Were Redeye Your Doctor, You'd Be Dead

Writing sports blurbs for a dumbed-down yuppie tabloid can be so taxing when you have to keep track of two — count 'em, two — whole baseball teams. Redeye's review of April baseball today may be a case of that particular brand of bias known as sheer ignorance. Like, the writer was suddenly informed on deadline that there's another team in town and had to quickly write something about some outfit called the White Sox without actually knowing anything about them.

"What Went Wrong in April," according to the think tank over at Redeye:

The Brian Anderson experiment failed. The Sox were hoping Anderson could be an everyday center-fielder, but he lost the job to aging veteran Darin Erstad after batting .118 so far this season (2-for-17).

Wrong. Anderson never had the job this season and he failed to get the job back despite a promising spring. That's why he has only 17 at bats. Erstad had the center field job on Opening Day and, you'll recall, homered in his first at-bat. Right now Erstad has the highest batting average on the active roster. Some might consider center field improved, although we'd all like to see it get even better. More diagnostic insight from Redeye:

The bullpen. The Sox relievers have converted only 8-of-14 save opportunities, and have blown three.

Here's a profile of the Sox bullpen according to an April 30 story by Scott Merkin of MLB.com: "The White Sox bullpen finished the month tied for the AL lead in wins (six), ranked third in ERA (3.42) and fourth in strikeouts (68). In fact, Aardsma leads the Majors with 23 strikeouts in relief. This group has limited first batters faced to a .237 average and has allowed 27.8 percent of inherited runners to score. It's already a move upwards from a bullpen that finished 18-20 with a 4.53 ERA in 2006, compared to 24-19 with a 3.23 ERA in 2005."

Okay, then the geniuses at Redeye propose, "What Could Go Better in May":

It’s Luis Terrero to the rescue. The versatile outfielder was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday to replace Anderson, who was sent to Charlotte after Sunday’s loss to the L.A. Angels. “I don’t know if it will help more than Brian,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said about inserting Terrero in the lineup against Seattle. “But it gives us more flexibility in the outfield.”

Rest easy, Sox fans. It's Luis Terrero to the rescue! Forget about Jim Thome, Toby Hall, and Scott Podsednik returning to the roster. Don't even ponder more consistent hitting by Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye, AJ Pierzynski, and Joe Crede. It's Luis Terrero we've been waiting for to rescue us from our championship drought of — how long has it been now? — one year.

Good thing we have Redeye to keep us in the loop.