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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) I think we might win today. I feel it's at least 50/50 If you feel that way, go to Vegas, cause I'm sure the odds are stacked in your favor. This seems like an un-winnable game, but I hope I'm wrong

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 09:49 AM) That's certainly one plausible way to look at the data. It's also entirely plausible that Jose was red hot because he was being caught by Castro, and his slump resumed when AJ resumed catching him. Ya, I don't believe it. I do think pitchers can be more comfortable with various catchers but in no way should there ever be that big of a difference. No way. Contreras numbers are bad with AJ because he has sucked ass most of the season, sans a small hot streak, where he pitched really good and Castro happened to be the guy back there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 09:37 AM) Jose's splits per catcher: Castro: .224 batting average against, .625 OPS against. Pierzynski: .311 batting average against, .883 OPS against. Isn't that skewed heavily by the fact that AJ caught Jose when he wasn't red hot and when prior to his stint in the minors.

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QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 08:49 AM) For those of you wondering if Ozzie actually looks at the numbers from when AJ catches The Count and when Castro does. We have our answer. He doesn't. Didn't Castro catch his last few starts? Jose sucks, period, end of story.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 08:08 AM) Can Podesednik not play right field??? Rios should be in center everyday, hes so much better at it than anyone else No, he can't. He has no arm and very limited experience in right. I'm not saying Pods is good in center, he isn't, but with the in-experience of Pods the best move is putting Rios in RF (whose a gold glove caliber RFer) with Pods in CF. Ozzie has done a very very good job handling the multiple outfielders since the Rios acquisition.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2009 -> 07:53 AM) What's up with Thome? Day to Day with a foot injury.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 05:53 PM) qb even wr packers te Bears OL even RB Bears Looks like an edge to the Bears to me I'd go QB - Even WR/TE - Packers OL - Even RB - Bears But to me the Packers just have such an edge in the combined WR/TE department. Yes, the Bears WR's are that bad in my book (at least as of this moment).

Fantastic article.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 09:37 PM) Yep, and he should be stealing every time he gets on base. I don't care if he triples...steal home! I wouldn't be shocked if the Sox have given him orders not to steal. A lot of teams do that with speedsters to prevent them from getting injured and to just have them focus on other aspects of the game. Not sure if that is the case with Mitchell or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 05:29 PM) You watch any of it? If so, how'd the velocity and offspeed stuff look? Got it recorded so I'm going to watch when I get home from work.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 05:13 PM) People need to realize what this is. This is Peavy getting his work in. Working on control, his secondary pitches. Not exactly the same thing as a big league game. I wouldn't get worried or excited about results good or bad. This is like people worrying about a ST start in Arizona. Spot on. He was throwing strikes and looks healthy. Plus 5 k's. I'll take it. Real excited to get him in a Sox uni.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:57 PM) I'd agree with that, but everyone came into the season thinking he was a great defensive player at 2nd, 3rd, and short. And it's simply not the case. He was touted for his defense, and overall, it's been subpar. Oh at short he was hideous, but I don't remember anyone saying he was a plus defensive player at SS or 3B. The guy has very little experience playing either of those positions. He has been fine at 3B, but short was a disaster for him. I'd like to see him get a lot more experience there in the spring so that he could become more of a jack of all trades off the bench.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:51 PM) Why does it matter if he has the range to get to a ball in the hole only to botch it or throw it away? I haven't seen him have this issue at 2B. The guy is no doubt a plus defensive 2nd baseman.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:53 PM) Really? The Nats put the cuban-style out clause in there? Is that even allowed for players that are drafted? Oh I'm not sure. How does it work when a player signs a 4 year major league contract? I assume his service time starts immediately since it is a major league contract? I guess he'd still be eligible for arbitration and the standard 6 years, its just that his clock starts immediately? I'm not sure so I'm asking.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) What does the length of time matter, the real money is the bonus: He only got a $7.5 mil bonus, I would have expected 10mil bonus easily and another 10mil in contract. In fact the way that the contract is structured he most likely will end up as arb eligible the first year that this contract is done, or even worse if he stays in minors for 2 years hed be playing for league minimum in 2013. I assume he'll become a FA after that 4 years though, which would be big.

QUOTE (soxrock0109 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) We need to win tonight because i'm not sure if we will be able to win with Jose pitching tomarrow... i'l take 6 innings from Garcia and we probably will have to score around 6 runs... big game tonight because after this homestand our schedule is brudle. GO SOX! take 2 out of 3 at the least. Welcome aboard!!!

I love me some DirectTV scheduler. Just got the MLB look-ins set to record.

How did he look? What was the velocity, etc?

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:04 PM) They are wrong - this won't be his last start in the minors per Kenny from last week. Hypothetically he could be ready. After this start he should have the stamina to throw 80-90 pitches which is enough to do it at the major league stage. The thing is I figured the Sox wanted to be more careful but if Peavy was down for it you could make the case that the only real risk you have in him making his next start at the major league level (as opposed to the minor league level) is that he might not be ready and would get shelled (but is that really much of a risk since we already know the alternative will get shelled). Risky, maybe, but not from the sake of health. If he's healthy enough to pitch in Charlotte, he's healthy enough to pitch in Chicago. He just might not be ready to get big leaguers out, but I think a close Peavy is a lot better than current Contreras.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:03 PM) Good. Linebrink's been nothing short of awful this year. I'm sorry that we have to carry his albatross of a contract for the next two seasons. The thing is, he's healthy. He just needs to get some confidence in his off-speed stuff to keep hitters honest. He's throwing 94-95 consistently of late but guys are just sitting on it. Command and a secondary pitch is the key. Linebrink finds that and the Sox are golden.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) You guys are operating under feeling. You feel like Chris Getz can make these improvements. The fact is throughout his professional career, he hasn’t. Look at the numbers. Generally, People don’t learn better plate discipline at the major league level. Chris Getz is who Chris Getz is. He’ll hit you .275 and OPS around .700. what’s at question is: do you want this guy on the roster over a guy who will walk more, hit more homers, and save about ten more runs than him on defense? The only clear advantage for Getz is that’ll he’ll steal you about 15 more bases than Nix. You mean the Chris Getz who put up a .382 OBP in 2007 (Bham @ 23 years old), and .366 OBP (Charlotte @24). Those are both above average minor league OBP's and in those years he hit .299 and .302 respectively with a significant power increase (3 hr's vs 11). He's the type of guy that I expect to actually hold up pretty well. It's also the same Chris Getz who put up a post ASB .296 AVG,.359 OBP, .767 OPS. All pretty damn solid for a 2nd baseman.

Gonzalez is also reporting that.

Cowley is reporting that Linebrink has been demoted from the 8th inning set-up role.

Interesting. I figured he still had another start left. Maybe he'll go to AA or somewhere else, but that doesn't make much sense to me. I wonder if MLB network knows something we don't or if they are just wrong.