Jake

I think Wong is the most likely to be the odd man out. I want him, but he's nothing special - he seems very likely to meet his ceiling, but his ceiling isn't super high. He isn't a wizard with the glove, he has very limited power, but is just a consistent contact hitter. They have more talent at those two positions currently. I know their plan may have been for Carpenter to be their rich man's Jeff Keppinger or whatever you want to call it when the season began, but he has been one of the best rated defenders at 2B in baseball this season and I'm not sure if they're eager to shake up such a nice infield for s***s and giggles. If I were the Cards, I'd want to find a way to turn Wong into a shortstop via trade

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 10:39 PM) I think we're going to get a ton of Class A prospects for a lot of our players, plus cash, and I'll leave it up to our minor league forecasters to tell us whether these guys are any good or not. I can tell you the answer as to whether the minor leaguers are good or not now: "maybe"

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 10:36 PM) it's scary to think how bad this team would be if Crain wasn't pitching out of his mind this season. if we swapped him for a replacement level pitcher, we'd be 2 wins worse

dangerous backhand stab there by Phegley

I like to think about how Twins fans all think Jesse Crain is horrible. If you're a non-closing reliever, it appears to be impossible to be remembered fondly

High leverage is his most favorable split this season

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 10:27 PM) Would I be out of line to say, "It's Ova?" We do not win games like this. Folks, Matt Thornton will not get the Sox much at all on the trade market. The guy is a very very poor pitcher. How can anybody dispute this? I am no pitching expert, but his fastball must be straight as an arrow. He throws a ton of balls, then lays the fastball in there and it almost always gets crushed. Who they hell is going to give up anything for Matt Thornton? with stats

Thornton gets far more hate than he deserves. He's a nice relief pitcher. He used to be elite. Sometimes he'll give up runs just like everybody else.

I will find some way to make Curley hitting a million home runs mean something

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 10:20 PM) It's happened at least 2 other times in previous games. Not sure what the issue is. All scouting reports on him mention this; an apparent problem with catching pitches. Not blocking - he does that fine. Just catching regular pitches. It dumbfounds me

da f*** Phegley, those are fastballs

96-97 from Matty Ice. Throwing that heat for the scouts!

Phegley has a 222 wRC+

Phegs needs to take Garza deep again so we can poop on his ERA

The myth of the Phegley

Nick Swisher looks like non-hustling ass on ball he thought was foul

Garza would never lose his cool on the mound. Never.

THE CUBS

You're our only hope Dunner

Rizzo alligator-armed the f*** outta that one

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 09:38 PM) https://twitter.com/CHawkins10/status/354418337998057472 LOL that's pretty funny #GoldenSombrero? #blocked

Dear Cub fans, Darwin Barney sucks.

Lots of games left to change our minds about who will stick around next year. We could easily hate Josh Phegley and love Blake Tekotte a month from now

Kenny Williams ‏@NotKenWilliams 15m Cubs fans certainly enjoy our diamond suites, jumbotron, running water, delicious food, ample parking, and modern plumbing...don't they?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 09:33 PM) Looks like Hawkins blocked the sports writer for the Winston-Salem paper because he pointed out he had a golden sombrero. Nice to see Courtney runs to twitter right after the game to see what everyone is saying about him. How can you tell if somebody has blocked someone else on twitter?