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QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) I'm not sure what he brings except a more expensive version of Jim Thome. A massive upgrade over Mark Kotsay and a little hope that the Sox could improve upon their near league worst production from the left side of the plate. (.247/.314/.334/.647, only ahead of the .644 OPS Mariners for 14th in the AL, WAY behind the .724 OPS A's for12th)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 02:08 PM) They were in it? From reports: about as "in it" as the Angels were. Sure as hell seems like the market for Dunn is shrinking.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) If the Phillies have to pick up his option and there's no money coming in, that's somewhat balanced I'd say. The option does not have to be picked up, instead the buyout has increased from $1M to $2M and the Astros are throwing in $11M. In return the Astros get a couple of 19 year olds in A ball and a 28 year old starter coming off an 81 day stint on the DL with a forearm strain who a lot of people don't exactly think highly of. Meh.

What is your end game here? Does his 7/15 performance in the recent Twins series increase KW's interest in Scott? If not then who cares? To take it a bit further he hit Blackburn, Slowey, Baker, Rauch and Slama. He's now: 3/14 vs Baker 4/9 vs Blackburn 3/6 vs Slowey 1/3 vs Rauch 1/1 vs Slama So what exactly does this change?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) Here's what probably happened. Bernstein read on MLB Trade Rumors that the Sox are "all over the place". He then called or texted (sexted!) somebody he knows at the Sox and confirmed it, and then he passed this off as if he was breaking some news on his own. They did mention Rosenthal's "all over the place" tweet.

Ken_Rosenthal The players in the Oswalt deal, which is still not official: J.A. Happ, OF Anthony Gose, SS Jonathan Villan. #Phillies #Astros #MLB 1 minute ago via web Aside from the Peralta deal has a team really overpaid in a trade yet? Prices are reported to be astronomical but it hasn't manifested itself in any official deals just yet.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:30 PM) He has to be a slight improvement over Q. Eh, not really.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) Why can't they just put Kotsay in RF if he's going to play? He isn't really an OF anymore.

Pierre LF Vizquel 3B Rios CF Konerko DH Quentin RF Kotsay 1B Ramirez SS Castro C (Freddy's personal catcher) Beckham 2B Ozzie's really rolling out the rotating DH the past few days in an attempt to prove its worth and keep this team intact.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:14 PM) The Rays just intentionally walked MCab for the 3rd straight game with runners on 1st & 2nd. And for the 3rd straight game the move worked. This is the same manager that intentionally walked Josh Hamilton with the bases loaded, 2 outs and a 4 run lead in Arlington during one of Hamilton's torrid hot streaks in 2008. I love the way Joe Maddon's mind works.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:07 PM) Would it be meaningless if he went 0 for 22 vs the sox top competitor this year? Yes. The Twins caught him at the absolute wrong time (.319/.391/.606/.997 over his previous 26 games, 6/12 in the series prior vs Tampa) he was absolutely white hot when that series got going and he just kept it up for 4 more days (7/15 in the series), doesn't really mean anything in the long term. Just that Luke Scott is a streaky hitter who when hot can destroy any pitching for good stretches of time.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:25 AM) Ted Lilly+AL+our ballpark=recipe for disaster. That said, beggars can't be choosers. Why the f*** did Peavy have to get hurt!? 51.4% FB% (highest in baseball) -----> 10.6% HR/FB (12% would be standard) -----> 1.46 HR/9 (11th highest in baseball, would only go up at the Cell) Fun

REALLY looks like Oswalt is a Philly: Ken_Rosenthal FOX 26 in Houston reporting #Astros and #Phillies have deal in place for Oswalt. Trying to confirm. His approval would be required. #MLB 12 minutes ago via web

They got a good look at Sergio who had one of his most impressive outings of the season tonight.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 11:11 PM) The players' union would never go for a shorter schedule or prescheduled doubleheaders. They would if it meant 26 or 27 man rosters.

Make sure you click "run" and then "no".

From the team's twitter feed: http://twitter.com/OFFICIAL_TIGERS/status/19774611329 Tigers acquire Jhonny Peralta from Indians for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto. #mlb Well, we're f***ed.

Oh yeah, looks like Ben Sheets is out for the season due to flexor tendon surgery. From Susan Slusser of the SF Chronicle:

MDGonzales Sox front office in scheduled meeting with pro scouts 6 minutes ago via mobile web It's scheduled, but still.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 09:47 PM) Westbrook is about as good as Joe Saunders. If you really need a 5th starter, why not? The ~$6M price tag is something to balk at.

This game was over before it started; Ryan Rowland-Smith is an historically awful pitcher, luckily we did exactly what we were supposed to do and kicked the living s*** out of him.

Strasburg has been scratched from his start tonight after injuring himself during warm-ups. No word on how serious. Ben Goessling, MASN: Boos for Miguel Batista as he warms up. There's a steady agitated murmur at #Nationals Park right now. 12 minutes ago via TweetDeck And an update: Rizzo said #Strasburg had trouble getting loose in the bullpen. They'll do an x-ray and MRI on his arm. Precautionary for now -- no pain. 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck

I'm starting to get impatient. Just do SOMETHING, ANYTHING to alleviate my crippling trade deadline boredom.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 05:58 PM) So it's nerdy to gush over a long-awaited sequel to the best (RTS) video game of all time, but gushing over a game like Red Dead Redemption is just fine? Yes, exactly. Now take another puff of your inhaler and dive back into your digital fantasy world.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) I'd take Garrett Jones if the Pirates practically gave him to us. But otherwise, I'll pass. And seeing as how he's under team control for 5 more years there's absolutely no reason for them to do so.