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.893 for Jimmy.

Scary but effective. 1-2-3 inning for the Count.

Good start to the inning for Jose, 2 quick outs.

Burnett is just plain icky. 4.89 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, has missed about 18 starts due to injury over the past 2 seasons and can opt for free agency at the end of the season.

Jim Thome now sitting at .892

A Crede/Uribe platoon at 3B wouldn't totally suck.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 13, 2008 -> 02:27 PM) Isn't Bradley due to attack a fan, coach, umpire, annoncer soon. Actually he's due for a 2 month DL stint.

So Thome already has a double today. Lets say in his next 3 ABs he goes 2-3 with a HR and a single. And finishes the day 3-4 w/ HR, 2B, 1B. That would push his OBP to .379 and his SLG to .521 which would put his OPS at .900 for the first half of the 2008 season.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 13, 2008 -> 12:43 PM) Kyle Lohse got screwed. Johan got screwed.

Since May 17th: 26.1 IP, 7.18 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

Kinda like a .790 OPS 3B with 17 errors making the AL roster.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 13, 2008 -> 12:05 PM) So Carlos Marmol is added to the all-star game cause K. Wood has a blister. How does a set-up man with a 4.50 ERA deserve to make the all-star game? Clint Hurdle is out of his f***ing mind.

Jim Thome's OPS is up to .876 on the season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:34 PM) What his strike out per at bat rate for each month? For him, it's all about making contact. APRIL: AB/K: 3.17, .855 OPS MAY: AB/K: 3.15, .644 OPS JUNE: AB/K: 3.78, 1.064 OPS JULY: AB/K: 4.86, .952 OPS (even higher after tonight) Last year in July he put up a .970 OPS while striking out once every 2.94 ABs.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:30 PM) I like the Jim Thome we've seen as of late. He's using all fields and making me look like an idiot (keep on doing it Jimmy, keep on doing it). He's been going to all fields for the entire season (as I've pointed out on numerous occasions), the balls are just now starting to drop for him. He's been sporting an unusually low BABIP all season.

f***in' A I love that man.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:24 PM) Danks just around 95 pitches. ERA of 2.52 coming in, the same right now. His ERA would be 2.45 if the official scorer was at all competent.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) I wonder if Lexi is an airhead? He sometimes makes some dumb decisions with the glove as well. I still like him, though. Well according to Hawk he's the best "baseball player" on the team. I'd think being an airhead would disqualify a player from earning such an honor.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) Where are you finding these stats? http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/event...jo01&type=b Under "Locat" Crede hits all his HRs between 7 and 78. Which of course is left and left center.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:11 PM) And I assume Fields had at least 4 oppo field homers last year? Joe Crede: 4 career opposite field HRs in 2724 career ABs. Josh Fields: 5 career opposite field HRs in 393 career ABs. Less than 1/10 of Joe Crede's career homeruns have been hit between center field and the right field foul pole.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) What is the deal with Crede just trying to hit it to right field? He has no power the opposite way, so it makes no sense. Crede and Swisher are killing this offense tonight. Crede has 124 career homeruns, a grand total of 4 of those homers have been hit between right center and right field. It makes zero sense.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 07:58 PM) So Paul Konerko has better numbers, makes less, accomplished a lot more in his career yet doesn't get a shred of the hype that Young gets. See where we're coming from? Or that Cabrera's petty. I won't miss him when he leaves. Chase Utley who happens to be 1000X the player that Michael Young is signed an extension 2 months apart from Young in '07. Utley will earn $15M a year for his first 4 possible free agency eligible seasons. Michael Young got $16M. The Rangers overpaid by about $35M.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 07:44 PM) Says who? The Cubs had no problem signing Aramis and D. Lee to fair market extensions, same goes for the Sox with Buehrle, Dye, etc. I'll gladly pay $15M a year for a .915 OPS 3B like Aramis. $16M per through 2013 for a .790 OPS mediocre defensive SS is not what I'd call a smart financial decision. The Rangers overpaid, and THEN some.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) You guys are something else with your hatred for Michael Young. The guy has hit over .300 six years in a row. Every home town scorer looks out for his team and makes some favorable calls every now and then. Sure that should have been an error but the breaks go both ways in a 162 game season. So a .300 batting average gets you $16M now a days? Because that's all Michael Young is going to do for you. That career .281/.324/.409/.733 line away from Arlington isn't very reassuring either.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 07:26 PM) I completely forgot about that ridiculous extension. Makes me wonder if Boras will be able to get a big deal for the newest Ranger hype machine, Josh Hamilton. Should be interesting to see what he gets Teixeira this offseason especially if he finishes with the .850 OPS he's sporting right now.