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I f***ing love this pick. I expect the Sox to give him some early time up, look at him, and than start working on improving that changeup as well as adding a 2 seamer and honing his cutter. This kid also throws gas and has a fantastic pitchers build. His slider is actually pretty good, nice action, struggles repeating the delivery though and with work his changeup will be pretty solid.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Jun 10, 2007 -> 08:49 PM) Make me #2. Suzuki was sick at Fullerton. Is he still a catcher though? Everybody knew his bat would be good, but some didn't think he could stick at catcher. He's still a catcher, but I know that is still a concern (whether he is good enough defensively to stick there). He's solid at best behind the plate. Lucy is far superior defensively, but hey, you also have to be able to hit and Suzuki can rake plus he's a tremendous leader and that leadership helps him behind the plate.

Phew...Fullerton had a gaffe and than got into a serious jam in the 5th, but only gave up 1 run. However, with the way the Bruins starter is going...it looks like the Titans will have to earn every run they get (the kid going for the Bruins is a freshman lefty with a great arm and there is no doubt he will be a relatively high draft pick two years from now). Beautiful bunt to advance the leadoff man to 2nd. I want to point out that both of the guys the Sox drafted are fundementally sound ball player. You flat out can't play for Fullerton unless you can do the little things (bunt....take the extra base when the situation arises and make contact for the most part). Evan McCarthur is now up (I would have loved to freaking get this guy in the Sox org....he had a down season this year after suffering a hammate injury but the guy is a f***ing STUD). Too bad the Giants got him in the 11th.

One of them was me. One of them was me.

Mahin with a single with a runner on 2nd but f***...Hardman gunned down (we shouldn't have been running there as Hardman had to hold up). God I love college baseball though, so fun to watch when two good teams square up.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 10, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) I don't know if you can give me an answer to this, but why did they relegate Billingsly to the bullpen this season? Is that just a temporary plan with him? My understanding was that they figured he wasn't quite ready and had no problem giving him time in the pen to further develop. In fact, right at the end of spring training he was pretty much banging on the door of the rotation but the Dodgers flat out prefer to go the veterans first, knowing if anything goes wrong they could than turn to the youth. They have a pretty deep rotation though, however, injuries happen and I wouldn't be shocked if he earns a starting gig.

The Giants stadium......Camden would be second.

This looks like an amazing action movie (horrid plot, but who gives a s***....badass action scenes galore...plus I'm sure it will be hillarious to boot).

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 10, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) agree completely. The only way I want a reliever is if it ends up being like a worst case scenario type of situation, which is what it would be with Billingsley. Meredith, Ring, and Linebrink just don't do it for me. I don't mind Ring as a throw in type of guy, as long as they are getting some superior talent as well. Billingsley is a starter in my book. He still needs to learn how to trust his stuff and get batters out earlier in the count (doing this will allow him to go deeper into games as a starter). He also has a plethora of quality pitches and wite you are right, worse case he turns into a reliever, but he definitely has the stuff to be a mid to front of the rotation guy).

On a sidenote....f*** trading Jermaine Dye for a reliever. That would be assinine unless we are talking about getting some sort of absolute stud reliever that is super young and amazing (and at that point we would be talking about a closer, something this squad already has).

WhiteStripes album comes out this week.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 10, 2007 -> 04:34 PM) http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Two straight very good starts from Gavin Floyd, as today he goes seven innings, allowing two runs (just one earned) on five hits and three walks. He struck out eight. Sweeney had a two hit day at the plate and Craig Wilson continues to fall. Damn has he fallen from 'grace' -- just a year ago he was having a pretty okay year with Pittsburg but since he's gone to New York it has not been pretty. This guy is a stud. People get excited about a lot of other guys, but no one has the pure potential/tools that Floyd has (and has consistently shown down in AAA....the command hasn't always been there, but he's consistently throwing in the mid 90's and flashing a plus plus curve).

I posted this in another thread...but take a look. I think people will really like Curtis. I've watched him a lot over the years and he's a darn solid catcher. He obviously has some flaws, but I like his long term possibilities at developing into a solid backup catcher. Haven't seen as much of Mahin to comment and Klipp has a nasty sinker but aside from that less than impressive stuff on the most part (and I should note, guys with a really good sinker can dominate college baseball).

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 10, 2007 -> 05:21 PM) Completely forgot about Javy. I'd really like that team in 2008 though. I really really like that rotation and I completely agree with you....it would be a mistake to have more than 2 young starters in the rotation next year (and that is if Danks stays solid all season long too because if he struggles it would be even more risky). Resign Buehrle Extend Garland Keep Javy Deal Contreras (if you can get him to buy off on a deal now, make it this year and use Billingsley and get him his experience)....if you can't, wait till the off-season (plus this may be what you have to do so you have leverage in terms of getting Buehrle and Garland back). Love the idea of adding Ichiro and than finding a young outfielder somewhere to come up (obviously you can acquire one via trade). The team would be young, but you'd still have a very solid core of starters...tons of good arms and a lot more youth in the lineup (plus you'd still have bats like Thome/Konerko).

Tune in....there is a shot you could see Klip pitch (he's likely going to go tomorrow if necessary though) as well as two other Sox draft picks (Curtis - C and Mahin - RF).

I was in Vegas for the second day so I Got a lot of catching up to do but s***...3 Titans. I'm a huge huge fan of John Curtis. The kid has very good defensive skills and a solid bat. I think he could turn into a nice find a few years from now. Another interesting guy is Justin Klip. I've seen him throw a few times and he actually models his game after Garland (per the school's website). His stuff doesn't really wow you (I saw him pitch a week ago). In fact, at one point I was like jesus this guy is going to get lit up (upper 80's) but he gets exceptional sink on his fastball and will throw in a good breaking ball down in the zone (really does an outstanding job of keeping the ball down).

It sounds fantastic and it also sounds relatively realistic. Count me in. I also think the squad needs to find a way to acquire two good young outfielders (maybe one being a highly touted prospect such as Milledge with the other being a younger major league proven outfielder).

Whoooo....came back from Vegas...up 100 bucks

Fullerton now a win away from Omaha. Lets do it TITANS!!!!

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 03:58 PM) Gage, way to text me our first pick. If I didn't text you, than who did I text?

Holy s***...talk about taking some power arms...I f***ing love it.

ESPN is f***ing trash...trash. f*** YOU ESPN.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 02:33 PM) While I'm on my cursing binge... f*** YOU ESPN WITH THIS BULLs***, I WANT THE f***ING CONFERENCE CALL BACK, NOT EVEN SHOWING THE f***ING SUPPLEMENTAL ROUND MAKING ME WATCH IT VIA THE DRAFT TRACKER!!!! Why is this taking so long.

Lefty that throws that hard, big frame, projectable...only scary thing is he really has nothing aside from a fastball.

Is there a way to watch this coverage online.