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QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 12:09 AM) If the A's somehow choke, it would make that Lester trade look absolutely awful. The Samardzjia and Hammel trade wouldn't look good either considering the prospects they gave up for a rental and 2 years of a decent, but not great pitcher. Part of the reason they've been so bad is because they haven't hit at all recently. Although Cespedes wasn't a world beater, he did provide some value in the middle of that lineup that they really miss right now. Plus, after Cespedes left guys who hit behind him like Moss kind of fell off a cliff. I think the Shark trade was the real bad trade. They got the ace or near ace they needed with Lester, and for an okay, not great, player. With Shark, they dumped one of the top prospects in baseball.

Very nice. Flowers has hung in all year. There are numerous holes to be filled before worrying about catching. Guerra was a nice pickup. He'll be good next year, especially if we get a couple of top end bullpen guys.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 06:26 PM) Luckily most fans are far more sophisticated and realize it isn't the manager's fault they are losing thses games. The idea that the manager bears little to no responsibility for 2 consecutive train-wreck seasons is just daft. Where's the Ventura leadership? Where's our hero, Robin? Both hiring this guy and keeping him around is more of the absurd sentimentality that's suffocating this organization.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) LOL. Francona can't think 2 moves ahead. Tskes the bat right out of Brantley's hands. Great point. Ventura = Francona. Anyone can see that. Plus Robin's a hero.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 08:13 PM) According to a Pirates beat writer, the MLB schedule is coming out tomorrow at noon. A couple leaks are out there. I know the Sox play 3 home/3 away against the Cubs, and 2 home/2 away vs the Cardinals. Opening Day is April 6, so that probably means November World Series games. I thought they got rid of 3 home and 3 away and do 2/2s or just a 3. I guess if your forced rival is in the division you are playing, you do 2 series.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) How are they going to sell more than 5,000 season tickets for next year? The culture of losing has engulfed the South Side. And if they keep this manager who will have lost 99 games and c. 90, they will have ratified that loyalty, hero-worshiping and howling at the moon (we are still in it!!!) are more important making serious efforts toward winning.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) Beck (though he went back up a bit recently for me) I thought Beck did better in AAA than in AA. But, that just could be because the hitters are better in AA. A lot of AAA is replete with AAAA talent, whereas the real prospects are in AA.

Other than Sanchez and Semien and Bassitt, we just called up a bunch of AAAA players, right? Not much there to see, and I haven't seen much.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 11:26 PM) Robin isn't the greatest but at this point deserves a chance to manage a team with a roster projected to finish first, not last. If he's willing to keep managing the Sox, might as well let him for a while. Why does he deserve that? he deserves nothing but his paycheck for his service as manager. Hopefully it ends soon - he's the worst the Sox have had since Gutteridge in 1970.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 09:15 PM) If it is so much better to not bunt and have the runner at 1st, wouldn't a genius manager like yourself, just walk Abreu anyway ? No I wouldn't. Neither would most mangers. But if one wants to, let them. But to be in that position, L Garcia would have had to make an out. maybe he actually gets a hit. Then you are walking the bases loaded by walking Abreu. Ventura made the affirmative decision to both give away an out AND take the bat out of Abreu's hands. That's an indefensible move. It hardly takes a genius to think one move ahead. That Ventura can't grasp the basics is why he has no business managing. Not to mention managing the Sox to the worst finish in 42 years, another disaster this year etc.

QUOTE (1dog @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 09:07 PM) And Hawk agrees with it 100% because "you have to put a guy in scoring position." Of course, he also thought Taylor caught that ball. Ventura simply cannot think 2 moves ahead - that's been obvious for 3 seasons. He gives away an out AND takes the bat out of the best hitter's hands. He's a third grader. not to mention the complete tank job this team has done 2 years in a row.

More bench brilliance - take the bat out of Abreu's hands.

I thought they were going to a 6 man rotation for the last month. I'm not sure the point of wheeling Danks out there anymore. They really needed to dump him in July. Now, just let him rest.

Bravo, Hahn. I didn't make much sense to call him up anyway.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 07:48 AM) Gillaspie has the 9th best OPS among major league 3B. Maybe the Sox should look at LF, DH, and C first??? Because I think that trading the farm to get one of the top 8 3B and leaving three other black holes in the lineup probably isn't going to produce good results. I'm bullish on Gillaspie but his defense is subpar. Give him some LF time. Find a right handed hitter and we'd have a killer platoon and a 4th OF who can actually hit instead of a Wise/Danks type

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 02:07 PM) Rodon is not starting this year. I hope he's not relieving either. No reason to waste service time on this 90 loss team. He had a long college season too. Let him rest. Like to see Mitchell up. Don't see the point of danks. Sox seem to believe that it is their obligation to have an OF who can't hit as 4th OF.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 03:52 PM) I'd give Davidson another year at Charlotte. Only 24 next year. Absolutely

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 02:16 PM) If you can tell me what happened to Danks without writing him a $28.5 million check to play someone else, I'll agree. But that's the case for any of those expensive free agent righties. Bullpen and emergency starter. Depth He's a sunk cost. Do what you can with him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 02:53 PM) FutureSox write-up on the trade, painting a picture of Sanburn for those curious. Thanks Looks like a nifty pickup for Dunn.

No

QUOTE (1dog @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 02:33 PM) Has everyone gotten a bellyful of Leury yet? Not exactly sure why he's playing. Still. He's another one who shouldn't play in September - we need to find real IF prospects. But Ventura won't even even pinch hit for the guy.

Mitchell

Noesi will be a solid #5 for us; maybe a #4. Three more top 1/2 of rotation starters would help. Rodon should be one by sometime in 15. Sign one. And then maybe develop one in the next couple of years.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) Call up Sanburn, open auditions for roles in the 2015 bullpen before we acquire one outright in the offseason. I'm half joking. Study him, talk to him, see if they can make him a starter again, with that stuff he has.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 11:05 AM) Alexei wouldn't clear waivers, would he? No way.