeshell smiling is one the greatest song of all time” …
Rally’s WAR currently has Buehrle at 138th overall. Just behind a few Hall of Famers, like Dizzy Dean and Rich Gossage (he’s actually in a dead-heat with Roy Oswalt at this point). With a four win season Buehrle will jump to 106th all time. With another next season he’ll be around 82nd (or where Roy Halladay and Jamie Moyer sit right now). With yet another, Buerhle enters a stretch where seemingly every other pitcher listed is in the Hall of Fame. …
Here are the complete-game no-hitters within the box score range covered by the PI ranked by most pitches:
Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO Pit Str GSc BF AB HBP GDP SB … 16 David
Wells1998-05-17 NYY MIN W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 120 79 98 27 27 0 0 0 17 Jim
Abbott1993-09-04 NYY CLE W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 5 3 119 66 85 30 25 0 2 0 18 Fernando
Valenzuela1990-06-29 LAD STL W 6-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 3 7 119 72 91 30 27 0 1 0 19 Randy
Johnson2004-05-18 ARI ATL W 2-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 0 13 117 87 100 27 27 0 0 0 20 Mark
Buehrle2009-07-23 CHW TBR W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 0 6 116 76 93 27 27 0 0 0
Buehrle’s 116-pitch game is the one on this list with the fewest pitches. Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax are the ones with the most pitches on the list with 138-pitch games.
Konerko and Kotsay homered too. Videos.
| Pitch Statistics (Velocity Histogram) | |||||||||
| Pitch Type | Avg Speed | Max Speed | Avg H-Break | Avg V-Break | Count | Strikes / % | Swinging Strikes / % | Nibbleness | Time to Plate |
| FF (FourSeam Fastball) | 85.71 | 87.6 | 0.97 | 8.81 | 15 | 10 / 66.67% | 0 / 0.00% | 7.16 | 0.440 |
| CH (Changeup) | 78.66 | 82.3 | 5.74 | 4.18 | 24 | 12 / 50.00% | 2 / 8.33% | 8.26 | 0.485 |
| CU (Curveball) | 69.55 | 70 | -9.40 | -6.28 | 2 | 1 / 50.00% | 1 / 50.00% | 14.25 | 0.554 |
| FC (Cutter) | 83.54 | 86.9 | -1.39 | 6.18 | 56 | 37 / 66.07% | 2 / 3.57% | 6.20 | 0.454 |
| FT (TwoSeam Fastball) | 84.37 | 86.4 | 5.51 | 5.99 | 16 | 13 / 81.25% | 0 / 0.00% | 4.72 | 0.457 |
| Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm and may be inaccurate. Clicking individual pitch types will provide individual velocity histograms for each pitch. Nibbleness is the arithmetic mean of the distance of each pitch, in inches, from the edge of a normalized strikezone. Lower indicates “more Nibbley”. |
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DH:
White Sox left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle will receive his first career American League Rawlings Gold Glove Award prior to this Saturday’s White Sox-Minnesota game. …
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