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Cordero's suckiness on the road continues. Like the post above mentions, can we please close this thread?

The Sox will sign Eckstein to play SS....and we'll have to hear how Hawk knew he was good, but not "this good".

Gotta love that the Brewers keep letting the worst hitter in baseball over their last 50 at-bats leadoff. Good thing they went out and overpaid for an average set-up man instead of acquiring offense.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 05:07 AM) Well, that and the fact that he's slowed down, his bat has slowed down, and he isn't getting younger. I don't think I'm going to want anything to do with him after this season. I'm open to the possibility, but I doubt it. Put him in LF, and put Sweeney out in RF. But trust me, if we trade him, I won't be upset (unless we get Jon Adkins back).

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 05:03 AM) I agree with this, but on the other hand, with the way the OF currently looks for next season, Dye actaully looks like a decent option. (That is if the Sox think they can compete next season, which I think they do....) I'm 100 pct in agreement with this.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 05:02 AM) I might not be opposed to that if he's good for the rest of the year, but we need to get cheaper, younger and faster, not take gambles on relatively old guys who have been slowing down for years and are likely to keep slowing down. We can get younger and faster in LF, CF, SS, and 2B. Maybe it's me, but Dye's really struggled this year trying to play for the big contract.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 04:54 AM) I don't think they'd give up Adam Jones, but I don't see Jeff Clement talked about the same way that I do other top prospects (maybe I'm not looking hard enough?). I'd love to have Clement -- his numbers don't look that great considering he's hitting in the PCL, but his .850 OPS is still better than anything we have at the catcher spot. Dye + Contreras + $$$ (say, half of Conde's contract) for Clement? Yep, Clement is the guy who I looked up once I saw this rumor. I don't think the Mariners will give up Jones. O'Flaherty is a young pitcher that really impresses me also.

Anyone ever make it to the final level of Super Mario 3? I went back and played it last year, and the last level is so intense.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 04:49 AM) It doesn't really need to be said, but PLEASE let some GM get a little ancy at the deadline and do the same for Dye. I've been saying this for the last week or so (and probably at this point, sounding like a broken record), but Dye picked the perfect time to get hot. I also hate to put injuries in any positive light whatsoever, but Valentin's injury for the Mets may have created a market for Iguchi. Speaking of Tad, I'd be very surprised if the Indians weren't asking about him -- Barfield has been awful for the Tribe (OPS of .611). Some team is going to get a very dangerous hitter in Dye, and probably for an average package. I actually am not against offering him a 2 year, 20 million dollar deal. However, I think he wants a longer-term contract. Whatever happens, we better not trade him to the Cubs.

It always pissed me off when the orange car would take off in RC Pro-Am.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 04:42 AM) Well if that's the case, I still wouldn't mind trading for him. He's been an outstanding reliever in his short career -- ERA under 2.50 -- so he'll almost certainly qualify as a type A free agent. The Sox could also resign him, he'd be awesome to have in front of Jenks. However, if Rosenthal is right about the Rangers wanting a major league ready CFer, we don't really have that. Then again, who's going to give up a good major league ready CFer for a reliever rental (one who's hurt at the moment, too)? The scary thing is that the Linebrink deal made the market seem so much more desperate than what we've heard. That was a ton to give up for a set-up man to pitch for you for 59 games. Who knows what people will give up.

According to what I found online, Otsuka is a FA after this year.

Isn't Otsuka a FA after this season?

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 04:28 AM) Maybe the Sox can convince a team that Contreras would be a decent reliever, since most playoff teams will only have a 4 man rotation - not many will need another 5th starter. He could be an semi-effective middle/long reliever if all he had to pitch was 1-3 innings. It doesn't matter, we're going to get stuck with a huge portion of that contract then. I really wish I knew the motivation for leaving him out to die on the mound in 3 of his recent starts. The Tribune articles tonight make it sound like any thoughts of trading him are done with. If true, well done KW and Ozzie. Your stellar season continues.

In Jose's last 11 regular season starts in 2005, he gave up 18 earned runs. In his last 2 games, he's given up 19 earned runs.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:42 AM) Well since you apparently know who's going to win the world series, how about spilling the beans for the rest of us? Whatever team has Aaron Guiel.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:40 AM) Way to execute there. If the throw comes into home, they get him. But a lazy throw into 2nd. Then the trailer advances. Nice execution. We're the poorest coached team in baseball. There's nothing fundamentally we do well. If Ozzie wants to stay around for as long as he says he does, he has to make some changes to the coaching staff.

Holy cow, Iguchi looked like he had just scored and wanted to spike the football. The ERAs for so many of this pitchers is in crazy bad range now.

The minute someone offers to pay more than 50 pct of Jose's remaining contract, you get rid of him. I have a feeling we're going to have to bad contract for bad contract in order to get rid of him.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 02:24 AM) No, we don't. If management can't figure out we're out of it right now, then they don't deserve any more hints. After Jose's last start in Boston, I will never underestimate the stupidity of some of the people in this organization. BTW, the Phillies just had an awesome play to tie the game in the 9th.

QUOTE(TheOcho @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 02:22 AM) Then who's the other starter? Buehrle, Garland, Vazquez, Danks, Haeger

We need this team to lose every game up until 7/31, just so that we can make sure we won't hear any bulls*** reasons if no trades are made, such as "we're playing better, and we still have a lot of games left against the AL Central....we're not eliminated yet".

Put Haeger into the starting spot, and then let Floyd and Contreras go to the bullpen.

Contreras' ERA is going to be around 7 soon. If Ozzie was being serious when he said that this team has a chance, then he needs to quit right now, as his managing this inning was purely idiotic.

Another hit here, and we're looking at 9 runs for Contreras. 10 runs and 9 runs in consecutive outings is quite impressive. I particularly like Logan being brought in to face a righty after letting a lefty face Contreras....a lefty who is bad against LHP. Can we trade Ozzie at the deadline?