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That's a bad effort by Viciedo on the 0-0 pitch

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 01:02 AM) gotta give props to Floyd, pitching a lot better than I thought he would especially given the k-zone and zero run support with that said, can't wait til he's traded I can't picture any scenario where Floyd is traded. Sale's being skipped a few starts, so you need 6 starters.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 12:58 AM) Too bad. Flowers is crushing right now. I'd love to see a back-up catcher brought in, but it's doubtful based on how Flowers has performed defensively. The scary thing is if AJ re-injures his oblique, and you're left trying to find a catcher on the waiver wire.

Any updates on ADA and AJ?

QUOTE (Caesar @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 12:48 AM) Oh well. I'll take 2 of 3 in Texas every time. This game is far from over

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 12:47 AM) That was a tough play, tough to get a throw off and a good throw won't get him anyway Huh? It was a pretty simple play for Dunn with the play right in front of him.

Defense decided to take the night off. Gavin, you have to look the runner back.

Beckham and Youk hit those two grounders a combined 20 feet.

Tyler Flowers thinks he has a good eye, but he just has no concept of the strike zone.

I've missed the first 4 innings. Have the Sox had good at bats so far?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:56 PM) Please. Danks go through five seasons without a significant injury. Prior go through one. They aren't even close to the same. I wasn't referring to injury history, but rather to a situation where they couldn't find anything yet the pitcher just didn't seem comfortable throwing.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 08:41 PM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale Kenny Williams says the #WhiteSox still looking to add, this time, likely a position player Which means it's a reliever

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:33 PM) What is surgery going to do? I thought everything was structurally okay? I'm really confused at what is going on. All kinds of reports of no issues. Is Danks going to go all Scott Kazmir and just fall off the face of the earth? I'm getting worried that might be the case. Especially with it being a shoulder injury, those are things many people never recover from. I hope I'm wrong. It really sounds like no one has a clue what is going on. Yep, beginning to remind me of Mark Prior

Supposedly Mariners are asking for Brandon Belt for League, according to fangraphs

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 08:35 PM) He's 26 years old, he may be very good. At the moment he's useless to a team in a pennant race. There are things to like about Liriano, but durability is not one of them. His starts are going to tax the pen and another RH reliever is necessary. I'll be stunned if they don't get one before the deadline. Jones isn't useless, as you're going to need relievers who can give you some innings in games you're not winning. Right now, you don't want to use Myers/Crain/Thornton/Reed in games you're trailing.

With Jones, I'd like to see him get a few games where he can start an inning and have more margain for error. Despite his 99 mph fastball, I think his best pitch is his slider. However, he's unable to use it as much if he comes in with runners on base.

Mariners supposedly very close to trading League

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:05 PM) So Castro is young and all, but he has a .308 obp. I would imagine that the vast majority of those across baseball would rather have him than viciedo, but I'm not sure that there is much difference IMO, Cubs should offer Castro to Mariners for Hultzen and another prospect

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 08:06 PM) Fister has been looking much better for the Tigers his past couple starts. He's definitely the X factor for that rotation

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 06:54 PM) So, someone has to be sent down to make room if Olmedo comes up. Septimo I assume? Maybe santiago Should be Septimo, as Sox need a long reliever on the roster.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:30 PM) Last year Fotenot's majority of appearances were at SS for the SF Giants. Here is his line as a SS. Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% SS 50 43 27 365.0 158 51 100 7 20 .956 -4 -3 -12 -9 3.72 3.02 .971 4.40 4.38 He can play all three INF spots we need, SS/3B/2B and brings a over .300 career BA. I think this dude fits perfectly! Fontenot is a career .265 hitter with 17 steals.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:50 PM) I think it's spelled "Ray", but either way, a terrible 31-year-old IF who hasn't been in the majors since....2006 maybe? And will only be used for defensive purposes, so it's not a big deal

It's awesome they have Doug Collins announcing, as he's able to provide great insight based on seeing these players against the 76ers last year.

Coming into tonight, Escobar was hitting .159 with a .444 OPS against righties. That's not starting SS caliber unless he drastically improves. I do want to thank him for walking off the Brewers on that Sunday afternoon.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 06:03 AM) I should clarify when I was sad about Escobar it was because of how hard he was taking being traded not his on-field value. I'm not saying anyone is wrong for liking/supporting him. I thought 95% of the board (including yours truly) was really down on him after the blown double play in Boston.