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QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:42 PM) I don't think they can afford to wait 3 or 4 years for this pick to develop unless they plan on signing one of the big 3 free agent starters this winter. If the lineup somehow heals itself to teh point where they can be competitive then perhaps signing one of the big 3 starters would make sense. As of right now, this lineup looks like 2 big cubans and a wasteland.

The good news is Dunn will clearly be benched/punished somehow for a boneheaded baserunning msitake there.

I think the video is like 90% clear but not sure that's clear enough to overturn it

no way thats a hbp

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) So, you're ok drafting a high school arm over Hoffman and/or Rodon? If the scouts think that those high schoolers are substantially better than the college pitchers, yes. I'm always a little iffy on high school pitchers because of the injury risk, when there's 4-ish years before we talk about them reaching the big leagues, that's 4 years when a guy could get hurt. Compared to a college pitcher who could arrive in 1-2, that's a legit difference. But what the MLB team needs right now? I coudln't care less.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:30 PM) Francona bunting. He knows how dominant Scott Caroll is.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:28 PM) With the lineup though, there are pieces (Eaton, Avi, Micah Johnson) that you hope can be fixtures in the starting lineup. That doesn't seem true for the pitching. But it's also 9 guys versus 5. I have no issues with drafting a pitcher but the big league team shouldn't be factoring into this, that's all I keep saying. Draft a pitcher because the pitchers are clearly the better choice from this draft.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:21 PM) Yes, gets Alexei a break and another lefty in the lineup. Has Alexei started every game? I literally didn't know Leury was a switch hitter until your post forced me to check.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) You don't agree the pitching staff looks to be in trouble? Outside of Sale and Quintana, there's no one that you could really count on to put up league average numbers the next few years. I think the pitching staff looks in trouble when you look at it at what will hopefully be its worst point of the season. I would still be surprised if it looked this bad in a few months. I'd say that the lineup looks like it's in trouble right now too. Eaton looks like he may be a Quentin-post-2009 type who became available because he can't stay healthy, Garcia needed this year and it could well screw him over long term, tons of people want to move Viciedo to DH, and we traded away a valuable chip for a young 3b who is having a ton of trouble at Charlotte right now. The way it looks right now, the positions we have confidence in for 2015 if we're trying to contend are 1b, DH, maybe Catcher if we believe in Flowers, and SS. 2b looks crappy, 3b looks crappy, Garcia will have a spot but that's a "rebuilding" type move, and the OF looks bad. Oh, and about that bench. Welcome to rebuilding. If you're going to stress about the rotation, the lineup looks just about as busted except it has Jose Abreu.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:18 PM) Who in that draft is better than him? The Mariners almost took him at #2. I read a Rosenthal article a couple years ago there were several teams in the mix to draft him, but he fell. The Yankees were going to take him at 29 if he was till there. There were even some mock drafts that had the White Sox picking him. And if he wasn't picked the reason he shouldn't have been is because the team thought the guy they picked was better. You are advocating taking a lesser player to save money for even lesser players. That doesn't make sense with the #3 pick. Wow, so he might have dropped to 29. Man, he must have been terrible.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:19 PM) Why even play Alexei against Masterson? Who should play instead? Leury?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:16 PM) He has been fine. I mean, if this is him with less movement than his first start, can he maintain this level of success for a while?

This Lipton commercial is the worst part of my day.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 3, 2014 -> 07:13 PM) Carroll hasn't had as much movement on his pitches this time out. He is still battling and doing a good job out there. I guess a valid question is...is this a bad start for him?

Jason Giambi looks like he's 1/2 the size he was 10 years ago.

Don't know if that was a hit and run but the circumstance made a helluva lot more sense than it did the last time.

BEAUTIFUL BUNT ALEJANDRO!

Bourn pulled.

I'm going to give Danks credit for saving 2 runs that inning and Viciedo credit for 1/2 a run on top of it.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) Hawk that is trouble ...........yes it is.......no its not ...........WTF Hawk. For once I liked that call.

Decently done by Viciedo but I'm not sure I liked the form on the arm tuck, that's only a little bit better than Garcia's form.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) No Courtney Hawkins again Well, with Eaton out....

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:53 PM) MJ probably not ready but Semien not that impressive to me. Semien got better as time went on at AA, but the jump from AA to the bigs with almost 0 time at AAA is huge. We shouldn't be surprised by him struggling, that's what we should ahve expected. At AAA a hitter is going to see better offspeed stuff than he sees at AA and better control than at AA. Semien is getting beat because he should be at AAA right now. IF no one had been hurt then he might have been a candidate for a callup in August/Sept. Instead he's here now. This is what happens when you rush guys through a level. We did it because of injury, so I get it. But this is what you should expect.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:52 PM) People just need to accept that once Gillaspie returns, it will be him at 3rd and Beckham at 2nd with Semien in AAA. As it should be.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) Danks with the nasty jump out there! That was as good as 2 RBI.