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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:08 PM) Whatever about the Astros and Aiken, it was pure stupidity to take Kolek over him yea no kidding.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:07 PM) Soto hasn't been great this year but I like him. He just went out there to tell Rodon that s*** was nasty. Seems like Soto is Rodon's personal? Seems like Flowers has Sale/Danks/Q and Soto has Shark/Rodon. Yes good point. I have seen Soto admonish the s*** out of Rodon (last start especially) and I love it. Seems like Soto, as the vet, as really taken to the kid. I just wish Soto could receive and throw better but he works well with Rodon it seems.

what luck this guy fell to the Sox at 3. One of the best pure talents available at 3 probably in the last decade, right?

nasty

wow they lost track of the count? are you f***ing kidding?

QUOTE (Baron @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:00 PM) Someone tell that terrible band to shut up lol I like it. Oakland fans are great.

not a good ab by avi. He should have been looking off speed the entire AB. Or, maybe he was and failed to execute.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:52 PM) Rodon is filthy. Will the league figure him out or is he just that good? He'll need to evolve like Sale, easier said then done. That said, as with any pitcher TINSTAAPP and enjoy the moment

QUOTE (fathom @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:48 PM) LaRoche makes that play, most likely Yep, or at least knocks it down and rodon covers. Just stupid to play Jose so much at 1B. It tires him physically as well. I really wish someone would sit them all down and realize what is best.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:48 PM) And I thought, and think, that even trying to pick up an extra win was silly, given the composition of the team. Just because there were more middle infielders than starters doesn't mean you deal away by far your best major-league ready middle infielder prospect. And everything out of the Shark camp indicated he'd be going to free agency, and wouldn't be giving away much if any of a discount. fair enough.

la roche makes that play. wtf.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Angel Hernandez is terrible. What does that even mean? It was a bad trade. Semien would have been more valuable to this year's Sox, never mind for the next 5 years. that's hindsight. ZIPS had around 3.0 for shark and 2.0 for Marcus. On paper, with lack of rotation options and more middlie infielders than starters, they made a move to try and get an extra win this year while still looking long term to sign shark. If it doesn't work out with Shark they get the comp pick, which I believe is pegged at around a value of 5-7 million. If you want to talk BABIP and Semien go ahead. His batting line is hugely inflated by it. Take 50 points off his line and he's down to a .303 OBP. We'll see if the power sticks. Marcus is a nice player, but he's hardly some surefire star. a challenge trade is a fairly common term for this type of deal -- where guys that are talented but for whatever reason aren't in favor in the org (money, performance, etc) are traided as the main pieces in a deal.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:35 PM) Coop dam near in a parka. Cold front in cali and PNW this week. Lotta rain down from alaska. The bay area hardly has better weather than seattle overall, there summers and springs can suck.

what planet is that a strike on to a guy that is 5-7?

lol the As crew loves the Sox. They are slobbing their knob and the centrals.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:32 PM) It's not simply because of his start this year, more that it's confirmed how I thought his history of destroying the minors would eventually translate to the bigs. And the general stupidity of trading cost-controlled talent for a rental when you're not right there. Especially at a position of need. It was a challenge trade. I'm fine with that. I mean, look at the trade the As made to GET him. Now that is an awful f***ing trade. Sure the timing affected the return but still -- Semien is no Russell.

Great job Rodon staying calm and making good pitches to Lawrie.

mental f***ing mistake as much as physical. Know who is f***ing running. Why was he not deep anyways?

That is not a hard play at all. You have f***ing Bulter running BACK UP AND GET THE GOOD HOP.

are you f***ing serious? I'm sick of Conor.

For anyone sick of Hawk and don't care for Rowand, the As announcers are doing a great job analyzing Rodon.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:28 PM) Is that sarcasm because he struck out? It was dumb. For a "saber oriented" poster you sure do like to have fun with selective endpoints.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 15, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) And Phegley? lol no. He got the start in a Mariners game I went to last week. He was awful. Had a passed ball that led to a run and his hitting...yikes. He's been negative WAR so far. He stinks.

WMVP comes in fairly strong (thanks lake michigan) all the way up in N. Michigan. Lots of nights lying awake as a kid listening to the games.

Figured this could go here: some love for the state of the systems' ballparks from BA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/best-ballparks-minors/