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Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: April 20th, 2009, 5:46 pm
by JediKnights
Does anyone have any insight on when G. Beckham will arrive in the big leagues?
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: April 20th, 2009, 5:53 pm
by Todd Zola
It is a bit curious that the White Sox have kept Beckham at SS as the path to the bigs is readily available at 2B -- unless they feel they can move Alexei back to 2B, likely against his will.
If he were at 2B in the minors, I would say sooner than later, but with his staying at SS, they probably want to see if Ramirez can play SS at the big league level so a callup may not be imminent.
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 7:04 am
by uharchmajor
I have a feeling it's purely fan speculation, but I've heard plenty about Ramirez possibly moving to CF.
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 7:24 am
by Todd Zola
Fan speculation based on some quotes from Ozzie.
Not sure if it is
Smoke = fire
or a
Smoke screen
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: April 29th, 2009, 9:59 am
by msugray
From article Monday:
http://www.southtownstar.com/sports/154 ... nb.article
Guillen all but ruled out calling up shortstop Gordon Beckham, the touted 2008 first-round draft pick.
''Beckham doesn't play second,'' Guillen said. ''If you see Beckham up here this year, we're in trouble. He should play a full season down there (at Birmingham). If we have to (bring him up), we will, but I hope we don't have to.''
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 10:37 pm
by jkadagio
Read on another site fan speculation that he is being called up 6/4. Can't find a verifiable link yet, sorry.
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 10:48 pm
by Todd Zola
he's been officially called up according to ESPN with Betemit being released
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: June 4th, 2009, 9:58 am
by rotohuff
Don't know much about this guy since I play predominantly in NL leagues. In a 12 team mixed, is he worth snatching with a current middle infield of Felipe Lopez, Furcal and Kelly Johnson?
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: June 4th, 2009, 10:39 am
by Todd Zola
Guys picked #8 overall are going to be saddled with the "prospect hype", so it is usually best to temper expectations.
With that said...
Kelly Johnson is a pretty decent comp for what to expect this season -- decent average, more pop than speed from a middle guy. Upside is obviously much higher.
Furcal is scuffling a bit but he has been dinged up -- I expect a decent rest of the season, with a few more steals worked in along the way.
Which brings us to Furcal. I don't think I would drop him, but he is providing an completely empty .245 average - even with tempered expectations, Beckham can't do any worse.
I'd likely put him in for Furcal and hope at some point, I have 4 viable MI so I can deal one.
If you need to drop Furcal -- hmm, it would depend on what I could pick up if Beckham struggles and I wanted to cut bait.
Re: Gordon Beckham ETA?
Posted: June 4th, 2009, 2:09 pm
by cwk1963
Todd Zola wrote:Which brings us to Furcal. I don't think I would drop him, but he is providing an completely empty .245 average - even with tempered expectations, Beckham can't do any worse.
I'd likely put him in for Furcal and hope at some point, I have 4 viable MI so I can deal one.
If you need to drop Furcal -- hmm, it would depend on what I could pick up if Beckham struggles and I wanted to cut bait.
Which is the conundrum we face with these minor leaguers. For every Ryan Braun, there's at least one Alex Gordon. I'd hang onto Furcal as long as I could. Barring an unknown injury, I think Furcal at least performs as well as Beckham would and is at his lowest right now. In fact, I'd look for Furcal to bounce back to a more Furcal-esque performance the rest of the year. Furcal probably won't do any worse whereas Beckham could as a rookie.