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QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 19, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Stick to hockey. If the Lakers pulled that off (again) I might be done with the NBA (unless we get LeBron, then I'll jump right back in it ). Their plan from what I've heard is they will stick Arenas at SG, no questions asked. (dude still has a big contract afterall) If Kirk Hinrich's 6'3 ass was playing SG with us and we got to the playoffs, I'm sure they will be fine with Arenas playing SG for them with a talent like Wall. Hinrich can guard 2's though. Hence him being a 2nd team all defensive player a couple years back and a runner up this past year.

Auston Wilson, Karsten, Ranaudo. At least one of those 3 would be there if the mock went that way.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ May 19, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) DASH WIN 4-3 in 20 innings! CHASE BLACKWOOD WITH A WALKOFF SINGLE!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2010 -> 06:58 PM) I know what you meant. I don't believe Jordan Danks was the hold up in any proposed deal with the Padres. Like I said the other day, I just hope word of his supposed stellar defense has gotten out around the league. He's making adjustments to his swing, much like Flowers, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he is struggling. I'll be more interested to see his splits throughout the season and see if he gets a better feel and starts raking again.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2010 -> 06:51 PM) Strasburg's line tonight: 6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, GB/FB 7/2. June 8th. He's good, real good.

QUOTE (soxbsbllvr @ May 19, 2010 -> 11:16 AM) BTW I have heard (actually read on Milb last week) that they are tweaking Hudson's mechanics a bit, like they did with Peavy, which would account for the slightly inconsistent outings. He still had 8 K's last night so I see no cause for worry. As a whole the starters are settling in some what; bullpen is in shambles (Whisler did have a good outing last night). Interesting. Good info. Thanks

QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 19, 2010 -> 09:35 PM) I'm going to be moving to London from the 3rd of June it seems, will be staying out near Mile End and Tower Hamlets in the East End of London for a couple of weeks before I get my own place there. It's pretty close to where they are building the new Olympic Stadium for the 2012 games I think. Well if all my flights go as planned, I'll be in London on the 5th of June.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 19, 2010 -> 06:46 AM) I have and let me tell you, it's Incred awesome. Check out the specs of the Sprint EVO if you're in the market for a new phone. It'll be the best phone on the market when it becomes available on 06/04. That looks sick. I love my Sprint but its nice to see them finally deliver a premium phone.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 19, 2010 -> 07:13 AM) Jacob is dead. Things probably changed. Ben also doesn't care about Jacob anymore and appears to be, at least in some way, shape or form, completely over any rules.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2010 -> 06:03 AM) Not a damn thing. John Wall is going to be D-rose the sequel. The Lakers have nothing that would entice me. Exactly. You don't trade Wall unless you are getting a top 10 guy or a guy you believe will be a top 10 player. Wall has that kind of potential.

Mayo said that a lot of the scouts he's talked to peg Wimmers (a name the Sox are likely to heavily consider) as the first guy in the draft to reach the majors.

Karsten Whitson is a name that was projected to go top 10 most of the year, but has seen his stock slide a bit. The latest BA draft had him available when the Sox picked and he could be a really nice upside guy to look into. Whitson has nice fastball velocity already (clocked from 90 to 96), a hard slider, and a promising change so it looks like he's a guy that could potentially have 3 good pitches (and that is what it takes to be a front line starter in this league). Nice build and frame. Would be really happy if the Sox went that way. But it would be a huge change of pace since they don't draft prep pitchers in the 1st round.

Mayo recently talked about Ranaudo's fall and indicated there is a shot he falls all the way to the bottom of the 1st round. With teams concerned about the health of his arm on top of the fact that he's advised by Boras, I'm convinced the sox won't take him. Only way they do is if he pitches better down the stretch, but if that happens, he's probably back in the top 10.

