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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:35 AM) And that is why you bunt sometimes. Cause Rios couldn't move the runners over. FAIL Yep, bunting in the 2nd inning against the Yankees with Humber on the mound is a great recipe to win a game. It would also take a perfect bunt to get Konerko to 3rd.

So what is everyone's take on Rios having no power anymore? Even when he hits it well, it's going like 300 feet.

Awesome AB Rios...that 2-0 pitch was over his head. Rios is well on his way to being worst player in baseball now that Crawford's doing better.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:19 PM) Do they consider his change-up to be an offspeed pitch? Tampa had a handful of meatballs on those pitches from him in his last start.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:54 PM) Hope Humber is up for the challenge of Yankee stadium and comes out and has the game of his life. Over/under on home runs by Yankees is 2.5. With Humber's poor control and his tendency to hang offspeed pitches, Jeff Gray and Tony Pena are going to get a lot of work tonight. Hopefully our offense ends their hibernation and wins this game.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 04:40 PM) You gotta make a change of some kind at this point Indeed...and I know you're one of the last posters to ever suggest change.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 12:13 AM) Oh, so drafting trout would have been a "Fire KW!" move. I have no problem at all with the Mitchell pick (as you can tell by the thread).

No one wanted us to take Trout cause BA a few weeks earlier said he was a grinder in the Rowand mode.

How about Josh Johnson? I believe that's 4 starts this year that he's had a no-hitter into the 6th. Also, Stanton's 8th inning homer is an absolute blast.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 10:33 PM) A very interesting name that popped up during the off-season was the Cubs. Apparently with the contracts they had coming off of the books in 2011, they were hoping to backload a deal. The Cubs were Dunn's first choice, but they decided against him. At this point, they're full steam ahead for Pujols or Fielder.

Did he really think Morel and Lillibridge were going to do anything at the plate today? QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 06:59 PM) I can't believe more people aren't calling for his head. He's just going through the motions now.

Ozzie's not even trying anymore. I can't believe he let Lillibridge bat there.

Maybe it's me, but down 3 with 2 on in the 7th would be a good time to use that power guy on the bench we're paying a lot of money to.

sorry, can't quote for some reason. I agree Balta, Danks has had very little breathing room. His first 5 innings ERA has to be great.

Danks is struggling with his stamina this yr

Not sure what this club was expecting with this lineup today. When everyone is saying only Konerko and Quentin are hitting, why bench Konerko? I'm all for Rios sitting, but this lineup is as bad as we've seen since 2007.

This is so boring. If walker isn't fired tonight he never will be

Is Ryan Franklin a spy sent by the rest of the NL Central to sabotage the Cardinals season?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 03:19 AM) And it's brought them incredible success. Yeah, having a good farm system is the primary way for the Sox to acquire Major League players via trade. Last year, it was much harder to make trades to improve our DH spot because of the lack of minor league depth. I know you know this, and I'm shocked that any Sox fan would think otherwise.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 03:14 AM) I don't know why this isn't addressed more often, but a big problem with the drafting and development, at least in my opinion, seems to be Reinsdorf's relationship with Selig. JR seems to instruct our Player Development department to follow Selig's "slot system," whereas teams that you mentioned do not. They pay over slot money to compensate for their poor draft position and thus get players they have no business getting at their position in the draft. Meanwhile, we take the guy that is willing to sign for slot money, and in the instances we do take a guy that is a signability risk, we don't seem to ever get him signed. I feel like we could vastly improve our drafting if we were willing to tell Bud that we can't continue to play by these "guidelines" if we continue to see the rich get richer by ignoring them. Absolutely, meanwhile KC and Detroit stack up their farm systems by going way over slot.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 02:55 AM) At this point, who's to say that is even bad? I'm fine with the lefties, but Lillibridge vs Scherzer is likely an 0 for. Like you said, it doesn't even matter right now.

Lillibridge, Teahen and Vizquel will be in the lineup tomorrow.

Nice AB Brent

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 11:13 PM) I don't know if its his toe or what but the Oakland TV crew was blasting his effort running out a grounder the other day. He's been brutal. He did the same thing on a grounder to 2nd today. This is nothing new for the Sox.

At what point do you bench Rios? Definitely seems like he's taking his struggles at the plate to the field.