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TNT BOOOM !

Good outing Q take a seat .

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 12, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) Lmao. That was sox-esc there. Sox-esque would be more correct

I love 7 run innings.

Very nice crooked number inning started by TNT .

Wow what a mess so far. Sanchez doesn't catch a throw on an attempted steal, Abreu error, Soto passed ball now a botched rundown plus 2 walks. Disgusting.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 10, 2015 -> 01:01 PM) Avi still has a chance to be a really good player. This is his first complete season of ML ball. He'll get better next year (I hope). He already looks better than he did 4-5 months ago; power is increasing, too. Of course, I don't have any stats to back this up, just my perception. I was watching the game recently and they flashed something about Avi hitting .313 over the last 22 games. So I went to the Sox website and checked Avi over the last 30 and he was hitting 292. with a .353 OBP.

OK lets see where this team needs help. In no particular order OBP, power, defense. 1st order of business is Sox have to rid themselves of Adam LaRoche through retirement, trade or eating part or all of his contract. If by some miracle the Sox can get rid of him that opens up room to use Avi and Melky at DH or Micah Johnson. It also puts Trayce Thompson in the OF full time thus improving defense . If the Sox end up eating the contract then it will probably be the end of the Alexei era at SS since those contracts almost offset one another. Instead of going for a big gun like Arenado I'd see if the Nationals were willing to part with Anthony Rendon for 3B . He's had a down year because of injury and the Nats have used him more at 2nd base than 3rd but he looks like an outstanding 3rd baseman and has 20 HR power maybe more since he is only 25. I'd also like to get Stephen Vogt for catcher and backup 1st baseman . He's a LH bat with power and good OBP. Both Rendon and Vogt bring more power and OBP into the lineup. Rendon brings a good glove. Unknown to me how bad of a catcher Vogt is. Saladino can play SS and Sanchez 2nd. With the added bats and improved defense with Sally, Sanchez and Thompson there's a chance at a wild card without signing a big FA. Also gives another year to see if those guys can improve on offense.

TNT TNT TNT !!!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) From the Balder chat http://www.baseballamerica.com/chat/?1441735443 Danny (Chicago): What's Trayce Thompson's ceiling? Ben Badler: I don't see an obvious role for him other than getting some occasional big league trials. Plus raw power but still an overaggressive, pull approach without great feel for hitting or OBP skills. Bad Badler hasn't seen his approach. He goes to right often and isn't overly aggresive to me at all.

David Robertson hasn't allowed a hit since August 16th.

Post All Star break in 186 AB Eaton is batting .333 but leading the team in K's with 51. Strange what a sore shoulder can do but the end result isn't bad but he might need off season surgery. Eaton has said " it would be more fun hitting in the three or four or five hole" so if Micah Johnson pans out somewhere Eaton would love it.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) Cespedes has been one of the premier defensive LF (according to uzr) every year but 2012. The OBP is low but he has hit 20+ homers and doubles every year since he entered the league. I think he profiles as a .275/.320/.480 guy in the Cell with 25 homers/doubles and 10+ steals. I think he has a rep as a bad defender for some reason but stats prove he is a very good outfielder. This is where I have to take defensive stats with a grain of salt. Not that I have ever thought much of them but Cespedes has no regard for the cutoff man whatsoever . Defensive stats have a lot to prove before they prove Cespedes is a good fielder.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 07:11 PM) Was Cueto like working on a pitch or something? Probably not . Sox just caught him when he's been struggling his last few outings.

In Eric Johnson's 2015 debut the Sox built a 6-1 lead then held on to complete the sweep in KC. Johnson pitched well giving up 3 solo HRs in 6 innings before he ran out of gas in the heat and humidity of KC. Johhny Cueto only lasted 3 innings before he was pulled after giving up 5 runs on 7 seven with 2 walks. David Robertson picked up a save. Recently acquired Mike Olt went 2/4 with 2 K's and played solid at 3rd.

EJ has a real nice changeup .

Zobrist has had at least 3 plays in this series defensively that were not good.

Should be fun watching EJ even if he gets hit, but Royals are dreaming of the playoffs just enough for the Sox to beat on them.

QUOTE (woods of ypres @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 01:38 AM) Olt will be our starting third baseman when we win the world series in the next few years. If the Sox are investing in Olt I hope they are also up on the latest in concussion treatment. I know Olt had a concussion playing winter ball before the 2013 season but he then had vision problems that probably were concussion related in 2013. Might as well send him to the best concussion Doctor's in the world.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 5, 2015 -> 11:26 PM) Johnson vs Cueto

Yes you read that right, the King of the No Decision finally won against the Royals. If Danks can dominate them why not Q ? They both throw LH . What has Danks got that Q hasn't got ? Any way. Q pitched 7 shutout innings with 0 BB and 5 K as the Sox beat KC 6-1 Alexei Ramirez spearheaded the win with his late season push to be $10M richer next year with a 3 run HR in the 4th inning. Soto had a solo shot in the 7th . Its rare that KC lose series at home but that's just what the Sox did by outscoring the Royals 17-2 in 2 games. Better late then never but Q deserves it.

Way to go Jonesy and Alexei. This should not be a game that Q gets a no decision.

It's a smorgasbord of KC specials .

Soto sitting dead red on 3-1 count and hits a bomb. 4-0 .

Sox have hit more 3 run HR's in the last 2 days than they probably had in the previous 2 months.