Jake

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:47 PM) You don't develop LF'ers. That would be a bad rebuild and one I would not be able to stomach. Nope, but you do develop power hitters. Luckily the guy that should hit like a 1B can play the OF too

Lindstrom was the right choice because he induces significantly more ground balls than Crain

Boom!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:33 PM) In my opinion, the two guys you absolutely don't consider trading in the organization are Sale and Santiago (Santiago is way more valuable to the Sox than as a trade chip). The story on Santiago might change if he goes on a run of good starts. I could see him becoming highly sought after very quickly. That said, I would be asking for a lot.

That's on you Wise

Conor has made some hard outs today.

Can hear PK giving umpire an earful

Gimme an infield single!

TEAR THIS MOTHERf***ER DOWN

Peace baseball

That's Royals baseball, folks

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) Gimenez has been fine. He seems to call a good game, and you don't want to have two righty catchers on same roster preferably. Yeah, I'm not going to give a lot of thought to the backup catcher. He will need to play better defense than he has had, though.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:22 PM) It was risky not to bunt him there. Player somewhat slumping, facing the lefty, Alejandro must have told Robin that he sees him well. Especially with two right handed, low strikeout hitters coming up

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:21 PM) Ventura might actually be adjusting. He didn't force DeAza to sacrifice there. Just let him hit away, despite his nearly 40 K's on the season. It was risky not to bunt him there. Player somewhat slumping, facing the lefty, Alejandro must have told Robin that he sees him well.

De Aza!

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) How many quality big league pitchers have come out of our system in recent years? It doesn't matter where we got them, or who drafted them, or what position they used to play. Say what you want about our "ranking." The system has done exactly what it is supposed to do, in fact, far more than most. Its only sin is not producing a truly great player in a long time - like Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura. Aw shucks.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) He doesn't hit enough. He needs to be moved to RF or traded. LOL This is the perfect example of why Soxtalk would never have the stomach for a rebuild. Viciedo plays one major league season, hits 25 bombs and 75 RBI, and he is trash. You guys would never have been able to handle the development of the guys you love on KC, many of whom are still not producing

Division gets better? Get worse and wait for them to also get worse, then get better when they've allowed you to take a shot at winning

What a play Alexei!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:05 PM) Yes, but where are these resources going to come next year to fill the 1B, CF, 2B, C spots? It seems inevitable the attendance is going to be horrible this year unless a drastic turnaround takes place. We're dropping about $50M in payroll. CF is covered. One of 1B/LF will be filled by Viciedo. 2B can be handled by Keppinger or Beckham and we have Sanchez in the minor leagues. The book is out on Flowers, but we will have money to fill that position.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:03 PM) This team with the same pitching staff, the same lineup minus AJ but plus a real 3B contended for an entire season. Can't be that crazy to think it can continue to do that. Also, we will have our salary commitments dropping from $122MM this year to $74MM next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) So that means you think they can contend next year with Peavy on the roster? This team with the same pitching staff, the same lineup minus AJ but plus a real 3B contended for an entire season. Can't be that crazy to think it can continue to do that.

I would trade Peavy only for exciting MLB talent and only if we're definitely out of the race

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) Question is, what has to happen for Sox to even contend the next few years with the likes of Detroit and KC? Like it or not, there's just a huge talent gap from Detroit-KC-White Sox. Nobody would have said this about the Royals/Sox last year and they aren't much different from last year. James Shields, Ervin Santana, Wade Davis

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) Up for a decade of losing? I'm being sarcastic. This club should never have consecutive losing seasons, let alone any at all really