Jake

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:45 PM) I read this and thought "I can't tell which one is supposed to have the reasonable suspicion and which one is supposed to have nothing at all". Is that defending the patriot act or stop and frisk? I literally cannot tell. I was just trying to figure out the same thing.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) Give me a link to Slate or The Atlantic or the study didn't happen. Not that I'm surprised, but that "study" (it's just numbers) reports a seasonal change. That's not analysis, that's just reading off numbers. If it's anything like the municipalities I've studied in my work, crimes usually go up significantly in the summertime anyway. Someone should have taken the time to look at these numbers over a longer span of time instead of just spewing out nonsense

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) He also rescued a black baby from an orphanage just before it collapsed and then because he had some extra time he rescued a black kitten from a tree. Fixed

Never forget!!!

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 02:45 PM) I don't understand all the love for Eaton. What's his upside? We already have Tekotte if we need good defense with no bat. Owings, though. Yeah. It might be the .350 batting average over 1300 MiLB ABs....or it could be the .450 OBP. Maybe, rather, it is the .950 OPS. The 46 doubles in AAA might be it....or maybe the love comes from the 38 SB. Why the love for Adam Eaton? No chance of any of those skills translating to the MLB from AAA ball. No way.

It seems pretty simple. End SAF and quit punishing large groups of people for sins of a few people. It's inefficient and even if it did make some dent in crime (as SS pointed out, it doesn't appear to even do this), it wouldn't be worth the costs anyway. The problem of crime isn't solved by simply removing SAF and doing nothing else, but the overall situation is improved by just ending SAF. As far as political will goes, I tend to think that SAF either is very unpopular with people who live in cities or it can certainly become unpopular with a little bit of effort.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) On July 18th. Mommy and baby are doing well. The most amazing experience in my life (sorry 2005)!!! In true kindness to daddy, she chose to be born on one of the rare days where none of the major professional sports had a game (which my dad pointed out). He then decided it was because she wanted to watch the open. Weak! Geoff Blum > baby

I guess, instead of making the baby, I'll just...."practice"

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 12:57 PM) You know who my first thought was... Addison Reed. I'm having trouble recalling who he's plunked, other than AJ... ...?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 12:52 PM) The top 10: 10. CarGo 9. Goldschmidt 8. Stanton 7. Harvey 6. Posey 5. Longoria 4. McCutchen 3. Machado 2. Harper 1. Trout Hard to argue, though Posey's megadeal scares me off as a catcher (and megadeals are scary in general)

I continue to read the title as "Soxtalk has new hair"

I guess I need to get started on this....feeling left out

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) With morel being sent down after the game, leaves the Sox a little short in the infield. Gillaspie, ARam, Kepp, Phegley. That's it. Looks good to me

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 09:05 PM) I think I said this earlier, but... would never have guessed during the offseason that Wilkins would be a guy being considered for a job in 2013 or 2014. Probably not Plan A, but, he's getting a look. That is something. He has been a guy, since he was drafted, where nobody would be totally surprised if he succeeds at a given level...but nobody would ever bet on it, either. He doesn't have super impressive tools so with every new challenge, he will have to prove that he is talented enough to be there. Lots of guys can fly through systems putting up worse numbers than Andy and still get a big league look, but those guys have better tools. Andy is making the most of his tools at this point, which means he will rightfully get a look in the bigs (it seems) but he won't be given the benefit of the doubt given to a top prospect. He's sort of like Phegley, where if he doesn't/didn't produce in AAA, nobody would think about him. Phegley produced and now he's here. If Andy continues to produce, he'll be in Chicago too. If he doesn't, we'll forget about him because his tools and draft status don't dictate that we should get disappointed if he fails.

His splits at both levels now say he hits lefties better than righties. A nice little asset for a left-handed hitter - oh and he's 3 for 4 so far in Charlotte's game. Holy crap is he hot right now.

At least we have Phegley!

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...ws&c_id=cws

Wilkins two hits so far, 1 2B. Single off the wall in right field off of Kevin Gausman, double that one hopped wall in LF against a LHP. Kid is hot.

Saw a Tigers fan on MotownSports say the only guy they should trade Castellanos for is Chris Sale. Good luck with that! Though I'm sure Castellanos for Reed would sound crazy to them, as it rightfully should. They're pretty divided on Avisail Garcia over there FWIW

We need to let this thread die, the other GMs are reading this!!

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) Maybe...I think a healthy Crain brings a B prospect or 2. Not as much as we'd like. I think Nate Jones is getting close to Reed, and may surpass him. Koji Uehara was traded for Chris Davis and Tommy Hanson

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 03:53 PM) I guess he is, based on how teams value elite prospects...higher than above average major leaguers. We could throw in another player...hell throw in Crain, although they'd probably have to add something on their side. It would be nice to get an elite prospect somwhere, instead of all Bs. You'd have to add a LOT more to make "throwing in" Crain make sense. Lindstrom might be closer to somebody that could be called a throw in.

Suck it Braves!

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 03:14 PM) That seems like all he does, in a good way. What are some scouting reports on his pitches? Monster fastball? The most optimistic thing I've read is "can reach mid-90s" though it was speculated he (like anyone else) might gain some velo in a relief role. He's now at 3.2 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 8 K

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) The reason Wells isn't an everyday starter is due to his stance. It just seems to give him too many pitches he can't get the barrel to. He's a guy, if we are to sell, I don't mind giving a lot of ABs to. I would prefer him over Jordan Danks because Casper has actually had some nice runs of hitting in the MLB QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) Wasn't that after he fell though? lol pshhh...details details