Southside Showdown » 2012 lineup http://southsideshowdown.com A Chicago White Sox Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 04:17:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Sox Need a Lead-off Man http://southsideshowdown.com/2011/11/21/we-need-a-lead-off-man/ http://southsideshowdown.com/2011/11/21/we-need-a-lead-off-man/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:08:23 +0000 http://southsideshowdown.com/?p=1170 As we sit right now the 2012 Chicago White Sox are without a lead-off batter. Juan Pierre was that guy last year and did a good enough job at the plate. Alright, actually, he could’ve done a lot better. We’re not going to talk about his fielding abilities because these articles are supposed to be [...]

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]]> As we sit right now the 2012 Chicago White Sox are without a lead-off batter. Juan Pierre was that guy last year and did a good enough job at the plate. Alright, actually, he could’ve done a lot better. We’re not going to talk about his fielding abilities because these articles are supposed to be enjoyable.

We only have two sure-fire candidates on roster right now and they are Alejandro De Aza and maybe Gordon Beckham. De Aza started 54 games for the Sox last season and played really well, posting a .400 on-base percentage and a .329 batting average. Beckham has been most productive out of the eight slot in the batting order in his short career (.292 batting average and a .344 on-base percentage in the eight hole) and while he has never hit lead-off he should at least get an audition.  Of the players available he’s certainly one of the most qualified.

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