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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2012 -> 12:02 PM) Couple things: one, you have to subtract Thornton's bloated salary to be mediocre from what Youk makes. Two, what's the market for a 35-year old reliever with one pitch who hasn't been good since Jim Thome told him to "tell me how my ass tastes" in 2010. You're not getting anything back for Thornton prospect wise. I agree. Thornton has very little value right now and this is one deal where the team receiving Thornton doesn't care how much he makes (since Youk makes twice as much)

Alfonso Soriano = 33 UZR/150 so far this year. dafuk?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 17, 2012 -> 11:51 AM) If he still takes ground balls there, sure, why not? Maybe Friday and Saturday, then back to LF on Sunday, and sit Dunn against Maholm. Anything to get Morel out of there is fine by me. Yeah, the key is whether he has been practicing there. When he played 162 innings there, his UZR was -2.3 (-18 per 150 games)

Anyone else interested in Viciedo at 3B?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) Exactly. That's the problem. This for, the most part, is a ***ty ass division. In the AL east or west, we're 10 games out by now and looking towards selling. But the Tigers have been average at best and nobody believes in the Indians. It's maddening. You know the Sox aren't good enough to win it. But they're not bad enough to be out of it by July. The Sox have the talent to win it. Whether they will win it is another question...but you'd have to accept a playoff berth if it's within grasp. Only makes you more money to build your team with. Just can't trade prospects to improve the roster, really. If we're going to win, it will have to be with this squad or something close to it. I don't know how we could improve the on-field product without bastardizing the rebuild plan.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2012 -> 12:18 AM) The desperation was forcing him into the equation as the long-term answer at 3B instead of just as an experimental, one-season stopgap. The same thing as if we traded for Callaspo from the Angels to play there for the remainder of THIS season. Because of that idiotic, unwarranted extension, we traded Edwin Jackson for the last reliever on our major league roster (albeit, he's pitching better than expected, but still not a great end result). I have to think we could sign Teahen off the street right now and he'd outproduce Morel EDIT: guess he's tearing it up in AAA for the Nats currently

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) No idea, I assume anyone can play LF QUOTE (fathom @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:40 PM) It is amazing how many young Sox hitters take HUGE steps back in their 2nd season. Maybe it's the curse of Mike Caruso, as we've seen this with Fields and Beckham also. At least we can't blame Greg Walker for this (and yes, that's sincere and not sarcasm). Morel played so badly last year that we thought that a step back would be impossible....he proved us wrong

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:33 PM) Dan Johnson ? Thought he was doing fine in AAA. Can he play OF? I don't know him well other than that he had a good spring

Brent Morel, man....

QUOTE (fathom @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:31 PM) For this year, Fukudome/Lillibridge? I figured...was trying to search my tired brain for anyone in the minors not named Mitchell pushing for ML time

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:30 PM) not full time!! only for the Cubs series, interleague. it was suggested in this thread that you don't make that switch if it is only for NL parks

QUOTE (fathom @ May 16, 2012 -> 11:29 PM) Williams was horrific tonight. He was up in the zone with everything the first 6 innings. He got lucky with a handful of rockets hit right at their defenders. It's honestly one of the least impressive 8 inning, 2 run performances you'll see. Haha well then you know which two innings I saw

So if you make DV the full time 3B, who plays LF?

We're gonna have a hard time if our starters can't get through the sixth inning for several starts in a row (like these past 3 games). Trying to decide if we should just tip our cap to this Williams, the part of the game I saw he looked pretty good.

Can someone fill me in on the 6th inning? Are we all mad at RV for leaving Gavin out too long?

I wouldn't mind experimenting with DV at 3B

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 16, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) Zach Stewart I've never seen Zach Stewart b**** slap a charging batter

Where is DJ Carrasco when you need him

No thanks, doesn't fit for us. Viciedo has a corner for a long time and Bourjos hasn't proven that he is a better player than ADA yet -- just younger.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 15, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) As far as team needs go, my order would be: 1.) top of rotation starter 2.) #3 hitter 3.) mid rotation starter 4.) CF'er/3B (tie) This is asinine. Our rotation is more than solid. Our 3/4 hitters are both having career years. ADA is shaping up to be a great, young CF'er that is under contract for nothing. 3B is by far the largest need, followed by second base. Hopefully Dayan Viciedo makes LF not a need any longer, maybe Beckham could take care of 2B as well (maybe not).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2012 -> 08:53 PM) No. That's the point of the amnesty, that contract is removed from counting on the cap/tax number. Works for me then, go ahead and do as you please Bulls.

Can anyone fill me in on the current state of knowledge surrounding next iPhone release?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) Yes, that's very true, but the Bulls would be able to move that money to other contracts. Doesn't count towards salary cap?

I think some people think that amnestying Boozer just means he is off the books. Amnestying Boozer will mean: Boozer can be bid on by teams with cap room. The highest bidder gets Booz. The Bulls pay the difference between the high bid and the contract we gave him (!!!) The amnesty could potentially blow up in our face with us paying him a ton to not even be playing for us

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