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QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 06:04 AM) Another fit for Rob Machowiak, San Diego. Vinny Castilla currently has a .582 OPS and his would be replacement Mark Bellhorn only has a .701 OPS with a .199 BA. The price? How bout a reliever like Scott Cassidy? Just got demoted to AAA despite having a 2.79 ERA with a 42/17 K/BB ratio. This is only his 3rd full season in the majors as well which helps arbitration / contract wise.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 06:02 AM) Which makes a Houston deal for Burke and Qualls more sensible True, but Houston doesn't need starting pitching help the way the Mets do.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 05:58 AM) Ok so the N.Y Daily News is onto it; So that would be Sanchez and / or Heilman I am assuming (like I said earlier). If something like that happens, Kenny stole my idea. Trading for top notch relief help and putting McCarthy into the rotation. See, this gm stuff ain't that hard.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 05:02 AM) Could be interesting for him down there. The Padres are making some changes with their bullpen with Cassidy (go after him KW) demoted to AAA despite having an ERA of around 2.82 IIRC. uh oh, dbaho is caught up on a player.

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QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 12:44 AM) Someone, anyone, tell me what to look forward to? October.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 06:31 PM) This might not be too bad of a deal if it were Vazquez for Rowand straight up... I mean yes AROW is struggling but we all know he is capable of getting hot... and lets face is Vazquez has hardly any value because of that awful contract he has... If we can get AROW, dump Vazquez, and not have to pay any of his contract then I take that deal in a second. However we'd have to make a seperate trade for bullpen help... and no deal on Mack...

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 05:59 PM) Wow, Cashman is desperate. Ponson is going to get destroyed in the AL. Ya think?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 05:58 PM) Me likey, I've always had a soft spot for Chris Burke. The guy is only 26 I believe and plays all 3 outfield positions plus middle infield. He'd be incredibly valuable off the bench as a 4th OF and right handed pinch hitter which is something we don't have. I win.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 05:55 PM) My question is why? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7057/news Well he's played some centerfield and he's that right handed outfield bat we could use off the bench. Burke also has some good potential and could became a very nice player. I wouldn't mind picking up Burke at all if the price is right but obviously we have more pressing needs.

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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 05:11 PM) Wouldn't DYe have tagged up? I thought Dye had tagged up and than saw Gload at 3rd base and had to go backwards. So Dye would have been on 3rd with less than 2 outs for Cintron. No. It actually was the other way around. Gload went to tag up and saw Dye barreling down on him and then got off the base because other wise there was a shot that Dye would have passed him up. After the ball got caught, Dye had to hussle back to 2nd other wise he would have been doubled up and should have been doubled up because he didn't re-tag 3rd as he went back to 2nd.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) i suck at life Correct.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) As for Damaso Marte being garbage, he has a 3.17 ERA. Clearly you don't mean to suggest that he has been the recipient of an otherworldly number of good relievers cleaning up for him for the past FIVE YEARS, including this year, in which he has a 2.97 ERA. Idiot or not, Damaso has a damn good arm. He has a good arm but he does suck now and he would have got his ass handed to him in Chicago. Also, consider the fact that Ozzie was afraid to use him in Chicago because he got booed like no other, there was no way we could keep him around. He was fantastic in his first two years here and decent his 3rd year but last year he was just horrendous. That was a very productive trade considering we got one of the better bench players around plus Thornton>>>>>>>>>>>>Damaso, Neal>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Damaso.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) It might not be fair, but when a historically oppressed group makes a prejudiced remark, it just doesn't carry the same weight as if an Anglo-Saxon made it. I'm fine with that. Which is completely dumb considering none of us had anything to do with them being oppressed. Whatever, part of this thread should probably be moved to the fillibuster if we're going to keep this discussion going.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 04:13 PM) I was just thinking that the mets look to be huge buyers this deadline with their bad pitching. With Pedro injured for now this team cannot rely on jose lima for long. Sure they will make it to the postseason but you need pitching to win, and im sure they would take vazquez if they took el duque. The only problem is the Sox would have to eat some of his contract. Does anyone else think this situation is plausible? Also what prospects do you think we could get in return? We're not trading Javy for prospects.

OH NOS!!!!!!!!!!!

Very solid.

KC will definitely win at least one this weekend.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) Considering the Sox are at the top of the league in homers almost every season it seems, how exactly is that an "amazing stat"? lol ya. Everyone knew we'd hit a ton of homers as usual, nobody knew at this point that the Tigers would have the best record in baseball.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 03:32 PM) I have a question. I've heard a lot on this board about Ryan Wagner and how great he is. Why, exactly, was he not in the Reds' bullpen? Is he still just a prospect with a high ceiling? Or was he already in the majors and fell out of favor with the management? He was a first round draft pick a few years back. He's got good stuff and his first year in the majors he was very, very good. After that though, he just struggled for whatever reason. I think a lot of people believe with his stuff, he might just need a change of scenery considering he's still pretty young.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 09:20 AM) That's why a guy like Brady Clark makes sense. Brewers still feel they're in the race although that could change. Clark is an OBP guy, plays CF and would also fit into the plans for 2007, he can play LF too. At this point I truly feel their first preference is to see Anderson succeed. SS2K5 makes a good point, they are committed to Anderson by virtue of their actions. By the same token they are going for a World Series and blind faith doesn't always get the job done. KW is always looking to improve. Wouldn't you agree though that as of right now, upgrading the pitching is more important than upgading from a defensive stud just to improve an offense that is the best in baseball right now?

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 09:05 AM) [/b]I also think there is something to the fact that the team has a much better record when Scottie plays, but you also must remember, the games that Scottie sits out also happen to be the games against tough left-handed starters. It probably has more to do with the coincidence that we are playing a Scott Kazmir, or an Eric Bedard, or whomever, then the fact that Scottie isn't playing. That's a fair point, however the horrid month of August last season did happen to be when Scott went down so it wasn't just against the tough lefties. There is a fair amount of data that shows he's a pretty important piece to this offense. His defense on the other hand.... QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 09:05 AM) And yes, I do think the 75% rule is f'ing arbitrary and stupid. Baseball is an amazingly complex game- stop trying to quantify everything into numbers to assign value to it. Accept that there are flat out things that cannot be accurately quantified sometimes. Cease painting every player or situation with the same brush. It cannot be done. This I do agree with but that's an argument for a different time.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 08:53 AM) Last season we struggled to score runs with ANY lineup, until we got hot in October. This season is totally different We are 4-4 without him in the lineup, but we also scored 44 runs in those games, an average of 5.5 per game... I'm not sure where you got 4-4 but I got different numbers. Still, lets say your numbers are correct, then we've averaged almost a half run lower per game without him in the lineup.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 08:07 AM) You also have to look at who else is out of the lineup, who's pitching, who the opponents are, etc. Just looking at what games he was in or not doesn't give the whole story. I agree. That's research I haven't taken the time to do. That being said, when him getting hurt coincides with the Sox going through their tough stretch last season and the Sox continue to struggle with him out of the lineup this season, then there has to be more to it than just coincidence.