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Ouch...my boys look done. Picthing collapsed in Omaha.

The main reason you are pushed to go to college, etc, is so you can make money. By getting a GED, he might be missing out on some of his younger years, I completely agree with that. However, at the same time, he might really love baseball and have a dream of playing in the bigs as soon as possible and he can do that and make lots and lots of money so if he's mature for his age it wouldn't shock me. He wouldn't be the first kid to graduate a year early from highschool and go another route. And he's still going to get a college like experience down in the lower level of the minors as he'll probably spend 2-3 years in the minors. I don't care how good he is, he's not going to be called up for at least 2 seasons and even that would be pretty incredible.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 15, 2009 -> 12:14 PM) Norris. Fixed.

If Contreras puts up two more real good starts and we are still 5-7 games back, it is the time to trade him. You might actually be able to get something good for him to if he is dominant.

I have a lot of friends just entering and from what I hear it is horrible to find a job. Literally you can't find anything. But thats in California.

Brian, finally saw the episode last night. Great finale. And that last duel was phenomenal.

I wasn't a fan of this pick initially but if he has good movement and a deceptive delivery he might be a guy that can move up and make a big impact out of our pen early on. I prefer the high upside arms but this might turn into a nice move. We'll see though cause you could make a case that he's quite similar to a one of the Sox top picks of a year ago, Drew O'Neil, who has struggled a bit.

FS Draft Profile: Kyle Bellamy, RHP, University of Miami By Danny Santaromita Click the link for the full article, with a lot more information on Bellamy.

I'm interested to see if he produces at all when he gets back off the DL. His stuff was very meh all of spring and the big Sox homer in me hopes that Kenny wasn't just shooting us a bunch of malarky when he touted this kids arm and that we see him make some big strides now that he's healthy (if he was in fact hurt).

Marquez Activated from DL BY John Norris (aka JPN)

Ya, we saved our ace, but our rotation is young, a true sophmore and two freshman. They are all freaking good, but still, its the college world series. You guys are in great shape heading into game 2.

The best thing for Flowers development is to have him in the big leagues working with a very good defensive catcher, one known to handle pitchers well. Whether thats AJ or someone we've yet to bring in. That is how they should do it.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 14, 2009 -> 10:51 AM) If the kid goes to a div 1 school he can't enter the draft until after his sophomore year. At his age it would be Junior year. Only certain non-juco players are sophmore eligibles and it has to do with when there birthdate is. He wouldn't fall in that category.

I sure hope my Titans find a way to beat the Cavaliers. Lets go FullertoN!!!!

Are you guys seriously trying to tell me that Quentin has better bat control than Alexei Ramirez? Ramirez has some of the fastest hands in the bigs and while he might not recognize breaking balls all that well or have a phenomenal eye for the strike-zone he does have an uncanny ability to hit the ball to all fields and to make contact on really difficult pitches. I'd argue that Alexei has the better bat control.

That is insane (about Hoffman).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 14, 2009 -> 02:48 PM) Flower is nowhere near ready defensively, he is still learning the position. AJ gets crap for his inability to throw guys out, but Flowers would be worse than that in every aspect, AND doesn't yet know how to handle pitchers. Trading AJ, who is key to this team and is having a good offensive season, doesn't make sense. And even offensively, he's not "ready", but he's close. 2010 we should see AJ one more year, with Lucy backing him up, and Flower in AAA getting one more full year behind the plate learning how to catch. Flowers will be a 2010 callup or a 2011 Opening Day starter. You do NOT want him playing backup for more than half a season, as he needs to be playing to develop. Lucy isn't a future starter, or heck Castro or whomever, just have them back up for now. 2011 Opening Day seems ideal, or maybe 2010 midseason as the backup at the earliest. The non-hitting aspects are far more important than the offense for a catcher. I hate to say this, well I don't hate it, but I'll break the news, Flowers will be with this team next year at the latest. The Sox love his bat and they'll find a way to get him ab's, maybe with AJ here, maybe with AJ elsewhere, who knows.

He's a good minor leaguer, but thats what he is.

The most recent quotes were a-ok with me. Oh and Beckham just raked an opposite field double and had a much better at bat. He's starting to figure stuff out, but another guy that really is hitting well is Christopher Getz, who I think is going to be a very very good long-term 2nd baseman (good defense, high obp, I like his upside to be a #1 or #2 hitter).

Getz is starting to put s*** together.

I'm glad we have Cutler cause otherwise we'd see the Bears and Vick in the same sentence (from reporters, not necessarily that the Bears front office would go after him).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 12:21 PM) Isn't he it the one they found out is three years older? It was speculation by Bureau, but whether true or not, we really don't know.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 12:55 PM) You do realize Putz just went down for 2-3 months with elbow bone spurs right? at the tiem I made the post, no, but I read it earlier today. Still, they aren't going to have two closers, long term it wouldn't work, imo.

Don't know if this was posted or not, it is about our 31st round selection, Jacob Wilson:

GBecks and Poreda!!!! Welcome the new kids (for July that is)