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T.J. Quinn made a good point on ESPN about Nelson Cruz - as an upcoming free agent, it behooves him to get this resolved by the end of the season so it isn't hanging over his head when he's looking for a new team. This could open up the market for Rios for sure.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 10:32 PM) At first I thought you said Toure' Toure' LOL

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 10:04 PM) Jason Grilli might have blown out his elbow tonight. If true, that's very sad.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 10:03 PM) Haha...he was protecting his multimillion dollar image. It's really easy to sit here as a normal schlep and criticize a guy that has all that for trying to keep it. Me? Normal schlep? Not me!!!

He didn't have to say s***. He didn't have to pretend it was intentionally spiked by someone who had to be the collector to get off. It was selfish and hurt somebody just for his personal gain. I'm glad he's getting his public shame now

You could also promote Marcus Semien for the same reasons and he's somebody that is pretty damn hot right now at the plate

Yeah, hard to say what's up. Really appreciate your input.

If Beckham goes to DL, we should call up Carlos Sanchez just for s***s and giggles. Who knows, maybe he catches fire. It wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened.

While I am flabbergasted as to how Alexei made that error, Ramon Troncoso on his rump is a nice representation of our season

The obvious implication is that something must have happened while the sample was in the collector's home.

QUOTE (mike65 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 09:15 PM) I don't know what this means or if it means anything but the Cardinals promoted a 2B late today to AAA Memphis. His name is Luis Mateo. In addition, Kolten Wong, who is always in the lineup, is not playing tonight. I can asure you that Wong is not coming to STL with the year Carpenter is having. This is just a little strange. Since I am a Cardinals fan hanging on this board, I just thought you folks would appreciate the heads up. Thanks for the info! That is VERY interesting.

QUOTE (jthunder93 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) Right. Also, for the 9 passed balls, I guess that's less than 1 per game (11 games). He does need to cut that number down, though. What weird delay? Crikey, that is a lot of passed balls. He's just 19 though. I was referring to how he was seemingly getting passed over for playing time early in the short season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 09:14 PM) In your opinion, is he overcompensating too much for the loss of bat speed? Seems like the only thing that makes sense. He isn't stupid, he would have realized he needed to change his approach if approach was the issue.

Vive el "corner"

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 09:05 PM) As someone that's seen a large majority of Konerko's at bats with the Sox, I'll never understand why he changed his swing so much last year around the ASB. It seems like he tries to flip everything to right field, and cuts off his swing so drastically now. Honestly, he was doing a lot of those swings even during the hot streak - we didn't notice how little power he had while he was batting .400, but now that he's back down to earth it doesn't look pretty. He used to use that kind of cut occasionally, maybe against a tough pitcher or to break out of a slump, but we haven't seen him look hitterish in a long time now.

QUOTE (jthunder93 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 08:31 PM) Ayala is really showing off his arm...threw out his 9th runner of the season. Caught stealing percentage is a solid 56.25% He still does have 9 passed balls in 11 games behind the plate though. His batting average is up to .275 after going 1-for-2 with a BB so far today. Stoner got his first RBI of the season, and brought his average up to .200. Good for Sammy, nice for him to start playing well when he got the chance (after that weird delay). I'd also say that 56% is MUCH better than fine. Usually your pitchers alone prevent you from throwing out half the attempts. QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 08:38 PM) Snodgress no-hitter thru 6. Semien 2 homers. The Marcus Semien Committee is pleased.

ptatc suggested that league protocol is to work elite starters up to 120 pitches. Current research suggests that up to 120 mark isn't a big problem.

CSINAA

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 07:57 PM) Simon Castro with another bad outing. It's hard to see how he was every a top 100 prospect. Almost has to be hurt or else has some other issue with warming up on short notice. He lost velocity in each successive outing in Chicago

97mph for Sale

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 06:50 PM) And they're in great position to do so the next few years. Might need new management if they are to do something other than give out horrible contracts

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 06:47 PM) No Wilkins, Tim Anderson or Barnum = yawn Probably traded for Buster Posey

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 06:34 PM) With the money they'll have to spend, they're going to use a lot of these prospects to go after the likes of David Price, etc. Their organization is in a far better place now than it was a year ago, despite the lack of improvement by Castro. Especially if there are two PTBNL and Ramirez is one of them, this was an incredible deal by the Cubs. The Rangers are giving up more for Garza than they did for Cliff Lee. I'll stand by what I've said for a while -- they'll be good once they buy some good players.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 06:28 PM) Cubs are going to have the #1 ranked farm system, aren't they? That will look great next to their attendance trophies. This deal, in a couple years, could look like a "meh" deal or it could look really good. Not bad when you really HAD to move him.