Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As FanHouse went over in our Footprints in the Snow on the Chicago White Sox earlier on Friday, the Sox aren't expected to be big buyers this offseason after making big moves to land Jake Peavy and Alex Rios last summer. Still, that doesn't mean they won't be making smaller moves to tweak their roster in the coming weeks. Moves like trying to sign Omar Vizquel to a one-year deal to be a backup
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's team NL is the Atlanta Braves and our guest is Stoeten from the Jays Blog, Drunk Jays Fans . 1. The obvious question on everybody's mind surrounding the Jays is what do they do...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A way for Kenny Williams to redeem himself would be to follow through with the rumor circulating the internet today about being in talks to trade for Adrian Gonzalez. Added by: BringingHeat Viewed: 6 time(s) Tags/Keywords: Adrian_Gonzalez Paul_Konerko Williams kenny alex rios Added On: 2009-11-17
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Jays announced their spring training schedule this morning. Pitchers and catchers report February 22nd. Position players on the 25th and the first spring games is March 3rd. If you are planning a trip to Dunedin to watch the Jays their schedule is here . They start the regular season in Texas on April 5th. First game in Toronto is on the 12th against Alex Rios (unless they cut him by then) and...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Gail Burton - AP This is Jones' first GG, and the first for an Oriole since Mike Mussina won in 1999. The Orioles haven't had a GG in the outfield since Paul Blair in 1975. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Browse more photos » Congratulations to Adam Jones . It's very exciting to have a Baltimore Oriole recognized for anything positive, especially when the accolades are so few and...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I'm still in Japan, but the internet situation has gone from worse to bad. Sister blog South Side Sox has its own reasons to wonder about the value of hitting coaches—in this case, of standing pat following Alex Rios's disastrous first year in Chicago. I'm not extremely familiar with the situation, but the case against Greg Walker seems to be the case against Hal McRae and, to be fair, most hitting...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP Alex Rios is pulling off the ball just a tad... Browse more photos » Alex Rios has $58.7M left on his contract, is coming off a season in which he hit .199/.229/.301 after joining the White Sox , and has, at times, appeared completely lost at the plate. But don't worry, Greg Walker is planning a special trip to Puerto Rico help turn Rios around. As...
The San Francisco Giants Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
MLBTradeRumors .com posted and interesting piece today regarding the different players around baseball that are being vastly overpaid. After looking at the list, it makes me feel a little bit better about the Rowand , Renteria and Zito contract disasters, and it also got me thinking of how to possibly get one of these guys, most likely Rowand , off the Giants hands. Now, this is mostly just speculation...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Got a bad contract on your hands? Maybe you can swap it for another team's problem. I'll list the bad contracts, you connect the dots. Vernon Wells, Blue Jays - five years, $98.5MM Alfonso Soriano, Cubs - five years, $90MM Barry Zito, Giants - four years, $83MM Alex Rios, White Sox - five years, $59.7MM Travis Hafner, Indians - three years, $40.25MM Aaron Rowand, Giants - three years, $36MM Carlos...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP Browse more photos » The good people at ACTA Sports provided me a sneak preview at the 2010 Bill James projections, which will be made available the public the the 2010 Bill James Handbook ( available next week ). James tends to have the most optimistic projections of any of the major forecasters, specifically for young players (read: unestablished players,...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Well, that wasn't a fun game. Angels lost more than the Yankees won but that's life isn't it. You grow up being told that the good guys win and then you grow up to find out that, in real life it doesn't work that way. The Angels made more stupid mistakes in this series than you'd expect a playoff team to make. Tonight, Vladimir Guerrero decides to run off first base on a short fly out to RF and he...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP He has a pretty swing, when it is working. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn) Browse more photos » When Alex Rios came up to the Jays I thought he was ok but didn't have enough power for a corner outfield spot. He seemed to be a good enough player but he didn't do anything well enough to make you think he should be an everyday player. He had speed...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the White Sox. Their likely commitments for 2010: C - A.J. Pierzynski - $6.25MM C/DH - Tyler Flowers - $400K 1B - Paul Konerko - $12MM 2B - Chris Getz - $401K SS - Alexei Ramirez - $1.1MM 3B - Gordon Beckham - $400K IF/OF - Brent Lillibridge - $403K IF - Jayson Nix - $400K LF - CF - Alex Rios - $9.7MM RF - Carlos Quentin - $550K+ OF - DH - Dayan Viciedo - $1.25MM...
The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
In short, yes. Just like the remaining two-years and $21 million remaining on Milton Bradley's contract will likely handcuff the Cubs this offseason, Alex Rios' bulky contract in which he is scheduled to make $58.7 million through the 2014 campaign will hamper the White Sox. For years, Kenny Williams and the South Siders have coveted Chone Figgins of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Recently, the South Side of Chicago has been identified as a logical destination for Angels third baseman Chone Figgins as he heads into free agency. However, manager Ozzie Guillen doesn't envision the 31-year-old utility player fitting into the White Sox' budget, reports Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. Cowley says that in 2010 high-priced pick-up Alex Rios will take over in center field and Carlos...
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