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November 6, 2009

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Party Hardy, Gardy

by Christina Kahrl

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
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Announced their buyout of RF-R Jermaine Dye's option for 2010, and that Dye has opted for free agency; announced the receipt of $$-$ Fabulous Moolah from the Royals as part of the price of the Teahen trade. [11/6]

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smallflowers

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Amazing Christina, as always. You and KG are the book-ends of this deal.

Nov 06, 2009 18:35 PM

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Luke in MN

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Nice analysis from both the Twins and Brewers perspectives here on the trade, but you really miss the boat by not pointing out the fun-factor Gomez brings. People just really fell in love with his crazy, spastic self. He sold way, way more jerseys than his play merited. If he only makes the Brewers marginally less competitive, he'll make them substantially more fun to watch.

Nov 06, 2009 18:48 PM

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Richard Bergstrom

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Let me guess, you were a Pat Listach fan...

Nov 06, 2009 19:14 PM

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strupp

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This might just be the punishment for Listach over Lofton for ROY.

Nov 06, 2009 22:21 PM

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EnderCN

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I don't know if this really matters. Hardy was one of the most popular Brewers, especially with the ladies. I doubt this increases attendence or merchandising much at all.

I like the progress Gomez made with his BB/K rate last year and his low AVG looks to just be a low BABIP more than anything. I think you see more of the 2 WAR player from 2008 than what he showed last year.

Whether the trade is good or bad mostly depends on which Hardy shows up. He has just killed lefties in his career but last year he couldn't hit them at all. He has killed fastballs in his career and last year he just wasn't making good contact on them.

He did change his stance before last year and that could have something to do with it. He has had some ongoing injury issues that could be part of it or it could of course just be an off season.

Nov 07, 2009 05:29 AM

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larry

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The White Sox, not the Royals, received the $1 million in cash.

Nov 06, 2009 19:57 PM

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fawcettb

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Excellent analysis, as usual. Thanks.

Nov 07, 2009 05:31 AM

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irablum

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I'd like to make a fantasy trade for $$$-SS Stacks O'Cash but I can't seem to find him on anyone's Fantasy roster. Does that mean I should just go ahead and draft him? :D

Nov 09, 2009 13:54 PM

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Christina Kahrl

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He's really good at helping you with the bottom line, although as people noted, he was headed from the Walmartians to the South Siders, not vice versa.

Nov 12, 2009 10:19 AM

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Brian Cartwright

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Although Olivo is among the worst at blocking pitches, he does throw well, projected at +6 SB runs per year

Nov 11, 2009 15:26 PM

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Christina Kahrl

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Point well taken, Brian, and I do wonder if his performance is affected significantly by having to catch someone with stuff as good as Greinke boasts. It's the sort of thing that reminds me of when Jack McDowell was first up with the White Sox--Fisk really couldn't catch especially sharp sliders all that well any more, which seemed to affect McDowell's pitch selection with runners aboard. Basically, not all catching assignments are created equally, even once we get past the usual sacrificial assignments for those catching knuckleballers.

Nov 12, 2009 10:22 AM

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