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Mike Aviles and Matt Thornton. I should have gone a few dollars more on Aviles; but the Rotoworld blurb on Thornton put him way over my bid.

I bid 70 to 100 on Aviles in every nfbc league he was aviable and hit everytime.I actually bid more on Aviles than Starlin Castro.I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

I picked him up in the other high stakes league last week for a 1 in two of the main events.

We will see.

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I bid 70 to 100 on Aviles in every nfbc league he was aviable and hit everytime.I actually bid more on Aviles than Starlin Castro.I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

I picked him up in the other high stakes league last week for a 1 in two of the main events.

We will see. I agree 100% with you Eddie. Aviles just rakes.



The White Sox closer situation - here is my pure speculation. The Sox LOVE Sergio Santos, and man is this guy's stuff good. He pitches only 1 inning at a time. I could see the Sox keeping Thornton in an 8th inning role/lefty specialist and moving Santos to closer.



The risk - he's still learning to pitch. He is a converted infielder only 2 years ago.

Totally agree about Aviles vs Castro. The winning bid for Castro was $203, while Aviles only went for $37.

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

come on eddie. put down the crackpipe. i guess his 70 at bats in AAA (PCL) this year with 1hr and 5xbh screams 20hr in majors and .300 avg? wow. i must be doing something wrong



[ May 09, 2010, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: Gekko ]

Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

I bid 70 to 100 on Aviles in every nfbc league he was aviable and hit everytime.I actually bid more on Aviles than Starlin Castro.I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

I picked him up in the other high stakes league last week for a 1 in two of the main events.

We will see. I agree 100% with you Eddie. Aviles just rakes.



The White Sox closer situation - here is my pure speculation. The Sox LOVE Sergio Santos, and man is this guy's stuff good. He pitches only 1 inning at a time. I could see the Sox keeping Thornton in an 8th inning role/lefty specialist and moving Santos to closer.



The risk - he's still learning to pitch. He is a converted infielder only 2 years ago. [/QUOTE]Trying to predict Ozzie Guillen is impossible. With that said IMO Matt Thornton is one of the 10 best relievers in all of baseball.

Originally posted by luck and skill:

Matt Thornton. could get 25-30 saves the rest of the season.

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by luck and skill:

Matt Thornton. could get 25-30 saves the rest of the season. [/QUOTE]He could, but I doubt it. I can see a closer by committee for a period of time. Then, it will be either Thornton or Jenks.

Originally posted by Return of the Aces:

He could, but I doubt it. I can see a closer by committee for a period of time. Then, it will be either Thornton or Jenks. ozzie really dislikes jenks from what i read about the relationship. he was looking for a stumble to kick him down a peg or two. probably make up an injury or something.

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

come on eddie. put down the crackpipe. i guess his 70 at bats in AAA (PCL) this year with 1hr and 5xbh screams 20hr in majors and .300 avg? wow. i must be doing something wrong [/QUOTE]Gordan Aviles can flat out hit dont forget his 325 bavg in 2008 with 418 atbats and 10 homers.

He will also have dual position within a week.

If he stays in the lineup he will do more than Starlin and im betting on it and already have his 2 homeruns in the books this week in 2 main events and 2 american league auctions. BANG

Originally posted by eddiejag:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

come on eddie. put down the crackpipe. i guess his 70 at bats in AAA (PCL) this year with 1hr and 5xbh screams 20hr in majors and .300 avg? wow. i must be doing something wrong [/QUOTE]Gordan Aviles can flat out hit dont forget his 325 bavg in 2008 with 418 atbats and 10 homers.

He will also have dual position within a week.

If he stays in the lineup he will do more than Starlin and im betting on it and already have his 2 homeruns in the books this week in 2 main events and 2 american league auctions. BANG [/QUOTE]according to baseball reference aviles has 12hr in 559 at bats. his avg is a nice .295, but i wonder if he can continue to support it given his 22/86 BB/K ratio. will he get fulltime playing time? his high for hr was 17 while playing in the PCL as a 26 year old.



i'm sure he will have some value if he gets full playing time, however the #'s say it wil be a lot less value than some people think. hey, i've been wrong b4, and i'm sure i'll be wrong again. good luck eddie

Ozzie has disliked Jenks for about 2 1/2 years running now.



It's fun to speculate and create news at times, but I don't see much changing here.

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I bid 70 to 100 on Aviles in every nfbc league he was aviable and hit everytime.I actually bid more on Aviles than Starlin Castro.I think a much better buy for a guy with 20 homer 300 bavg power.

I picked him up in the other high stakes league last week for a 1 in two of the main events.

We will see. that's amusing. i'd like to revisit this in a few months. the 29 year old journeyman or the 19 year old wunderkind? tough call. i doubt either hits 20 or even 15, but in the end, i'll bet castro has the better numbers.