Chicago White Sox Community Roundtable: Week 1

Juan Uribe—he hasn’t done anything at the plate so far (other than strike out), and as a notoriously streaky hitter, he needs to get hot as soon as possible or it’s going to be a long year for him. If he doesn’t improve look, for Alexeí Ramirez to start getting playing time at 2B.

Also, if I had any expectations at all, I’d consider Mike MacDougal as a disappointment. It’d be nice if the Sox would just bite the bullet and release him and not let it turn into a soap opera a la Cliff Politte or Billy Koch.

Lastly, while it’s still early, it’d be nice to see the starters go a bit deeper in the game and take some of the load off of the bullpen. If Mark Buehrle, Javier Vazquez and John Danks can consistently pitch around seven innings, it would make the ‘pen that much better.

Steve Jankowski: Contreras needs to get better. And Alexei Ramirez needs to get back to the form he showed in the spring.

Corey Dowlar: Despite putting up 13 runs tonight, the Sox could have definitely made it much more than that. I know that is being extremely picky, but this team needs to go for the jugular and put games away early if they can.


TJ March: There's really only one thing—taking advantage of runners in scoring position. The Sox have left plenty of men on base since Opening Day, certainly more than their 4-2 record shows. Despite winning games with what they have been doing, I would love to see them taking advantage of those extra baserunners.

Jake Widlowski: I am disappointed with the poor outings by Javier Vazquez and Jose Contreras. The game on Friday for Contreras was not good at all—his pitches were looking like juicy oranges ready to get ripped apart and eaten. And they were eaten indeed, as Contreras gave up five runs in five innings.

Aaron Rusnak: Juan Uribe. Although a hero in the last game of the Tribe series, he's hitting just .188, which is 85 points lower than the next Sox starter (Thome at .273).

Dieter Kurtenbach: I'm disappointed in the lack of manufactured runs in the first two series. Anyone can score off the long ball, but real baseball teams can get five runs on a horrible offensive day when no one is clicking. I think Ozzie is getting too complacent with the longball, aka, pre-2005 baseball. The longball is great and all, but it is also in consistent, Ozzie needs to blend this phase of the game into the '08 team.

Isaac Sorsa: Obviously before Buerhle shut down Detroit yesterday his start was a bad spot, but I think he knows he was throwing too many strikes, and looked like himself against Detroit.

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