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Rodriguez was FILTHY. Easily the most impressive prospect I've seen so far today. Doesn't mean he's the best, but man, eye-popping stuff. In terms of talent, this years crop is nothing like last years (which was as amazing of a Futures Squad as I've ever seen).

QUOTE (Omnipotent Grab @ Jul 13, 2008 -> 09:48 AM) I doubt the Danks signing will be announced before 8/15 since it will be an overslot bonus. Beckham should be signed by now though. I wish we had both in the system already but we have to wait. f*** it. Welcome aboard. I think Beckham is happy taking a little break from baseball before signing and getting about a month or so of minor league ball. In fact, I think both will sign at very similar points (probably in the next 2 weeks). You may be right on Danks, but I think as long as they hold off till around the end of the month they won't get too much heat from MLB.

Getz is better than a utility player. I still say he has the ability to start at 2B for a long long time and worse case turns into an above average utility guy. I hope he keeps raking this year and if Ramirez slides to SS the Sox feel comfortable enough to go with Getz (long-term, Ramirez/Getz could be a pretty darn good 1/2, although there would be some OBP concerns with Ramirez). Plus when you figure the Sox will probably make some other adjustments, I could see them going young up the middle (plus with Konerko and a couple of there young starters, ie Danks/Floyd) that they could go out and make a major major signing or acquire a big big name player and sign him to an extension.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 13, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) Just what I thought about Richard, not a great prospect. He doesn't throw hard enough nor is he deceptive enough to be anything more than a 4 or 5 starter. He doesn't seem to have much in his secondary pitches. I don't consider Richard trade bait because i don't think his minor league value is greater than his actual potential value. I say that because teams don't consider him a front line prospect yet he's the type of guy that when you see him over a longer span you see why he gets guys out. He doesn't throw a straight pitch, changes speeds, and keeps the ball down down. Bottom line, Richard is the type of guy that you really learn nothing about watching him in the FuturesGame, since it isn't his aresnal which make him so succesful, rather the command/movement/pitching instincts. Of course not many guys end up turning into a Buehrle/Glavine. Not saying Richard does, but given the value you get for him in a trade I'd hold onto him and see if he could turn into one of those guys.

Anyone see Hellboy 2? Looks darn entertaining from the previews.

Geeze, the Rangers can rake too.

I like this move by Ozzie (staying with Boone).

Can you recommend some of those books. I love stuff like that and as a kid used to read random fact books (and was always intrigued by crap like that).

Anderson makes that play look much easier than it was. Great job by Ozzie to put BA in the game. Not so great leaving Danks out there, but oh well. If the Sox lose those game it ain't because of the manager, its because of a pathetic job by the pen.

Wow, that is one hell of a person to wear a cabbage leaf under his hat. Second off, how in the hell did you know these random facts?

I cheated and looked the answer up for the home run cycle and I'd have never known the answer, never.

3rd time he's given up more than 3 runs in an outing this season.

QUOTE (Maxwell @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 06:46 PM) Yeah, not much. However, there was a lot of hate on floyd for a thread about danks. On a sidenote, for anyone who wants to search big ass threads like that, here's my suggestion. Click on the options and look at the print version (it puts everything in one massive page) and than run a search for your username.

Danks should have been gone after the double. Why have him throw pitches in a gmae with a 6 run lead (especially when most of the 2nd half Danks is gonna be in a new position when it comes to workload).

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 05:41 PM) Hopefully I was in there saying that Masset's fastball is nowhere near 96-98 mph. I didn't see much on Masset. I think there was another thread cause I remember commenting a lot on Masset and all I saw was 1 post from me in the entire thread (which is rare for a 60 page thread).

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 06:22 PM) Preston Wilson I think your right.

I'm surprised Danks is in. I'd have shut him down and called it a first half of the season. He's been absolutely tremendous the past couple weeks though (getting deep into games and giving up very few runs). After this start, I'm calling him the biggest snub of the All Star Game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 05:36 PM) Oh come on, I'm sure there were worse things said than that!!!! Someone I work with is friends with Danks, and some of the stories about him are crazy. He's a good kid. I'm not going ot lie fathom. I just went through about 20 pages and you were the one hammering the deal more than almost anyone. Although in general, I was one of the only people actually supporting the move and it had to do with having inside info. That and I liked the idea of getting two good arms for 1.

Looking through the thread to see some of my posts The inside information related to personal agenda's on McCarthy's end and within the Sox organization, that were bound to result in a nasty ending between Bmac & the Sox.

Paulie....4-4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like the Jim Thome we've seen as of late. He's using all fields and making me look like an idiot (keep on doing it Jimmy, keep on doing it).

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 05:28 PM) Wouldn't you say that was his 2 strike swing? Tonight, he's been doing that on the first pitch and forward. When you've been doing what Joe has been doing (which is pulling his hands through the zone way to quickly and thus making him an easy out with anything middle and away) the quickest way to getting back on track is to stay back on the ball and just work it to right field. I'm thrilled to see him doing what he is doing because it means we are about to see a very good stretch out of Joe.

I like the Jim Thome we've seen as of late. He's using all fields and making me look like an idiot (keep on doing it Jimmy, keep on doing it).

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 05:24 PM) He's not skilled enough at that art to do that. Just like Pods, he's the one guy I just want to swing hard and try to pull it. Crede is very skilled at flipping the bat out on the ball and going up the middle/rf. He's done that numerous times when he's been healthy the past couple seasons. Well I shouldn't say very skilled, but he's pretty solid at it (Frank was amazing at it in his prime).

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 05:22 PM) Did anybody besides KW realize Danks was a stud? Was anybody on Soxtalk a complete believer in Danks? Danks was one of the premiere pitching prospects in all of baseball when the Sox acquired him. So was Brandon McCarthy.