Jordan4life_2007

Give Ramirez the Gold Glove now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 01:18 PM) J4L, I'm still not sold Rios is 100% healthy. He got all of those days off prior to the ASB (for reasons that were never explained) I was messing with you.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) Well, Stone jinxed the hell out of Rios in that AB. Rios needs a break, as he doesn't look very good at the plate. He's slow to turn on fastballs on the inner half. Didn't he, and the rest of MLB for that matter, just get a 3 day break?

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 11:59 PM) Amazing how well he's pitched and the season he's had when you really analyze his numbers. Everyone was pretty much handing Ubaldo Jimenez the Cy Young all season. He could still get it, but as of right now, Johnson is my pick. I should actually revise me statement some and say that if JJ continues to pitch at this level without hitting a real rough patch, like Ubaldo did in June, that he should be the clear choice.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 10:53 PM) Rangers are 0-2 when Lee starts. Smoak is 5-7, 2 homers in his last two games. Hudson better be careful on Monday. Credit the Rangers for "going for it." But they're gonna so regret this trade in 2-3 years.

I'm going to be pissed off if Josh Johnson doesn't win the CY.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 05:33 PM) Kenny should grow a huge pair of balls and trade Konerko and Teahen at the deadline a good OF.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 04:52 PM) No dice. (unless Reed is released or somethin) Gotta keep the nig's name on here which was my original (luckily, I'm not one of those posters who makes like 5 different names here) name to begin with until he's out the org again. Then, I'll go back to Ace. lol. That was cool in '04. But I'm not going to change my name to K.Honelwhateverhisdamnnumberwas (he was one of my favorite prospects) if he were to somehow rejoin the organization. But your loyalty (more like obsession) is to be commended.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) Dude..... THE CATCH!!!LOLZOMFGZLMFAOZ! Man, I ain't talkin' to you until you get rid of that dumbass name.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=2186708 lol. What planet are you from? You're like the human Johnny 5 robot. Thanks though.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) Never a wrong time to talk about Dewayne Wise. One of my favorites. I guess Reed could be last man on a roster like Wise. I never said Wise was great, just a better ballplayer than many on here think him to be. I saw Reed play in Vegas this year. He continues to not pass the eye test. How is that possible?

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 04:30 PM) I've read a couple of your things bro in the past and it is very good stuff when people take the time. More or less just kiddin around with ya, but I'm sure most posters just skip over it (I don't read EVERY site you put up, cept the ones I'm curious on myself) BTW, I told you guys chw42 was an underrated poster. You should read qwerty's breakdown of why he doesn't think Sergio Santos will be all that good for the long-term. I don't agree with all of it. But it was an excellent analysis. I wish the damn search function worked.

QUOTE (PlunketChris @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) He's full of raw talent. They threw him into the 3 hole in their lineup as soon as they called him up and he didn't skip a beat. The Indians have a nice core of young players, if they put it together before they all demand contracts, they'll be a force to be reckoned with in the AL Central. Let's be thankful that it appears Sizemore and Cabrera (the latter to a lesser extent) will never be the same. I would want no part of a Sizemore/Cabrera/Choo/Santana/Laporta offensive core for the foreseeable future.

Austin Jackson can play some CF.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 17, 2010 -> 11:31 AM) Swisher coupled with Jay Bruce are pretty clear indicators that strange trends in BABIP need to be followed closely and taken with a grain of salt. I hate Jay Bruce. He's screwed me in fantasy two consecutive years.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 11:54 PM) I mostly agree but there's a reason he snapped the muscle off the bone, and it's irrelevant as to what that muscle does or doesn't do. Point of fact, he snapped it off the bone while pitching. Meaning something he does, or has been doing BECAUSE OF PITCHING, caused this injury. Thank you.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 06:23 PM) Seriously, that was a fantastic post by him. It's not only that it's dumb baseball, but also how about the fact that it just hasn't benefited the Sox this season? And you're one of my favorites as well (not that you care). lol.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) I think ptatc said that Jake should have a full recovery. His surgery went really well too. People need to stop freaking out about him. If he had injured his elbow or shoulder, there would be much more reason to worry. I love the information ptatc provides. With that said, seeing is believing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) I did a little more digging around for this. From 2000-2004, there were over 5700 bunt attempts with a runner on first and nobody out, which means the batter at least attempted to bunt at a pitch sometime in the at bat. In this case, the batter reached base or advanced the runner 69.1% of the time, meaning he failed 30.9% of the time. Overall, this case had a run expectancy of .831 runs (because these are just at bats where bunts were attempted, some of these at bats could have resulted in the hitter swinging away due to fouling off two strikes, etc). This does not include pitchers bunting. However, of the successful sac bunts, the run expectancy was .7. So there is a .131 run advantage in bunt attempts over actual sac bunts, that alone seems, well, weird, considering that this includes the 30.9% failure rate (getting out with no base advance). Then you have to also think about the run expectancy advantage of just swinging away, where the run expectancy is .875 (not .9). So usually, swinging away has its advantages and generally, sac bunts are bad. This also applies in late inning high leverage situations. The sac bunt, in almost every case, decreases win expectancy (this is from actual data from the 70s, where bunts were still used a lot). The decrease is not gigantic, it's less than 1% in fact, but in general, the bunt in late inning situations does not help you. Of course, you have to take numerous views at this. It really depends on who is pitching, who is running ,and who is hitting. However, keep in mind that the average hitter that bunted from 2000-2004 had a .343 wOBA, above average. Of all these hitters, 40% were mediocre, 40% were bad, and 20% were good (based on wOBA). It seems like some managers are wasting outs. Dude, I've known you for less than a year and you're one of my favorite posters ever. I love detail. You're right there there with Kalapse and Qwerty and that gay dude named Witesoxfan (and I love my brothers Soxace lol@the reed switch, Rowand44, Heads and Palehose).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) Frankly, if I were the Brewers, that's the kind of package I'd expect for Fielder. Like I said, I don't blame the Brewers. Doesn't mean we have to be stupid. We don't exactly have the talent that teams like Tampa and Texas has oozing out of their systems.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) Nowhere near as much as the Brewers are asking for. Got that right. And the Brewers are doing exactly what they should do. I don't fault them. You just don't succumb.

Leave greg alone. Only I can pick on him.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) What is the right price for Fielder? It sure as hell ain't Beckham and Hudson. No f***ing way. Especially now that they're serious doubts that Peavy will ever be the same again.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78462 Peep that thread and shoot me a PM if you wanna know how I became a fan of Jeremy Reed. (before he hit .400 in AA) And hey... if a guy who is a career .274/.344/.481/.825 is a scrub, then I like those kinda scrubs. I see. Well I was on a timeout for a while (I deserved it). Reed still blows. He can stay at AAA for life.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) I don't get that sentiment at all. The team has been on a ridiculous tear -- one that I've never seen in my time as a fan. They are kicking the s*** out of everybody. They should definitely address the main weakness (offensive production/consistency) and go for it this year. If the price is right? Sure. I just don't want to see some drastic overpay.