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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 04:00 PM) Oh for sure his command will get better. Sadly, he really only has a few starts to showcase his stuff for the scouts. I think the velocity readings are far and away the most important thing for him to show today. Once his health is established, he's a known entity.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 03:57 PM) He's not pitching very well. Missing his spots like crazy with his fastball and not getting a lot of swing and misses. Well, let's say that he only deserves one of those runs - the one that left the ballpark. He's been imprecise, but he's pitching like he's healthy and they aren't hitting him all that hard.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 03:56 PM) I bet he's released soon. We'll hold him in AAA as long as we can....because why not

Luckily, I think the scouts can see that Peavy is actually pitching pretty well.

Nice job Youk

FWIW, Jon Heyman says contending GMs see Peavy as a better get than Garza

I don't love what he said, but I don't know what else I could have expected. I was hoping for some thing I never would have thought of, but it appears to just be what it looks like it is.

Peavy 93mph. I've seen all that I need to.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 4m Teams scouting #WhiteSox-#Braves today: TOR, BOS, SEA, NYY, BAL, AZ. Not all looking at Peavy. NYY on normal coverage. AZ not pursuing him. I'm not buying it re:Arizona

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 4m Teams scouting #WhiteSox-#Braves today: TOR, BOS, SEA, NYY, BAL, AZ. Not all looking at Peavy. NYY on normal coverage. AZ not pursuing him. what?

You know what, I just don't really care. I like seeing Robin make an example of him. People can b**** about everything.

I don't think the skillsets of Francouer and Puig are as different as we'd like to think. Better hope Puig's hit tool is better, because I don't think his D is better and the arm can't be enough better to matter. I think they have similar raw power. Yoenis Cespedes told me so.

I see you Marcus!

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) Why have we consistently paid more and received less in trades for the last decade? Looking forward to your snarky response. Huh? KW has his wins and losses like any other GM, but we've had some big wins. Off the top of my head... Jeremy Reed, Miguel Olivo, Mike Morse for Freddy Garcia Freddy Garcia for Gavin Floyd, Gio Gonzalez Chris Carter for Carlos Quentin Joe Borchard for Matt Thornton Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell, Dexter Carter for Jake Peavy McCarthy for Danks Esteban Loaiza for Jose Contreras Gary Majewski and Jon Rauch for Carl Everett Aaron Miles for Juan Uribe Those are all clear wins to me. Then there are ones like (receiving) Javier Vasquez deal that could be called a win, Jim Thome, Orlando Cabrera, Bartolo Colon, Carlos Lee all have solid arguments as to being potential wins or at least fair deals. We can argue about the net effect of all the trades put together, etc. but there is no consistently poor trading going on.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 01:22 PM) Eh, that was a pretty fair price for Swisher. One near-MLB ready starter for a young power-hitter under team control for a long time, with a couple low-level pitchers. The problem wasn't that we paid beyond any reasonable price, the problem wound up being that Swisher and/or Ozzie was awful.

Can we get Eaton and Owings from AZ? Throw Crain in for s***s and gigs? Eaton and Owings gives you a nice start to a quick rebuild.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 11:30 AM) I think De Aza will fetch something good in return probably better than Rios. As far as Reed goes, I don't care about controllable years for a reliever, but that is what probably will add to his value. If they can get a better return for Reed than Crain they should do it. You'd think De Aza, being so inexpensive, could fetch something very nice. We sure aren't hearing about anything to that effect, though.

Who knows what other conversations and consequences have gone on behind closed doors that led to this.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 09:15 PM) He has some pretty drastic splits, as he struggles vs LHP. Even getting him to be a platoon player would be a nice addition to the big league club. Check out his AA splits this year. Had been hitting lefties better than righties

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 09:46 PM) Search live tweets for Rios and it is so entertaining. over a tweet a second about him. Philly fans convinced they got him too. Jesus, why would Philly add that kind of salary?

Sometimes you don't plan to pull a guy until he mouths off to you in the dugout

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) balta made a great point about Rios not heading back to the dugout after the DP He went to RF, yes?

I think Nate Jones is about to go hug some teammates

Slick Rick may not be happy about the benching. Makes it painfully obvious that his attitude is a problem.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 08:46 PM) I bet it's due to being pissed about him not running it out. Agree