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I honestly have no idea what KW should do right now. The offense needs help but there's no one you flat out bench. I say go with what we have right now.

Just checked in to see Sale had a bad game. The team is really struggling right now

Off to see DKR...go Sox

Nicely done Sale! Hope he's ok, as he got a fastball up to 93mph there

Cooper on the phone with bullpen...uh oh

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 08:38 PM) Great start to this inning. Jesus. Sale's velocity is way down. But hey, he got to pitch in the ASG!!

Walking their 8 and 9 hitters...yuck. Hopefully Sale is ok

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) He isn't going to move Konerko down. It's the typical sox tomorrow is always there. Yep, and it's a gigantic mistake not to.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) I seriously have a feeling we get no hit today. Fire away at me, and I hope I'm wrong, but it isn't looking good. No chance of a no-no today by Porcello.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 08:34 PM) Can we trade for a new offense? So we're scoring what, about 1.25 runs per game in our last 4 losses? 3 runs or less in 6 of 8 games after the ASB. Maybe it takes falling out of first for Ventura to realize there's an issue and shuffle the lineup around?

QUOTE (Caesar @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 09:31 PM) What happened to Alexeis power? What happened to Beckham's power? This offense is terrible right now, and something has to be done to break up the string of righties at the bottom. Beckham's now 1 for his last 20.

Sox have really struggled so far this year vs Porcello

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) That's the other angle. It would be ironic if they dumped his former teammate in Gavin Floyd ($9.5 million option) for Brett Myer's $10 million, but it's not inconceivable. One wonders if KW talked to him or his agent and told him this was part of the thought process behind the trade....? You're over-analyzing things. It's extremely unlikely he's being brought in to close.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 07:40 PM) It's not clear whether it's finishes/closes or just appears in....from the looks of it, it's 40-50 appearances. That must have been something that KW and Luhnow discussed in terms of future payroll obligations. OR, KW really has grave concerns about Reed and just picked up a $10 million veteran closer for 2013, the antithesis of the youth movement in the pen. That really makes the money tight for AJ, Youkilis, Floyd and another starter for next year. Only 2 of those 4 will fit. Which is why it's very unlikely he'll be made the closer.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 07:38 PM) It's a good addition and I usually couldn't care less about character issues but punching a woman is indefensible. f*** him. Yep

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 07:35 PM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin RHP Matt Heidenreich and LHP Blair Walters and PTBNL are the players according to @brianmctaggart That PTBNL could be Courtney Hawkins

Doesn't Myers' 10 million dollar option automatically kick in if he finishes 16 more games? For that reason, I doubt he's going to replace Reed.

Thoughts on Walters being included in this deal?

Character or not, you have to like Crain and Myers being added to our bullpen this weekend.

I think he'll do well as a set-up man. His stuff has been impressive, and his numbers got blown up by one really bad game he had.

In 2013 after offseason wrist surgery

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 02:36 AM) But he has a big league arm, and scouts are more in love with him than Quintana. That's what Buehrle was up against from the time he was drafted...it's the same thing Jose is facing now. Even the doubts from Ventura about him being able to finish out games. What Quintana has done so far is incredible. Very underrated future in this organization, IMO.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 02:37 AM) Right now I'm most concerned with the fact that we seem to have been overworking Peavy and some of our starters lately. This lack of experienced relievers is hurting the club. +1

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 03:31 AM) We also don't have ANY clarity at all about the catching situation next year. Right now, you'd say bring back AJ for $15-18 million on a two year contract, but that might look completely different 2 months from now. Flowers just really hasn't had a fair chance at all to get any kind of offensive rhythm, but to think he'd be able to hit for a higher average than Dunn or strike out much less than Dunn...it would be a big risk to go with Tyler as the starting catcher in 2013. Phegley started off like gangbusters and then faded, just like Mitchell. With Doumit signing an extension with the Twins, the best available FA option is Chris Ianetta, and that's not saying too much. I'll be shocked if AJP isn't back. I would also be shocked that if he leaves, the Sox go into next season with Flowers as the starting catcher. I predict that K. Suzuki would be the starting catcher next year if AJ is gone.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 01:56 AM) I didn't expect a win tonight. Peavy is no Verlander. Peavy's giving up a ton of hits compared to his first 14 starts of the year. Something like giving up 8 or more hits in 4 of his last 5 starts after only doing it twice in his first 14 starts.