fathom

Peterson goes, as that's who the Pirates were likely going to take at 14.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 01:16 AM) An aside, surprised we haven't heard the Sox and Jagielo linked at all. Downer's Grove guy. Lefty with power. Should stick at 3B. Could be pretty valuable. Agreed, sounds like there's a good chance the Yanks take him

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 12:14 AM) Shipley, McGuire, Renfroe, Peterson still on the board. Stanek as well

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 12:11 AM) Very disappointed to miss out on Smith. If it means Stanek or Shipley falls to the Sox, I'm ok with it.

This draft is going pretty well for the Sox, it seems. Gonzalez, Smith or Crawford should still be there, with Stanek/Shipley a possibility. As for the Bryant pick, it wouldn't shock me if this was done with the idea of using Baez as the key member of a package to trade for an established #1 or 2 pitcher.

Baseball Prospectus' final mock has Sox taking Gonzalez also. I would be shocked if the pick isn't one of: - A. Gonzalez - C. Anderson - JP Crawford - T. Anderson

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) But he is so old, the sox dont need an old shortstop I'd prefer the old Cubs SS who blew that Bartman game

Final BA mock draft has Sox taking Alex Gonzalez

Wow, nice Reed!

What a ridiculous game. Quite fun getting to listen to most of it on the radio.

This is high comedy

Please avoid the curse Chris Sale

If he returns in a month, that's plenty of time to restore trade value. With that said, this about ends any hope of competing this year

Alexei, yikes

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 09:34 PM) Losing to good pitching is acceptable as is tipping the ole cap once in a while but the inability to even compete in certain games is the main issue. They literally have no chance today. Yep, it's been happening far too often. Like you said, it's not even that they're losing all these games, it's that they've not even threatened to win more than one or two of these games.

WTF, Santiago is starting on Sunday and he's pitching today (and pitched last night)? The Sox do know he's young and has potential and it's a 40 year old Terry Mulholland?

Axelrod with the 2nd best ERA in the rotation now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 09:15 PM) Not gonna happen midseason. I don't expect it to...my belief all along (with absolutely no information to go along with this) is that Ventura just will decline to return after this season.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) Time to look outside the Sox family tree. Absolutely, bring in Dave Martinez as the manager and let him choose his coaching staff.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) They should fire Manto and hire Frank Thomas. Hell no

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) No clue but how could it be any worse than it is now. Short of being no hit there is no difference in any lineup that is run out there. This team literally struggles to score a run and they do nothing to change their approach. The definition of insanity is watching this team hit with the weak grounders and swinging at pitches that they can do nothing with. As much as he'd just be the scapegoat, I can't see how Manto keeps his job after today's game. As you said, they literally struggle to score a single run and have nearly every player on the roster slumping. Even guys like Rios and Gillaspie, the only two players that Hahn said were hitting well this year, are slumping.

Viciedo is in some type of awful slump against RHP.

Axelrod continuing to overachieve!!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 09:45 PM) I hope so because it is not working both ways. Yep, this disaster clearly isn't his fault, but there's something clearly wrong that started at the end of last year and has continued. This team makes the corpseball teams of the past seem like the '27 Yankees.

This team continues to just go through the motions. It is funny that the offense "breaks out" with 4 runs last night and then Ventura quickly returns to the standard lineup.