Soxfest

Bryan having neck surgery this Thursday............will be out for some time. SEScoops reports that Daniel Bryan has injured his neck and will be taking several weeks off due to it. The site's source says that Bryan will likely need a "minimally-invasive" procedure done and that he has been quiet all day backstage at Raw. Bryan will likely announce the injury on tonight's Raw. PWInsider has a similar report which, while they do not mention taking time off, does say that he will be out of the ring for tonight and that there were several re-writes for the episode.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 12, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) Can't believe the Bills draft caught as much flak as it did on here. #1) Watkins was absolutely the best talent at wideout in the draft. He's fast, strong, quick, a great route runner, and there are really no questions about off-field issues or injury history. I've seen comparisons to Dez Bryant, AJ Green, and Demaryius Thomas, though the last one seems more as a route runner and performer than his height. The most comparable talent to Watkins is Beckham, and he's inferior at all aspects. #2) Stevie Johnson was traded because he's constantly hurt, didn't fit the Bills new offense, still had some value, and admitted to not giving 100% effort all year, including not lifting the previous offseason. I've always loved Stevie, especially as a route runner, but he's not an elite talent and so much of his value was his creativity in a spread, pass first offense with Fitzmagic at QB. #3) I have no problem with them giving up the 1st round pick next year. If the team is as close as they think they are, then it's going to be a mid to late 1st anyways. If it's not and they start to fall apart, then it was never going to matter in the first place and they'll start another rebuilding process in relatively short order. The Bills were pretty competitive in every game they played last year with the possible exception of the Saints and Bucs games and the difference, a lot of the time, was the lack of talent among the receivers and offense in general. Manuel has a full season to practice with these guys and has had a full year to study the playbook, he gets to work with his new and holdover receivers, and he has an upgraded offensive line. Frankly, it's all on him now, but the Bills have done everything in their power to address both sides of the ball this offseason. Beyond that, they did a lot in the draft in conjunction with what they did in the offseason too. They have running back depth like crazy now with Brown and Dixon behind Spiller/Jackson, they filled a lot of their holes defensively and worked at patching up their offense in the draft. The two biggest holes that they seemingly could have looked at were safety (where it appears Corey Graham will play, though it seems he'll move around) and DE (where it could be that Jerry Hughes and Manny Lawson end up playing similar to the Leo backer in Seattle anyways). I love the Bills draft. I'd be OK with an 8-8 season, but I honestly expect them to win 10 games this year. I did my best to defend them. I think Bills are heading in the right direction finally. 9-7 record is what I expect this year.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 12, 2014 -> 12:08 AM) What more can you say about Toews at this point. Unreal. He is money.

Really like Bears signing UFA linebacker Christian Jones. Had a 3rd round grade and could be a starter sooner than later.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ May 11, 2014 -> 06:07 PM) De Aza isn't hitting, fielding, and his base running lately has been hazardous to his own health. I'd release him and call up someone who can at least catch the damn ball. ADA bring nothing to this team in the 2014 season. He is not part of the future. Trade him.......cut him......it is best for ADA and the Sox. ADA is under .200 average with the same base running and fielding mistakes over and over it should not be too difficult to replace his worthless ass production wise.

PK DP to end it.............Happy Mother's Day.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2014 -> 04:16 PM) We will see if he is still around in 2-3 years when hopefully the Sox have more talent. These growing pains with Ventura are rough That is the thing RV is not 1% better as a manager than he was day 1 on the job. Same mistakes over and over.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2014 -> 04:10 PM) Ventura gets such a pass in this town. Robin digresses as a manager game by game. I have no faith in him getting from point B to point A.

Robin another great job! .............Sox win games in spite of him not because of him.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 11, 2014 -> 04:05 PM) Goldschmidt went 0 for the series. Still going to lose 2 games..........If you told me before series that I say Sox win 2 of 3 or sweep.

Wow hitting sucks today!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2014 -> 03:12 PM) Please please add another outfielder to this roster. ADA is unplayable against LHP. Leury is a waste of a roster spot right now. ADA is unplayable period.

Big hits not around last 2 games.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2014 -> 03:08 PM) ADA is 2-36 v LHP Not good.

Need a hit ADA.

Need runs at some point today.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 10, 2014 -> 09:17 PM) Quintana has had 3 "quality starts" of 6 innings and 3 runs, and the Sox have lost all three. Big inning killing Q so far.

Same old Addison never 1-2-3. He got lucky tonight.

Walks hurting Sox again tonight.

Putman control not good tonight.

De Aza cannot bunt.

Ross 3-3

Ariz 3-2 thru 5

PK blast

Q has been hitting the wall in the 5th or 6th inning a lot.