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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 10:16 PM) AJ and Youk are more important to keep than Peavy at that salary level. Not because YOUK has been great recently, but just because of his veteran presence, working counts....there's just no way we can go back to Morel again. As for Jake, he's just had such a heavy workload this season, you worry how long he can stay healthy....of course, we have no actual idea, but every game out, he's throwing 105-120+ pitches. Someone will give him $13-16 million per season, multi-year deal, maybe even 3 years. All things considered, would also rather keep Gavin and Liriano as a duo than Peavy at the same price. Let's wait to see if Youk can stay strong/healthy the rest of the way. Also, with how much his option is, it could be in the Sox best interest to look for another alternative if they can find one for cheaper. Still far too early to make a decision on Youk.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 10:16 PM) Yes he may be, but that doesn't mean he will take it. It will be interesting if he wants to stay with the Sox or try to get that one last big multi-year contract.

I just feel like he'll get something like 2/30 from a team like the Dodgers. Also, given his extreme workload this year, I wouldn't be upset if the Sox let him go elsewhere. With that said, it's great to see him have a great year and erase so many of the bad memories from his first few years here.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 08:42 PM) And Rivera throws almost all fastballs too, doesn't make him a thrower. A thrower is a guy that has no idea where anything is going to go and no general understanding of pitching. Nothing about Reed screams out like that. I think part of this is more the fact that he's young and they are still working with him on his secondary stuff and AJ just doesn't call the other stuff as much. To be frank, I think AJ needs to do a better job calling for better pitch/location differentiation (as I wouldn't expect a rookie to be calling off the veteran catcher very often). It looks as if Flwoers called for quite a few offspeed pitches from Reed in the 9th. Reed's two biggest weaknesses on the mound right now are his unability to effective throw to the different quadrants, as almost everything is at the belt unless it's a change-up. As for his slider, he's not getting a lot of outs with it as he's starting it over the plate and hitters are letting it slide right out of the zone for a ball. I'd like to see him tweak his slider to try and get more downward movement/tilt.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 09:39 PM) This 100%. It should be an automatic response to anyone who just looks at the box score. With Reed struggling a little bit of late giving up runs, it was great to see him hold on to a 1 run lead.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) A double and a walk and two stolen bases and put the tying and winning runs in scoring position. But, getting 4 outs in an inning is good. Sorry I miss your point The double was a bloop that should have been a single at worst, and the ump squeezed him with Valencia. He pitched well today, end of story IMO.

Nice job by the bottom of the order getting the run home. Congrats to Flowers on a non-homer RBI

I'd take Fontenot as a bench player.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 07:03 PM) The Sox get stuck playing 16 of 19 on the road, get swept in Detroit, and if you go down the roster, except for Rios, just about everyone has struggled mightily at some point recently, yet they still are in first place. It's truly amazing. Yep, that's why yesterday was so big, as it guaranteed Sox would be returning home in first place on Friday night.

PK back in a little slump again. Gotta get the 2-3-4 going again.

40 pitches for Diamond in 4 innings

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 07:01 PM) Why can't Rios hit 3rd Especially against LHP, it's ridiculous

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:57 PM) Yeah he does play IF as well as OF. Reed Johnson doesn't play IF

Peavy has at least 5 starts this year that aren't quality starts I believe.

Nice job not letting Mauer beat him there by Peavy

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:53 PM) Revere and Viciedo with similar OPS, Revere one year younger....very different ways of getting there. Didn't realize he had 25 stolen bases. He's going to turn into a better player than Span if he can develop any power at all. He'll never develop power, he's a glorified slap hitter who knows what he's doing.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:49 PM) Ventura has had him throw too many pitches, too often. I haven't been happy with the way he's managed pitch counts on some of our guys. Yeah, I felt like there's been quite a few times where he could have saved Sale and Peavy a few innings in starts where the outcome was no longer in doubt.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) I'm not disagreeing, but is there anyone available who would look good at the plate getting at most 1 - 2 at bats a week on average? Hudson has had what 2 - 3 at bats in the last month. Where is Eduardo Escobar again? But then you go ahead and get someone that's proven in the past they can excel off the bench in limited at bats. The reason Hudson is such a waste is that he doesn't provide you speed or power off the bench and he can only play one position on the field.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:41 PM) I know of a roster spot that Brent Morel can use... Hudson is just an absolute waste of a roster spot right now. Frustrating they didn't make one more move yesterday to improve the bench.

Peavy hasn't looked overly sharp for a long time now. The insane pitch counts have to be catching up to him. I hate Valencia, he seems to always perform well against the Sox.

Sox will face Weaver by my calculations. EDIT: No they won't, just saw Richards is going tonight for them.

Holy cow, I flinched on that last play. Great job throwing him change-ups.

Please just hit a line drive at one of our fielders

He can get him with a good change-up here.

Stop throwing fastballs right down the plate!