Heres a guy the Sox probably won't sign, but I only mention him since he's a QB recruit at LSU and appears to be a tough sign. Pure talent wise he wouldn't be a bad option at 13. Problem is you have no idea if he'll sign:

For those in the Ranaudo camp, below is a snippet from BA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...010/269988.html

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 18, 2010 -> 02:55 PM) Shaun Marcum has gone at least 6 innings with 3 ER or less in every one of his starts so far except one (and in that one he went 7 innings and gave up 4 ER). Marcum and Romero make up a pretty nasty 1-2 punch. I never thought Romero was that good. He was fun to watch in college at Fullerton, but when he went as high as he did, I was pretty surprised since I didn't know if he had enough umph on his fastball to go with that curve he threw in college. He's really done well though. Toronto front office had a lot of issues (internal debate) over that draft pick IIRC.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I really enjoyed this weeks episode. Answered some questions and I can see this thing having an ending.

I think John Wall will be the best player in the draft. The guy is legit.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 18, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) Any thoughts on Stetson Allie? He has some serious helium right now. Evidently his control has been shored up significantly this year, and his slider has been nasty. It's looking more and more likely that he will go in the 1st round. He's got the arm to dream about, but there's a good chance he ends up a reliever. (albeit a closer/setup reliever) Hell of a fastball but I have serious concerns over his complete lack of secondary stuff. Not sure if I take him over some of the other guys. If we were picking in the 20's, I'd take more of a chance, but I'd rather go with a Ranaudo/Paxton. Both of those guys have real nice arms and seem to be a bit more polished. That said, I'd probably take Allie over Workman and some of the other guys, albeit I could see that pick really backfiring and I don't like the idea of that when we pick as high as 13 (higher than we normally pick). I really think I'd rather go with a high upside position player, but the Sox seem to be leaning another way (simply because I like our options at 13 more from the offensive standpoint than I do the pitching standpoint). Unless of course we grab Ranaudo.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ May 18, 2010 -> 01:20 PM) What's that have to do with the price of rice in china?! lol Blackwood has already been told he will see a lot of playing time in GF. I think because I also live out in Cali. Not sure though.

Did AJ double or single? How did Rios get on?

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 18, 2010 -> 11:48 AM) I'd rather have Wimmers than Workman. I don't think Workman is a mid 1st talent. That being said, I'm not enamored with either of them. It sounds like both of them get talked about as pitchers that you don't appreciate until you watch them pitch multiple times. While that is great and all and I'm all about guys like Buehrle, when I draft I tend to go heavily on tools and I like guys with wow me potential. It is why I might be higher on Harvey than others might and why I'd still take a shot at Ranaudo.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2010 -> 11:41 AM) But you know what? It certainly sounded like standard operating procedure for them. I don't know how you can state that it is just standard operating procedure. They have tons of drilling stations and I'm sure they have corporate policies regarding safety and standard that they have to comply with and in this instance my guess is they just ignored some of the issues or just never thought it was near as big of a deal. Its sad that it happened, but unfortunately no amount of controls will always prevent everything from happening.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 16, 2010 -> 03:38 PM) Man oh man, 60 minutes just absolutely ripped apart BP and Transocean. The blowout preventer has a large rubber gasket that is a key part of it. a month before the explosion, there was an accident that damaged the gasket. One of their workers reported rubber shards coming back up in the drilling mud. Those shards were ignored. One of the control boxes on the blowout preventer was having issues the whole month, that should have had the company shut down drilling and repair it. They chose not to. Safety doors on the rig that were supposed to contain explosions were ripped off their hinges by explosions. The day of the explosion, BP decided to cut corners and pull back on the drilling mud pressure in the well to make it faster and more cost-effective to access the oil. They had on a whistleblower discussing a different BP platform in the gulf, and he was reporting, based on documentation, that 95% of the plans for that rig were inappropriately handled and he was fired for trying to make an issue of it. If a company is cutting corners and covering it up and it is standard operating procedure...then, yeah. Clearly BP didn't perform the necessary actions based upon the tests and data they have. That is just ignorance and no amount of controls, etc will prevent something like that, unfortunately.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 18, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) Forum needs a dedicated draft thread imo. Done!