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Seriously, so tired of this debate. It seems everyone in the suburbs thinks the stadium would be built next door. What if sox park was built in bridge view by toyota park, is that soooo much more convenient to get to? After all, it's in the "burbs"!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 21, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) Putnam is grossly underperforming given his stuff. No idea why people would want to sell so low on him. I don't think we're selling low on him. He has a great k rate and is playing in front of the worst defense in the league. I'm sure most teams understand his value.

Not sure if anyone caught Dan Hayes on lawrence holmes last night, but he said he's not sure sox will get anything more than a b prospect for smarj.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 21, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) This team could use a guy like Showalter. Buck would be just the right voice for this club. Too bad he's in Baltimore. If anyone could solve fundemental issues and change a culture, it would be Buck. I'll be honest, as much as it cringes me, I'd also fully support Dusty Baker (I realize he runs pitchers into the ground, but he's also been a pretty consistent winner despite his hatred for all things sabs). Won a lot in San Fran, won with the Cubs (hard to do), and then again with the Reds (who thought he didn't do enough, so they got rid of him, and then the Reds turned into a bigger dumpster fire). Okay so Baker probably isn't the actual solution, but I think even more so in this era of pitching, the AL is going to have to adjust and move to a more NL style of play. That 1 run makes a much larger difference in an ERA where runs are down and therefore the execution, the baserunning, the little things that became so watered down in the steroid era (and even more waterdown in the AL where the DH's were the most fully loaded roiders around) are now so critical and a lot of these AL squads just aren't as schooled in it or the philosphies still seem to be a bit in the stoneage. Sox philosophy sure seems like it. The pitching and belief to have strong pitching, we can all agree with. But we have lousy baserunning and lousy defense. To me, that is inexcusable without having some massive clotters out their who can out homer everyone. Very much agree with everything here.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 21, 2015 -> 07:55 AM) It just seems everything stalls once guys get on base. This would be our tremendous lack of power and reliance on stringing 4-5 singles in an inning to score runs.

Jonathan strange'a last episode was awesome

Love it. Would be unreal to get this .820 OPS for real in the majors.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 05:13 PM) It's too it has to end this way, because Alexi has had a pretty good career with Sox, but if he is still here next year, there will be more complaining about him, because he will probably be worse, not better in 2016. I don't think it's possible he could be worse

I feel like if Saladino were a cardinal he'd have a decent 8 year career. I do not have hope for him on our team.

Why wouldn't putting too much innings on pitchers coming back from major injuries be a bad thing?

I was actually pretty impressed DEN got a 1st for him.

Seems like we'd need Carroll up if we have both EJ and Danks. I doubt either could consistently go 7ip

Absolutely no to alvarez

Wow, just looked at Micah's stats.

I expect to be underwhelmed.

Oh, right, forgot about holmberg

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 08:12 AM) No but I wasn't excited to trade our top 2 pitching prospects for a 5.16 ERA and 1.49 WHIP and pick up high salary either when marginally in the race....yet Ken Williams did just that. So we'll see. What trade was this?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 07:42 AM) Agree good read. I think he over-values a 2 month renta. The Blue Jay trade has them giving their #2 , 9 and 10th prospects. If Toronto could sign Shark i would agree that sounds realistic. My prediction is some team's 3-5 and 15-20 and I assume that is a team with a good group of prospects like Toronto. To be fair the sox also give up Putnam who has been pretty dominant in the pen.

I just wish he hit with more power this year.

I support move, but feel bad for Connor. He had plantar fasciitis right? I imagine that really affected his offense this year. Glad we get to keep watching Saladino though.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 05:21 PM) Diamondbacks signed first-round shortstop Dansby Swanson. There never seemed to be any real worry that a deal wouldn't get done, but it wasn't officially agreed upon until right before Friday's deadline. John Gambadoro of 98.7 FM in Phoenix says Swanson will receive $6.5 million, which is significantly under the recommended slot value for the No. 1 overall pick of $8.6169 million. Swanson is expected to be a pretty quick mover. Wow way under slot The oddest part about that is they didn't even use that slot money they saved from that deal.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 11:50 PM) The comp pick is likely to be 40ish, that's no great shakes really. Even a single "B" prospect and an interesting A ball arm is better. PoSit ion doesn't matter. The extra budget makes for a more interesting draft.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 11:37 PM) You could be right, but I see Saladino being sent down. Conor was a golden boy entering this season. He was supposed to be OUTSTANDING for us this season. Can't see them pulling the plug. Haha, what?

We have great pitching.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) Darn guys, you made me look up some Danks outings. July 3 vs. Balt: 7 innings, NO runs. June 17 vs. Pitt: 7 innings, 5 measly hits, three runs. a bit farther back May 31 vs. Houston: nine innings, 0 runs. May 16 vs. Oak: 7 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs. May 10 vs Cincy: 7 inns, 6 hits one run. Now coupled with tonight, 3 of his last 5 outings were DANDY. Seriously, he's no Phil Humber; he's no Carroll. He's not batting practice, folks. He's still coming off that injury. Just cause he makes a TON of money don't hate on this player. You skipped his TOR game