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Hey Willie...wouldn't it be great to have Harris playing CF for the Sox next year?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 12:26 PM) And if you could find a live T-Rex, it'd be worth even more than the fossil ones. Pods is looking good so far, imo. I still say if we had him healthy all year we probably are around .500 (and its not because he's that good, but more so because he'd have been light years better than the other options). He still is a decent player though in the right situation and could definitely help a contender. If I were another team, maybe with a player banged up a top your order or just looking for an overall spark I'd definitely consider dealing a low A type guy for Pods.

Balta...lets hope Kenny finds a creative way to unload Jose. I honestly wouldn't even care if it was to get an overpaid, yet still decent outfielder (since we have an extreme need there). Say a Jose Contreras for Shawn Green type deal (with the Mets kicking in a bit of cash). Green is ridiculously overpaid but stick him in left and he at least isn't horrible production to go with a resigned Jermaine Dye and a young player in CF. I still would hope we could just unload all of Jose's contract though (and Green is just a name I'm throwing out, but just a player that is a bit overpaid yet could still be productive to a team that could use a pitcher and would take the chance on Jose).

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 12:20 PM) Tadahito Iguchi was having a superb second half OBP-wise and it only got us a 21 year old single A guy. Rob Mackowiak's 1.132 OPS in July netted us a 23 year old single A pitcher. What are Pods' and Erstad's values if they get on a hot streak? I'm guessing a 27 year old High-A outfielder and a 24 year old single A player who has already had TJS. A healthy Pods is more valuable than Mack and could get an A ball player. I think a healthy Erstad probably could as well because a healthy Erstad is as good of a bench player as Mack, imo (or at least similar). Although if I were a team I'd prefer Mack because he's more likely to be healthy and can play a few more positions in a bind.

Oh f***...Juan/Paulie brilliant. This is the type of Sox team I thought we could see all season. Great pitching...a timely defensive play and enough runs so far.

How the f*** was that a ball? It should be 1-2. Only thing Floyd has done bad so far is not helped his catcher out at all with runners on.

LOL @ DJ...catch of the year.

Nice piece of hitting by Guillen cause that was a good curve.

A changeup....nice.

Great pick by Paulie. He is so good at those.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 12:12 PM) Good to see that Floyd must be pitching well... Far better than the box score would indicate too. He's been throwing a good curve and moving his fastball all over the place and has shown a lot of poise/confidence pitching over bad calls and bad defense.

Yep, his pitch count must be a bit high, but he should have a couple less hits and probably 1-2 more k's (based on some shady calls by the umps). But he's pitched over the defenses mistakes and the umps calls and had a great game through 5. I want to see him get through at least 6 though.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 3, 2007 -> 10:32 AM) I've seen Erica Blasberg. She is super cute. She's a family friend of ours and she's very cute.

Come on Floyd...battle through this.

Hope Holdman gets better. Always liked him as a Bear, despite that one major gaffe in the playoff game against the Eagles.

Throw the big yacker Floyd.

Jose was probably on waivers right when the 31st deadline ended and I'm sure he went through untouched. My guess is the Sox rest him and hope he can come back, show some stuff, and allow them to move him in August (odds are still pretty low of that) or hope you can get someone to bite on him over the long off-season (with the Sox possibly having to move him for another guy who may have a bad contract).

Now if only at one point we can swing Pods or Erstad in an August deal for a low A type of guy (I still think if both show they are healthy they can add some value to a possible contender at very little cost) to open up a spot for Sweeney to get Ab's as well.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) He doesn't look overmatched like Anderson or Sweeney did, so that's definitely good to see. I'm still reserving judgement but so far, so good. Sweeney never looked overmatched, he just looked like he wasn't ready because he doesn't get agressive with the inside pitch. Anderson just looked worse than practically every pitcher in baseball (damn near including Randy Johnson). Its nice to see FIelds/Richar come up and at times look good. Hell, even Owens since coming back the second time up looks relatively comfortable. All of them got a s***load to work on but I could see all having long major league careers (how good they will be who knows, but I think all stick up for some time).

Yes....Jerry Owens with an extra base hit (maybe this will shut some of you up that complain about how he just hits singles...I don't give a damn as long as he hits and continues to improve his eye and draws walks). I'm starting to get this thought that Owens could actually pan out (but he's going to have to really draw walks and hit for a pretty high average and make great use of his speed). Ersty shows up!!!

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 11:47 AM) Is this Tatoo pitcher for Detroit any kind of prospect? Looks like a fluffer to me. Had a good ML debut against the A's. Works real fast and was throwing strike after strike early on in the game (and did a hell of a job moving the ball all over the zone) but has since not looked quite as good. Still, I think he looks like he could start for at least a few clubs.

Richar looks like he sees the ball well and is patient, combined with few k's (or so it appears from the early parts I've seen) and good speed and you got to like what you see (plus he has a live bat to get xtra base hits). Now I want to see the Sox really work with him on helping him improve his baserunning.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 04:14 PM) I worry about AJ next season. He is hitting like .350 since the break.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) Gavin at 4IP, 4H, 0BB, 0R, 5Ks and a couple of those hits could have been outs. I didn't see this coming, but what a shot of confidence this will be for him...we need to get him a couple more runs. Its still early with only 4 innings under his belt, but if Floyd keeps this up and doesn't get another couple starts in a row I'm going to be pretty upset (unless of course Jose comes in and throws a no hitter and than immediately gets dealt, LOL).

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) Richar to me looks to be a future lead off guy, or number 2 hitter. He makes a lot of contact, so far hasnt shown a propensity to strike out. And he has the speed. This so far looks like a great trade from KW. i know people like Cunningham, and he might be great someday. But we have nothing in the minors for middle infield. Now if we can somehow matchup in the offseason for Hu from the Dodgers, our infield should be set for a long time. I completely agree. I would like to let him ease into next year though with the Sox finding a legit top of the order guy. I really wouldn't at all have a problem with Owens if he keeps playing like he has the past month or so (as one of the clubs outfielders and one of the top of the order guys with the club also picking up a very quality shortstop or something else to be the other top of the order guy) and obviously having Dye or another good bat in the outfield plus a good young bat (probably acquired elsewhere with Sweeney as the 4th OF).