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Yahoo! Sports: MLB - Rangers send Clayton to White Sox for two pitchers
Here's a surprise. Myette has a good arm and who knows about Schmack. I like the name.
I wonder if the White Sox know Jose Valentin and Royce Clayton happen to play the same position? If Herbert Perry or Clayton batted lefty, they could do a neat litte platoon with Valentin playing SS or 3B depending on the handedness of the starter, but that doesn't appear like it would work here. I'm guessing that the White Sox are focussing on Valentin's 36 errors and thinking, "That's too many errors. We must get a better defensive shortstop." I don't like that logic. You have to accentuate what your players can do and not what they can't. Valentin is a net plus thanks to his bat. A much bigger net plus than Clayton is.
Here's a surprise. Myette has a good arm and who knows about Schmack. I like the name.
I wonder if the White Sox know Jose Valentin and Royce Clayton happen to play the same position? If Herbert Perry or Clayton batted lefty, they could do a neat litte platoon with Valentin playing SS or 3B depending on the handedness of the starter, but that doesn't appear like it would work here. I'm guessing that the White Sox are focussing on Valentin's 36 errors and thinking, "That's too many errors. We must get a better defensive shortstop." I don't like that logic. You have to accentuate what your players can do and not what they can't. Valentin is a net plus thanks to his bat. A much bigger net plus than Clayton is.
posted by Sean Foran # 3:35 PM 
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