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QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:20 PM) It's only a solo HR also you usually won't get beat with solo HRs. Although, with this sox club...

1st pitch change? LOL. Come on now.

avi never makes it look easy.

jeez, gmafb, phegley's 3rd hit all year i believe

Rodon varies his fastball as well, which is cool.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:15 PM) Makes you want Micah back. well, you gave him two at bats at least.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:12 PM) Hes the type of guy they wouldnt sign before because of demands. Huge move by the Sox. Yes the new rules helped them as well but they did a good job of getting him signed quickly. As we saw with the Astros, things can still unravel.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:10 PM) If Soto does nothing else besides turn Rodon into what he can be, money well spent. indeed.

that is a high strike, wow.

conor better remember he's supposed to a righty masher if he wants to keep starting.

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.