Black Sox Blog

The White Sox could be without their starting shortstop in 2007 as Juan Uribe has to report to a judge every two weeks in the Dominican Republic and he’s said he might sit out the 2007 season.

As good as people think Uribe is with the glove, he’s just as bad with the bat.  Uribe hit 21 homeruns but he did it while posting a .257 OBP and a .225 equivalent average.  On top of that, his fielding is a bit overrated.  His “fielding bible” +/- didn’t even fall into the top ten and he had only four fielding runs above average last year.  Adam Everett, who many feel is the best starting shortstop in the league, had 19 fielding runs above average in 2006 and having a guy on the field like Alex Cintron may not cost the White Sox much when compared to what Uribe does on a daily basis.

So while I hope Uribe sorts out his legal difficulties, I won’t really be missing him on the field too much.