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Oh Adrian you sexy son of a b**** I LOVE YOU! See that f***ing speed? Awesome.

Jeremy Reed up in an RBI situation? Ick.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 10:00 PM) Does the 2nd round start with the same order as the 1st round goes? Yes

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) So... We could get 1 pick for OC, 1 for Joe, 1 for Griffey, and the 1st and 2nd rounder we will already have? Cabrera: 2 Thome: 2 (if his option somehow does not vest) Crede: 1 Griffey: 1 (outside shot at 2, he did qualify as a type A for '06/'07) Uribe: 1 A shot at 3 first rounders and 6 sandwich/second rounders.

And the great Justin Morneau commits an error.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 09:42 PM) Sportsline, FOXsports say $10 million but roto has it at $9 million as well. Regardless, I can't think of too many teams offering a 20% cut to a bigger name player or even the last time the Sox went to arbitration with a player. He makes $9M this year, $10M if you count the extra million he makes from his $4M signing bonus which is paid over the life of the deal. Since his actual salary this season is $9M I assume they could off him as little as $7.2M. And yes, I agree if Orlando accepts arbitration and the 2 sides decide to go in front of an arbitrator there's no way the Sox offer him a 20% decrease in salary, Orlando would win easily. If Orlando accepts arbitration he make at least $9M next year and as much as $9.5-$10M.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) His listed 2008 salary is $10 million which means the Sox will have to offer at least $8 million. Yep, this. He makes $10M this year so they could offer him at most a 20% decrease in salary: $8M. Actually ESPN has his salary at $10M but Cot's has him at $9M. Ok, I assume the extra million comes from his signing bonus which is paid over a 4 year span.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 09:25 PM) Kalapse.....how much would we have to offer him in arbitration? $7.2M

Personally I can't wait until Cabrera signs with another team so I never have to watch him play baseball again. I will intentionally avoid his new team's games so I don't have to see him.

Alexei is far from emotionless on the field. Given the fact that he's 26 years old and has only been in this country for what? a few months? he's actually pretty animated.

For a 2 time gold glove winning shortstop he sure does attempt to field an awful lot of ground balls to his side. He needs to get in front of the f***ing ball, he probably should have 5 to 8 more errors this season just on balls he booted because he didn't get in front of them. So yeah, I dislike him mostly for his s***ty fundamentals in the field.

It sure seems like Gavin comes through when the team needs him the most. Gotta love the 3.70 ERA from a starter who as of last year was nothing but a colossal bust.

A granny puts them within 1. SUCK IT THE f*** UP RUSSELL! Error #20 for Joe

QUOTE (Wanne @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 08:44 PM) When I first started reading yer post...those are the first guys that came to mind...Tigers. They are pretty good. I HATE the Royals announcers...whine too much. Mariners = VERY BAD...and old. Blue Jays...don't remember. The Rays weren't too bad IIRC... soooooo booooooring. That monotone bulls*** doesn't work when announcing a sporting event.

Ugh, I've been thoroughly unimpressed with Adam Russell during his time with the White Sox. His stuff is rather mediocre.

As of right this second: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS Hamilton 128 517 83 154 29 4 29 116 52 101 .298 .362 .538 .900 Quentin 126 466 95 136 25 1 36 100 64 78 .292 .398 .582 .979 Morneau 131 494 78 152 34 3 20 102 67 71 .307 .388 .509 .897 Like I said; it's not particularly close.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) If we wanted Tavares we could just promote Owens. Fuentes would be nice, but not at the price of Poreda, which is what they want. That right there is some biting, concise analysis.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 07:07 PM) Swish, I think you're on my playoff bench at this point. Why?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 06:27 PM) Crede hits off a LHP! Must be like the 5th time this year, I swear. 9th hit in 87 plate appearances.

If the Sox win this game by less than 10 runs it'll be an upset.

QUOTE (Felix @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 06:15 PM) Then ask literally any Twins fan here in Minnesota. They'll tell you he's absolutely terrible. Then look at his numbers for yourself. .256/.293/.348 with 118 strikeouts as opposed to only 20 walks. He's been a pathetic player this year, there's no way around that. .236/.276/.299/.575 in 288 PA since June 1st.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 05:56 PM) they'd say he sucks .641 OPS not doing it for ya? He isn't even a prolific basestealer like Jacoby Ellsbury. Apparently his defense has been pretty good despite the occasional youngster miscue. He better be pretty spectacular out there because he doesn't seem to do anything else even adequately.

I LOVE Swisher in the 2 hole. The more RBI opportunities for Quentin the better.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 04:22 PM) Will we get anything for Joe? I thought they chose the type A/B free agents based on their previous two season and since Crede missed most of last year I didn't think we were getting anything for him. Also anyone know what happens with Griffey, by declining his option do we lose the ability to offer him arb.? Crede will be a Type B free agent, he's done enough this year to earn that rating. If he's offered arb the Sox will get a sandwich pick. Griffey will also be a Type B free agent, the Sox will decline his option but offer him arbitration (yes, you can do that) which he will hopefully decline and the Sox will get a sandwich pick for him.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 03:28 PM) Doesn't he sound like AJP? "Above average bat" "Lacks frame" (although AJ is a bit tall) "Average power" "Above average D with a plus arm" (although I'd say AJ's arm is solid at best) If we could get him with like the 30th pick or one of the 4 we get from Crede and OC leaving, that'd be nice. 3 at the most, possibly 2. (if Crede isn't even offered Arb)