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| MINNEAPOLIS -- The White Sox have acquired Ken Griffey Jr. from the Reds, pending the player's approval, FoxSports.com reported early Thursday. As a 10-year veteran with five years playing for the same team, Griffey holds veto power over any potential deal. Griffey, batting .245 with 15 home runs and 53 RBIs this season, is sixth on the all-time list of Major League home run hitters with 608. It was not reported who the Reds would receive in return for Griffey, but the move would be an interesting one from a White Sox perspective, since they are seemingly set in the outfield and at designated hitter. Left fielder Carlos Quentin has been a bona fide Most Valuable Player candidate in left field with 28 home runs and 83 RBIs, and Jermaine Dye's .311 average, 24 home runs and 65 RBI are All-Star-caliber numbers. Nick Swisher has struggled with the bat, hitting just .230, with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs, so Griffey could be targeted for center field. Griffey, who turns 39 in November, last played center in 2006, when he logged 100 games there. He has played right field since then. If the trade has been made and Griffey accepts it, the White Sox would figure to use Swisher more at first base, his better defensive position, which would cut into playing time for Paul Konerko. The White Sox captain has also struggled this season, hitting .214 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs. According to another report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the White Sox also are looking at Oakland reliever Huston Street. The potential acquisition of Griffey could take them out of that picture. Griffey has a $16.5 million club option for 2009, with a $4 million buyout. The White Sox had no comment in regard to the deal, and it is not yet known what the team would have to give up for one of the game's most prolific sluggers. Brian Anderson could be one possibility, moving Jay Bruce out of center for the Reds, and adding Anderson's strong defensive presence. |
| QUOTE (redsoxabstract @ Aug 1 2008, 11:20 AM) |
| Griffey kinda sucks pretty bad now. |
| QUOTE (.Atmosphere @ Aug 1 2008, 11:37 AM) |
| uh noe he doesnt, he's still managing an OBP over .350 and a respectable SLG. his BA is down, yea. |
| QUOTE (redsoxabstract @ Aug 1 2008, 01:16 PM) |
| He's above average offensively (.280 EqA), but he's not great at all. And he's a huge defensive liability (-11 RAA) and Kenny Williams is talking about putting him in center. His above averageness with the bat does very little to make up for such crappy defense in an important defensive position. |
| QUOTE (Edgar For Mayor @ Aug 1 2008, 03:33 PM) |
| The Sox GM is dumb, he said CF is the easist OF possition to play and the healthiest. |