Melissa1334

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 07:19 PM) Well, they have to give something to get that starter and I'm sure Bentaces would be flipped for that purpose. Pick up another lefty reliever (Mujares. KC?) after you get the starting staff settled. mijares would be good. he sure completely handled dunn lol

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 07:06 PM) Thornton maybe? can we afford to lose him? meaning i dont have that much faith in him but hes a lot better than any other lefty we have.

now, according to mlbrumors, the red sox are aggressively pursuing dempster. let everyone else get into a bidding war for him

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 06:44 PM) I have no idea what we'd have to give up for Betances, but it would make sense as a precursor to a deal for a legit SP. whos josh norris?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) I apologze to the rest of this site for actually asking this question but greg when does it stop being coincidence that these big name players are flopping under Ozzie and thriving under different leadership? u guys do realize that your never going to change gregs opinion on ozzie right? never lol theres no point trying to get him to realize these things

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 03:49 PM) I assume he meant that Greinke is a small market pitcher due to this anxierty disorder. He can't mentally handle pitching in a big market with the added pressure. (Not that anyone goes to Sox games anyway) this^ u.s. cellular: "This is probably the one park I don't really like pitching in," Greinke said. "It's kind of dark in the stadium, it seems like. But today I pitched good, so I'll take it. But I have always had trouble here. I don't know what it is. It's just different." and The Yankees aren’t interested in Zack Greinke and don’t believe his personality would thrive in New York

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 03:34 PM) Could AJ and Greinke play nice? what happend between the two?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 03:01 PM) According to Cot's, Shields has two team options left, $9m for 2013, $12m for 2014. I'd trade Viciedo and pieces for him, then go out and find a mediocre LF on the cheap. marty already gave a suggestion

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Is Greinke a free agent after this season? yea so he would be a rental

QUOTE (Jillian Michaels' Abs @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 02:41 PM) 1. James Shields 2. Zack Greinke 3. Anyone other than Axelrod i would prefer shields over greinke. its going to take a lot to get either and we would have shields for another two years at an affordable contract. greinke would most likely just be a rental considering he will get more than 5 year$$ and the sox wouldnt commit for that long(esp. with whats happend to danks after getting 5 yrs) i saw on mlbrumors that a scout thinks shields is fustrated and could use a change of scenery. he was great last year and pitches in the toughest division. with grienke, theres also the whole pressure/pitching on the road/large market thing to worry about as well

i like the idea of getting putz back. leave reed as the closer but if he needs a day off or struggles, putz can fill in. what would it take to get him?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) So you're willing to give up the production and the arm in LF for a best one more time on base per 10 ABs? Your ideas are Pierre and Zambrano and you have a problem with KW? we're tring to win the division, not give it to the tigers

no juan pierre!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 01:21 PM) Not nearly as many as Viciedo. they have played in almost the same amount of games, viciedo: 15hr,43rbi, pierre:1hr,18rbi. who cares if pierre gets some meaningless hits, i rather have the production.viciedo>>>>pierre

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 12:53 PM) He's been on a roll. I mentioned that. But its like trading for Konerko when he's hitting .399. You know there is going to be a bad streak. I think there are guys out there that will have similar or even better numbers the rest of the way that will cost a lot less to acquire. BTW, the Red Sox there was no DH and I can shut out the Twins. career vs: bos: 5.11 era cle: 4.05 kc:4.50 min:7.62 nyy: 6.45

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 12:23 PM) Just happy the Yankees didn't get him. They had him 2nd on their draft board in the 1st round. Hometown boy, he would have been their Mauer X 10. Seems like a great kid though, compared to Harper. Always smiling and happy-go-lucky. i told someone the same thing yesterday. i dont like harper at all. hes going to be the new aj lol everyone is going to hate him

lol @ "not aj pierzynski"s convo. with oney : @Oneyguillen remember when I did your girlfriend in the dugout...are you still mad about that? ‪, oney: lol no. and then he told oney to not forget to vote for peavy and he said f* that oh and according to oney "in baseball. first half doesnt mean much. july aug sept thats those tough days. not a sprint. marathon" idiot, i guess the marlins enjoy being 9 games out or whatever they are

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) Youk seems to have lost his rhythm after the ASB sucks when the asb comes when your team is doing good

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 01:03 PM) David Kaplan ‏@thekapman Baseball sources tell me they expect Ryan Dempster to definitely be moved before his next start + White Sox are not at all in play for him. good. he doesnt even want to play for the sox anyways.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Speaking of Sox trades. Sergio Santos will be having shoulder surgery. good for him for signing that contract at the right time

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 08:40 AM) Well, if you're the Cubs, u need two corner outfielders, assuming Jackson is the solution in CF. So Mitchell would make sense, although playing in Wrigley, they undoubtedly need more power hitters like Rizzo and LaHair, and that's something Castro most assuredly is not. Then again, Mitchell and DeJesus perhaps might be pretty comparable in the end.. Molina can't be traded since he's injured...and Castro would be a decent piece, but I still think they would ask for Jones, too. It's not impossible that Mitchell and Castro would be enough, but from Theo's standpoint, I'd still want a better/healthy starting pitcher (from the minors), and we don't have one at the moment. I would ask for Mitchell, Nathan Jones and Trayce Thompson and bargain from there. i saw on mlbrumors that the cubs would want "young pitching" back for dempster

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 08:36 AM) What is this "no to the cubs" nonsense? Dempster has a 1.86 era, and is currently working on a 33 inning scoreless streak. This trade is a no brainer if it happens its just me hating the cubs i guess lol meaning it would be a good acquisition but i wouldnt want to give the cubs anyone of value(like jones) that would help them in the future. then dempster doesnt do to well or gets hurt or we lose him in free agency anyways and they have good players that we gave them i wouldnt mind liriano but i just dont see the twins trading him to the sox

no to making trades with the cubs. and no point in getting greinke because he would just be a rental. i wouldnt give up 5 players or whatever it is they want for two months and his road stats havent been that great since last year

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 14, 2012 -> 11:18 AM) Who would have thought coming into the season that one of the most important pieces COULD have been the "good" Jason Frasor? Hard to fault KW, he sucked with us last year and another high salary wasn't in the payroll plans. But we could use that type of veteran pitcher now, definitely. maybe kw can get him again, i doubt hed cost much. and alsoa more proven closer like street,etc. street crain thornton reed frasor jones sanitago sounds good to me lol i know,wed proably have to trade reed or jones

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jul 14, 2012 -> 09:01 AM) Lohse would be a nice addition to the Sox roster. I wish it was Wainwright though lohse yes, westbrook,no thanks. doesnt lohse have a no trade cluase though? i remember when they were interested in getting buehrle i think, he said he wouldnt waive his no trade clause