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Josh Johnson's 1 ER or less streaks ends. The bum had the audacity to give up 2 runs in 8 innings. Not to mention 1 BB and 9 Ks.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) The Twins have got to be s***ting their collective pants right now. This is so fun! I get the feeling they're going to do whatever it takes to get Lee. That rotation of theirs is simply not going to hold up.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 09:16 PM) Yes, but even he has to save his reputation a little bit. You don't take a guy hitting .230 to the ASG. If I turn out to be wrong I'll gladly apologize (not that it would mean anything).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) Tex his hitting .230. He's not going. You realize Girardi is the AL manager?

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) I think there is an extra player on the AS roster this year, plus there is a DH. But no way in hell does Teshera, or however you spell it, make it over PK. Miguel Cabrera, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youlkilis are all locks. Billy Butler will probably be there due to the despicable rule of requiring at least one player from each team (although Soria could be that guy). One of Vlad/Ortiz will be there. I can easily see PK being left off and Tex making the team.

Posted this in the gamethread... It's going to be hilarious (in a bad way) when Girardi ends up taking Teixeira over PK for the all-star team. Can't get on the fans for being flaming f***ing idiots when the managers are just as pathetic.

It's going to be hilarious (in a bad way) when Girardi ends up taking Teixeira over PK for the all-star team. Can't get on the fans for being flaming f***ing idiots when the managers are just as pathetic.

I love Freddy.

This is the second preposterous thread Sin City has created (the KW for GM of the year thread being the other) in a short amount of time.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) Johan's been regressing like crazy. His K rate is way down and he's giving up more home runs. QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) I watched him pitch last Sunday, and he looked terrible. his fastball was topping out at 89. There's about 10 pitchers in the NL alone that I would rank over Johan. That's crazy to think considering he's was pretty much the most feared pitcher in baseball a few years ago.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 02:17 PM) Detroit's home record is simply amazing. How are the Tigers doing it? Are the Tigers ultimately Central champs? You boggle the human mind with some of your posts.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 26, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) Why? keeps us up to date on who was released etc.. Maybe your right though, it might be better served in the "catch all" minor league thread though like JPN does to update news. Let me put it another way, I'm more worried that anybody cares that Christopher Zoollogi and Dylan Townface were released.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) I was really worried someone was going to say Chase Blackwood. I'm more worried that this thread was created.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) I think it's a combination of things. Inexperience is one of the biggest factors against him at this point. Which santos leads the league in, far and away which heavily factors against him. How will he be able to adjust to all of the adjusting against him? He has never had to go through that, at any level, let alone in the majors leagues on a team hoping to contend. At times in absolutely huge, vital situations to get out of. Thus far, he has pretty much been nails in that aspect. It doesn't change the fact that santos is rawer than raw. His whiff rates for every single pitch he throws, is below average. Not something you would expect out of a guy who throws his fastball at 95.7 on average, now is it? People see a big fastball and the ''ooohs'' and ''ahhhs'' get thrown all about. Velocity is far from everything. His fastball whiff rate is at a disgustingly low 6.2 percent. His slider, which appeared to be excellent the first month or so, now sits at 23.3% ... 28.7% is league average. Don't get me wrong, his slider is still a terrific pitch, regardless, but his fastball severely lacks. It lacks to the point that it almost negates his slider entirely. His lack of overall control makes his change nothing more than a show me type pitch, in my eyes, though up until this point it's acted as a plus pitch for him. In the long run, i just don't see that as the case. Pounding the zone with strikes, or at least offerings near the plate, has still got to be worked on big time, instilled into his muscle memory. His control was shockingly good the first two months, so much so, that it was very deceiving to his actual ability. The santos of june is so much closer to his ability than the first two months, it's not even funny. Play around here... combine it with brooks baseball... and you never have to go any further to find out what you want to know about any specific pitcher, or think you know about a pitcher. You should work for Baseball Prospectus. Very nice analysis.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) BJ Upton is killing them, now Crawford might be injured, Bartlett has come way, way down to earth, and their pitching is going to come back to earth as well. They are the 3rd or maybe even 4th best team in that division. Wite brought up the '08 Diamondbacks as a reason to not get too crazy over Tampa's start. Looks like he was right.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) I am in disbelief as to what has transpired the past two weeks. Raise your hand if a month ago you thought there was a chance we could be in first and Tampa would be in third before the end of June was even up.

Like Brian asked a week or so ago, why the hell is Billy Wagner retiring? He just violated three Tiger hitters.

I'm more impressed with a pitcher who strikes out the side than I am with a no-hitter or perfect game this year. And has Tampa come back down to earth or what? I knew they weren't going to stay on that ridiculous pace they were on. But man, they've been exposed.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 06:03 PM) yeah, I enjoy following stats too but also watching him pitch also told me that... he wasn't pitching awesome, but just seeing him pitch also told me he wasn't done, but definitely the stats help support that argument! I agree. Nothing like using your eyes. But I've missed a few of his starts and couldn't use my own eyes. The advanced stats helped a lot.

Not born. 7 years too late and 15 years when you consider I didn't become a Sox fan until 1991.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:48 PM) Sure he has a purpose. You need a quality 6th man that can rebound and score. It'd be nice if he didn't make so much money, but if Deng doesn't stand in the way from signing LeBron and Bosh then he's worth keeping. Not to mention when Deng is on the floor with Rose and LeBron, he runs the floor very well and his mid-range game is money. I'd rather boot Deng and bring in a couple snipers.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:37 PM) Let's go Mets and Braves! Both teams are a combined 50-18 at home.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:47 PM) I love this team right now. Peavy's ERA now well below 5 and his FIP is at 4.13 and his xFIP is at 3.99. Our entire starting staff is now under a ERA of 5. Pitching has been the key. I love Sabermetrics. Five years ago it would be nearly impossible to see that Jake wasn't pitching nearly as badly as the superficial numbers implied. Sabermetrics showed and proved that a correction was imminent. That's why I kept faith.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:45 PM) could this be 1983 all over again?!? There's a good chance we could be in first by the end of the weekend. How f***ing improbable would that be? God I love baseball.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 05:37 PM) 30 IP, 4 ER, 24 K, 6 BB, 18 H, 1 HR, 1.20 ERA, 0.80 WHIP for Jake Peavy over his last 4 starts. ERA has gone from 6.23 to 4.71 in that same time period. I think it's safe to say Jake is not Todd Ritchie.