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QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 06:29 PM) We're hitting it on the screws almost everytime we make contact. This team has its mojo I thought Jose got that one better than he did.

Saladino is the 1st prospect in forever that seems to be a good judge of the strike zone. You could argue Marcus but IMO Marcus just liked to take pitches and once he got to MLB he couldn't just take and take and take anymore.

wow. our guys are crushing meatballs for a change instead of fouling them off.

Ortiz is an example of a ball player that is in good shape with a little extra weight. Panda looks like a guy you see eating 3 slices and a diet coke at the pizzeria.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 06:13 PM) Was it really necessary to redo the same ceremony in spanish? Eh why not it's Pedro a once in a lifetime pitcher. Might as well milk it.

I take it they are doing a ceremony? MLB.tv just has "game about to start". First time I've actually been this anxious to start a game in awhile.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 06:39 PM) Ventura just doesn't understand stats It's long been time to remove La Roche and Avi from up in the order and replace them with Soto and Ramirez. Ramirez is on one of hot streaks it's time to ride it.

LaRoche and Garcia 5 and 6 tonight that's disgusting imo. How about Soto and Ramirez? Whatever.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) LaRoche goes deep, Q with the shutout. Then Boston fans write "WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO ACQUIRE JOSE QUINTANA? WILL THEY TAKE JASON VARITEK? That reminds me what was it a couple weeks ago Hahn talked about perhaps not selling and said "the arrow was pointing up". Maybe he was right.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 05:07 PM) 2 back in the loss column. Oh yea duh! Thanks.

That's a final in Minny 10-4 Bucs win. Latest standings: http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings/_/view/wild-card Sox now only 3 back in the loss column for the 2nd WC. Huge next two games with Boston and a huge series with TB coming up. These next 10 games could decide the whole season.

Looks like you can go ahead and put another loss down for the the Twinkies. Down 7 they are down to their final 2 outs with nobody on.

Just let Micah continue to rake at AAA. If they aren't going to DH him (and it seems they have no intents) then just let him continue to get the everyday reps at 2B. It also could be that a few of the guys on the pitching staff have flat out told RV that they'd prefer to not see him out there. Some of the body language from the staff when he would make a mistake was obvious, especially for pros.

What is the demand for KW though? I was pretty surprised Toronto wanted him. Does he have value in like an advisor role? I guess he's the guy that pushed hard for Jose and won a title but he's also the guy that set the Sox back about half a decade by doubling down on aging vets one time too many. Overall KW just seems like a fairly mediocre GM but maybe if you don't give him 100% authority it will let his talent evaluation skills shine.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) Their other three starters are still hot garbage though, I'd be very happy if Detroit doesn't sell, I'm not worried about them at all and I'd rather they didn't get good young players for Soria/Price/Cespedes. They just indicated they are looking to sell. That team is a tire fire looking at pretty much their worst case scenario. Sanchez has been mediocre; Miggy is injured, Verlander is up and down, the bullpen is a disaster and their two big assets Price and Cespedes are in the final year of their deals and they have zero leverage because it's looking more and more like "they have to" sell. Since their hot start they have basically been the worst team in the AL over the last 3 months.

I've come around to the thinking that Hahn is comfie in Chicago and perhaps isn't quite as ambitious as I thought (looking to get 100% control). We'll see how it plays out. I can see that if things don't go well at this deadline and the rest of the way him possibly resigning with the idea of taking a full GM job somewhere else.

Melky Cabrera now at .1 fWAR! Wow. That is quite the turnaround for the Melk man. He's been a huge part of this run hopefully he keeps it going as he was also a huge part of the s*** start.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 01:27 PM) lol If you didn't get Bryant back, which you wouldn't, you'd be walking away from a Sale trade with Schwarber, Russell, and several other guys who aren't just throw-ins. Sale for Russell, Schwarber and Soler I'd think about.

haha, you can only laugh. Trading Sale for a guy with negative trade value and a guy that projects as a 2-3 WAR LF but that perhaps won't ever reach that ceiling. Nice.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) He was very good in half a season last year. His 162-game average WAR in Oakland is 3.1. He is on pace for higher than that this season. For comparison sake, Flowers has a -0.2 WAR this year. Also, Vogt is a lefty. He could be an even more impressive platoon with Soto as Vogt crushes rights to a 148 wRC+ and hitting .292 with 13 HR. Soto against lefties is hitting .323 with a wRC+ of 162. You'd be exploiting both heavy splits in their platoon perfectly. I'd take Vogt in a heartbeat if the cost is say Montas+ filler. As you said he'd be the perfect platoon mate for Soto and from what I saw in the Oakland games this year Vogt is fine behind the plate. He certainly throws better than Flowers. For his career Vogt throws out about a 1/3 of base stealers.

If Castro is available for his contract then yea, make the move and figure it out later but I have to figure the Cubs are holding out for more than just a little salary relief. Castro currently has a lower wRC+ than Carlos Sanchez so it's not the Sox should expect much from him the rest of the year. Maybe they can get his head screwed on straight next year including maybe having Ramirez in a mentor role with Alexei playing 50 or so games at SS and Castro the rest as they figure out a bridge to the Anderson plan. If it's just money and a C level prospect thrown in sure do it the White Sox could use more middle infield depth but Castro has upside, the "talent is there" as SS2k said but for whatever reason it's not coming out on the North Side.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:51 PM) Beckham with a hard hit rocket to the 2B type of biased from Hawk just now? I have the Boston feed. haha did you just guess that? Yep, he said it was "the 4th hard hit ball for Beckham".

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 05:45 PM) Gordon Edes ‏@GordonEdes 1m1 minute ago Blue Jays are here scouting Jeff Samardzija https://twitter.com/GordonEdes Seems like they are at every Shark start. Hopefully they make Hahn an offer he can't refuse.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) I was thinking that I hadn't seen enough lame gay jokes lately... I was just thinking it had been one post I wrote that you didn't bother to respond to with some pithy little comment. It's annoying and detracts from any real conversation. You're Skip Bayless level trolling me. Seriously, do I need to re-register under a new name so that you don't feel the need to quote and respond with your "I think the opposite" response to literally every single one of my posts that you read? Of all the things written on here you think "butt buddy" is worthy of pointing out? You need to seriously relax on my posts. In fact, I've tried to ignore you so I don't have to deal with it but you can't ignore admins. Go figure. How hard would it have been, if the post really offended you, to PM me and take it down? But that's not your style I guess you'd rather just fling s*** or take things out of context.

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