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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.

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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.

Sanburn looks like a nice get for Dunn. John Danks, front and center please.

He was a poor signing, but he didn't sign himself. He tried and seemed like a good guy.

That's got to be Montas' lowest K outing ever. Rodon is walking too many. Still has plenty of minor league work to do. As I recall, a lot of people were touting Goldberg at the start of the season as future closer. What happened to him?

I hate trading with Oak. Never seem to get anyone worth a damn from them. Cotts is about it. I would think they'd want Dunn though.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:09 PM) I have no idea what you mean. Just what I wrote. He looks clumsier than he is. Now if we can just move Dunn and Danks in the next 26 hours.

And even in the 9th, Robin "Gutteridge" Ventura pinch hits for Nieto but lets L Garcia hit.

Looks like we got a couple of reasonable prospects - not bad. De Aza's a good pickup for Baltimore. He's their 4th OF. He can hit, his defense isn't nearly as bad as it looks, and he can play all OF spots. Much better than the Wise/Danks type of 4th OF. And as for his incessant mental errors - we'll see if they happen so often under a professional manager like Showalter. I don't think it's mere coincidence that the mental gaffes from De Aza and others on this team have multiplied over the last 2 year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:54 PM) If certain guys can't play hard with their jobs on the line for next year, it isn't the manager that is the problem. Yes it is. And yes he is (one of them, anyway). Players have quit on him - he bears some responsibility for that. And this isn't the first time. With his record, he'd have been out on his ears a year ago and scorned like Bevington were he not Robin Ventura, a "hero".

This game was not a serious effort. The team just clowned it up. Reason number xxxxx that they need a real manager.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 06:30 PM) The Sox are probably looking a little bigger picture than just one start. I get it, but it's not like he's had a big picture worth of starts anyway.

he was torched his last start, though wasn't he?

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 09:37 PM) my guess is several reasons, 1 terms of his signing, 2 his agent 3 to start he clock running. A little unclear, but if you're saying that we agreed to get the clock running early as part of the signing - the thought had occurred to me, but really, we paid him way over slot, nearly got hit with the penalty; that's dubious negotiating if we agreed to kick in the clock early.

I still don't know why the Sox are hell-bent on rushing him this year. He had a long college season. Take it easy; save the service time. As it is, in the small sample size, he's walking too many - something to work on.

Williams wanted a house-horse. Someone who would be loyal to him and Cooper. I understand that, but why they picked someone who had never sat so much as a minute on a bench as a coach in any capacity, despite being retired for 7 years, is hard to figure. I also don't understand the extension - unless it's Williams still calling the shots on such things.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 03:39 PM) This team needs to get a little tougher. I think Rodon will help that cause. So might a professional manager.

Ventura can't think 2 moves ahead. EVERYONE knew that Ventura had just put the bat in McCann's hands...except for Ventura. His utter incompetence is stunning.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 23, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) 16-13 in August last year. Great post. Yea, he was off a month. And 8-18 in July And 7-21 in September

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 23, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) Wasn't there a thread like a week or two ago about how Mitchell was rushed? I think he absolutely was rushed after sitting out that year for injury. Mitchell had a .550 OPS in Birm and Charlotte in 2013. He starts out the exact same way in Charlotte this year, gets sent down and, suddenly he's a new player.