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QUOTE (T R U @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) I swear Kotsay has come up with the bases loaded at least 4 times from the 5 hole and I honestly cant remember a single time he did anything with that opportunity.. He had 2 opportunities in the opener: GIDP in one and a fielder's choice in the other which accounted for his only RBI with the bases loaded this year. (0-6)

Kotsay's not the reason this team is bad but that doesn't excuse his .292 wOBA (horrible) and 5 for 35 hitting with RISP given that he has more PA in the 5 hole than anyone else on this team. He's been awful and his retarded play on the field has cost us more than a few runs, his baseball IQ this season has been non-existent.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 07:31 PM) 11 K to 0 BB is that the best K:BB performance of the year? Tied with Billingsley, Halladay, Silva and Paulino for the best of the year. All NL pitchers, of course.

He's on the MLB Network right now.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) I think MB makes sense to the Mets if KW is willing to take Perez and his $12M back he could probably get a pretty good prospect back. Trading PK, Linebrink, Andruw, and Jenks does not make this team any better. Not now, not next year, and not in five years. You have to trade something of value to get something back namely Danks and Thornton. AJP will be a Type A free agent at the end of the season and if you cant get two high quality prospects back you might as well hold on to him, Flowers needs the time in AAA apparently. Except the Sox would have to offer AJ arbitration in order to get the picks, something that won't be happening seeing as how AJ would accept it the very second it was offered and we'd be stuck with a ~$7M, 34 year old catcher.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) I think another issue for him is that he's getting everything up. That was certainly the case last game. He's leaving the change up in the zone and he's getting pounded for it, the pitch only works if it's diving below the knees, when he leaves it belt high as he has been it tends to go a long way. Unsurprisingly Fangraphs has his change rated at -6.9 for this season -- the worst in baseball -- that pitch more than any other has been the one getting hit hard. It also accounts for his miserably k rate since that's his go to pitch with 2 strikes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 03:42 PM) I think Buehrle would be willing to try and make things work out with the Cardinals as well. Of all players, he's the person that we need to be trying to trade. I can't see many people complaining about it if we did deal him, especially given his recent performances. His numbers since the perfect game are pretty frightening: 25 GS, 5-13, 5.07 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 3.6 K/9, 2.3 BB/9, 1.03 HR/9, 1.55 K/BB If there were no name attached to those numbers you'd want absolutely nothing to do with him especially at a $14M+ per year price tag.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) (*Shedding Konerko, Pierzynski and Jenks would net the team more than $20 million to work with, although KW's M.O. is to make a trade not sign a FA.) Problem is we have about $16.5M in raises next season and payroll will probably be pared back with shrinking revenue streams so unless we move someone like Buehrle I'm not sure how much payroll flexibility we'll actually have in 2011 even after letting 8 players go in free agency and trading/non-tendering Jenks. Buehrle 14 Castro 0.2 buyout Danks 6 ARB Floyd 5 Linebrink 5.5 Peavy 16 Pena 2 ARB Pierre 5 Quentin 5 ARB Ramirez 1.1 Rios 12 Teahen 4.75 Thornton 3 option Viciedo 1.25 TOTAL: 80.8 That's 12 major league baseball players totaling $80.8M

QUOTE (heirdog @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) Wasn't he a pot smoker, which pretty much was the reason he didn't get any better, stick in baseball. And from what I recall, after the trade, Schueler raved about getting Caruso (the main piece) along with Lorenzo Barcelo (a high ceiling guy that we expected to be the best piece when all was said an done). Howry, Foulke, Simmons, etc were all just filler. That was his first love, baseball was distant second.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 12:31 PM) That's a better comparison. You could complain all you wanted about Erstad getting playing time high in the order in 2007, but you also had to tell me which .200 hitting player you wanted hitting there instead. He should never have been signed in the first place. Because much like Kotsay he was signed under the guise of him being a part time player when in reality it was apparent from the get go that he would play close to everyday and that's just fun for no one.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 05:53 PM) f*** it. I just can't give up on this team yet. This will be THE game that starts THE run. And I'm not kidding. The fuse is lit?

From Heyman:

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 11:38 PM) Pauly will get some consideration because of his 16 home runs...but Teixeira/Morneau/MCab will probably make his chances slim to none. Don't forget Youk.

It's great to see Quentin going oppo; he has 3 on the year after hitting only 2 last year. 3 HR in his last 5 games, terrific sign.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) Thornton is the most dominant non-closer reliever in baseball, and is in the conversation even including closers. He should be there. Only Broxton and Rivera have a lower FIP/xFIP over the last 3 years.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) Great win. It seems to me Bobby pitches well in these situations, with a one-run lead. He sucks in tie games or when he has a three or four run cushion. BOBBY ROCKS! This is how it's supposed to work with our staff, but as we all know, this team can't string wins together. Freddy baby! Thornton! and Jenks! Jenks has a 1.60 WHIP in his 1 run saves this season and the game tying run has made it's way into scoring position in 80% of those outings. That's not good.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 01:58 AM) Ya I'm an embarrassment because I want to see someone do something thats only happened 20 times in the last 100+ years. The fact that there were only 17 in the history of the game coming into the 2009 season and less than a year and a half later we're looking at #21 is why I was rooting against him. How many people actually know that Jody Gerut hit for the cycle this year? Not many because it doesn't mean much anymore since they've become so common, 4 perfect games in a span of 9.5 months is just ridiculous and would be the beginning of the end for the perfect game. Perfect games are fun because they are so rare, once everyone starts throwing one they mean far less.

Hawk really has no f***ing clue how to evaluate a player's defense. Everyone's f***ing amazing in his eyes.

And Randy Williams' WHIP drops to 2.593

Wow, hell of a play. Saved Williams' ass.

2.732 WHIP

And Austin Jackson's catch goes from being one of the greatest of all-time greats to just another good grab.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) I truly believe that's the last straw for not having instant replay. Should be known as the Galarraga Rule. That was my first thought, no doubt in my mind we're getting instant replay very, very soon. This is an all-timer.

This would be just about the death of the perfect game, IMO.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) Carlos Pena? Seriously? That makes very little sense to me. Hawk's stories about Carlos Pena are hilarious. How when he'd watch him take BP back in his Detroit days the ball just didn't jump off his bat at all and it's the main reason he couldn't stick in the majors, so he disappears for a while, bouncing around the league and minors and resurrects his career in Tampa with new found life in his bat, now the ball explodes off the bat. He basically described your typical roider probably without even knowing it.