Spring training has barely started, and already rumors are swirling that the White Sox may be working on a deal to send Gordon Beckham to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez, according to MLB.com.
Don’t believe a word of it. Gordon Beckham isn’t going anywhere. He’s too valuable to the Sox both now and in the future. And as we all know, you don’t mortgage the future for a short-term solution, even if the deal involves a talented player like Gonzalez.
The Sox are in a bit of a transition. As older players depart, the Sox will need to rebuild the team around younger players like Beckham. He will be the glue that keeps this team together for years to come, just as the Sox built this team around Paul Konerko earlier this decade.
As much as I would love to see Adrian Gonzalez play for the South Siders, GM Kenny Williams will have to find a way to make this deal without Beckham in the mix.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Beckham Settles for Fifth in ROY Voting
Several weeks ago, White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham was named the Players Choice and the Sporting News Rookie of the Year, both based on the opinions of fellow baseball players. Today, he had a chance to win the trifecta when the Baseball Writers of America voted. Not only did Beckham not win Rookie of the Year honors, he placed a distant fifth, garnering only two second-place votes and four third-place votes.
Why the discrepancy? I’m still scratching my head over this one. Kinda makes you wonder what the baseball writers were looking at.
Instead the writers chose Oakland A's reliever Andrew Bailey who had 26 saves with a 1.84 ERA. Great numbers, I must admit. But I think Beckham's play made more of a difference for the White Sox, who were divisional contenders for most of the summer.
I can understand it if Beckham finished a close second, but a distant fifth with only six votes after nabbing top honors by his peers is something that's difficult to understand. Perhaps it’s a case of the writers looking at Beckham’s two previous honors, assuming that other writes will vote for him, and decide to vote for someone else.
Beckham’s numbers were just as good, if not better, than the other top rookies in consideration. After being promoted from Triple A in early June, Beckham went on to lead all AL rookies with 28 doubles, 43 extra-base hits and 63 RBIs in just 103 games, while finishing second in home runs (14), runs scored (58), hits (102), on-base percentage (.347), slugging percentage (.460) and total bases (174).
Those are impressive numbers. But they clearly did not impress enough of the baseball writers.
Why the discrepancy? I’m still scratching my head over this one. Kinda makes you wonder what the baseball writers were looking at.
Instead the writers chose Oakland A's reliever Andrew Bailey who had 26 saves with a 1.84 ERA. Great numbers, I must admit. But I think Beckham's play made more of a difference for the White Sox, who were divisional contenders for most of the summer.
I can understand it if Beckham finished a close second, but a distant fifth with only six votes after nabbing top honors by his peers is something that's difficult to understand. Perhaps it’s a case of the writers looking at Beckham’s two previous honors, assuming that other writes will vote for him, and decide to vote for someone else.
Beckham’s numbers were just as good, if not better, than the other top rookies in consideration. After being promoted from Triple A in early June, Beckham went on to lead all AL rookies with 28 doubles, 43 extra-base hits and 63 RBIs in just 103 games, while finishing second in home runs (14), runs scored (58), hits (102), on-base percentage (.347), slugging percentage (.460) and total bases (174).
Those are impressive numbers. But they clearly did not impress enough of the baseball writers.
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