I did an offseason preview for a different forum after the season ended; here it is....
Signing Dunn makes me laugh a little bit because I've said many many times that he was by far the worst fielding outfielder that the game has ever seen. He strikes out alot and is older now. Let's just hope the power numbers come at timely moments and his hr/rbi stay consistent. Putz out of here too after a pretty nice year honestly. I see also that Ethreets is gone.... why? I feel like that was a mistake given that I believe it is their biggest need.
White Sox
Current Roster:
C Donny Lucy (5 for 15) 28 years old
C AJ Pierzynski (270-9-56) 34 years old
C Ramon Castro (278-8-21) 34 years old
C Tyler Flowers (1 for 11) 24 years old
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2B-3B Gordon Beckham (252-9-49) 24 years old
2B-SS Brent Lillibridge (224-2-16) 27 years old
SS-2B Alexei Ramirez (282-18-70) 29 years old
3B Dayan Viciedo (308-5-13) 21 year old
3B Brent Morel (231-3-7) 23 years old
3B-UTL Mark Teahen (258-4-25) 29 years old
1B Paul Konerko (312-39-111) 34 years old
DH-UTL Mark Kotsay (239-8-31) 35 years old
IF Omar Vizquel (276-341OB) 44 years old
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OF Alejandro De Aza (9 for 30) 26 years old
DH-OF Andruw Jones (230-19-48) 33 years old
OF Jeremy Reed (2 good years, 2 bad) 29 years old
OF Juan Pierre (275-341OB-68SB) 33 years old
OF-DH Carlos Quentin (243-26-87) 28 years old
OF-DH Manny Ramirez (261 in 69ABs) 38 years old
OF Alex Rios (284-21-88) 29 years old
Free Agents: Andruw Jones, Paul Konerko, Mark Kotsay, AJ Pierzynski, Omar Vizquel, Manny Ramirez
Pitchers:
SP John Danks (15-11, 3.72) 25 years old
SP Mark Buehrle (13-13, 4.28) 31 years old
SP Gavin Floyd (10-13, 4.08) 27 years old
SP Freddy Garcia (12-6, 4.64) 34 years old
SP Jake Peavy (7-6, 4.63) 29 years old
SP-LR Tony Pena (5-3, 5.10) 28 years old
SP-LR Edwin Jackson (4-2, 3.24) 27 years old
SP-LR Chris Sale (2-1, 1.93) 21 years old
SP-LR Lucas Harrell (1-0, 4.88) 25 years old
SP-LR Daniel Hudson (1-1, 6.32) 23 years old
SP-LR Carlos Torres (13.2IP, 1GS) 28 years old
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MRP Matt Thornton (5-4, 2.67) 34 years old
MRP Scott Linebrink (3-2, 4.40) 34 years old
MRP Sergio Santos (2-2, 2.96) 27 years old
MRP Randy Williams (0-1, 5.40) 35 years old
MRP Jeff Marquez (1 IP) 26 years old
MRP Erick Threets (0 ER in 12.1) 29 years old
MRP Gregory Infante (0ER in 4.2) 23 years old
MRP-CP JJ Putz (7-5, 2.83) 33 years old
CP Bobby Jenks (1-3, 4.44) 29 years old
Free Agents: JJ Putz, Freddy Garcia
In the system: OF Jared Mitchell, OF Jordan Danks, OF Tray Thompson, LHP David Holmberg, RHP Clevelan Santeliz
Free Agent Targets:
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/02/2011 ... ee-agents/What I would do;
1. Resign Konerko (3-4 year deal), Pierzynski (1-2 year deal), and Vizquel (1 year deal)
2. Let go of Jones, Kotsay, Ramirez, Gracia and Putz (high price)
3. Sign OF Reed Johnson, MRP Dennys Reyes, 3B Nick Punto and MRP Jason Frasor
Put out this opening day 40 man roster:
LF Juan Pierre
2B Omar Vizquel
1B Paul Konerko
CF Alex Rios
RF Carlos Quentin
DH Dayan Viciedo
SS Alexei Ramirez
C AJ Pierzynski
3B Gordon Beckham
UTL: Mark Teahen, Reed Johnson, Brent Morel, Tyler Flowers, Alejandro De Aza, Ramon Castro, Brent Lillibridge, Jared Mitchell, Jordan Danks, Jeremy Reed, Nick Punto
SP Mark Buehrle
SP John Danks
SP Jake Peavy
SP Edwin Jackson
SP Gavin Floyd
LRP Chris Sale
LRP Tony Pena
LRP Daniel Hudson
LRP Lucas Harrell
LRP Carlos Torres
MRP Matt Thornton
MRP Sergio Santos
MRP Scott Linebrink
MRP Jeff Marquez
MRP Randy Williams
MRP Jason Frasor
MRP Gregory Infante
MRP Erick Threets
MRP Dennys Reyes
CP Bobby Jenks
25 Man Everyday Roster
LF Pierre
2B Vizquel
1B Konerko
CF Rios
RF Quentin
DH Viciedo
SS Ramirez
C Pierzynski
3B Beckham
UTL: Teahen, Johnson, Flowers
SP: Buehrle, Danks, Peavy, Jackson, Floyd
LRP: Sale, Pena
MRP: Thornton, Linebrink, Santos, Frasor, Reyes
CP: Jenks
Overall not much change here... I'm really banking on better years from some of our starters namely Buehrle and Peavy. Combine that with a bolstered Bullpen and our pitching should carry us. Resigning Paulie is a must and I'm hoping for even a better year from Rios to form a 60-200 combo.