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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) How does this work ? We want Sale to get a win but the Sox to lose ? I think we want sale to throw great, get a no decision, and break his hand punching a wall in frustration.

Boo, give Webb the shot.

No way Reynolds swings

Where was that well placed 94 mph fastball to Granderson?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 09:52 PM) He's not terrible, just bad pitch selection there. Not one fastball above the belt. Wasn't it 3 straight sliders to Soriano?

Come on Robin, I wanna see Webb with a legit radar gun!

Lost a game without giving up a run? Call him up, he's ready for this team.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) Not the biggest fan of him debuting at Yankee Stadium against Sabathia. If this was a pennant race I'd buy that. Since we're not in it, lets see what kind of cojones he has.

Wow Konerko is useless, weakly lines into dp with the pulled in If

3-1 Sox on a 2 run Alexei triple

Soriano with the dancing circus in LF!

Zapata blurb from sox homepage, on his way to Arizona instructional league in the fall.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 08:32 PM) You failed to mention that the Yankees run scored on a double steal. That doesn't necessarily happen every day.

1-1, sox gave up unearned run, blew like 5 baserunners in the first 2 innings, and I think Mark Prior got hurt.

6 man rotation the rest of the way

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) I'm just not optimistic that McCann ends up in Chicago even if Hahn wants him. I'm fine with this but it's under the assumption they think Phegley is a major league hitter. If they don't think he is, then catcher is just as big of a hole as 1b for this team, and if they want to be somewhere other than the cellar next year they'll need to fill both.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 06:05 PM) McCann seems like a huge long shot to me. He's by far the prize of an awful catching market and will have plenty of suitors. I'd wager he will be snapped up quick by Boston and he's a perfect fit there. If I understand the new system, that would cost Boston a first round pick and barring a winning streak would cost us a 2nd round pick, so it's also possible we could have a shot at that. If the team doesn't have confidence in Phegley, snapping up McCann and another 1b whether it's Abreu or someone else could really turn this team around rapidly, if they can get their heads on straight or replace the manager with someone who can.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 05:34 PM) If the White Sox think the same of 2014 as Soxtalk does, there is zero reason to sign Brian McCann. Abreu at least is a long term piece, as long as they don't renounce arb rights to sign him like Oakland did with Cespedes. I have no problem renouncing arb-rights for the guy if we're signing him for 5-6 years. For the kind of money he'll take to sign, I don't want him in the minor leagues, he better be ready to be the opening day 1b.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 05:30 PM) I agree with you. I think if anything he's in AAA. Isn't he out of options?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 05:29 PM) If he's the #9 hitter and we picked up someone like Abreu with that money, for sure. That's very interesting, because they might well have the money to sign both Abreu and McCann if they wanted. That's one of the behind the scenes things I can't know right now, how much confidence they have in him to be a decent contributor if they find someone else to fill the 1b void.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 05:14 PM) The Sox definitely think they have a better player in Phegley. Do they believe it enough to run him out there again next year after his struggles this year when there's an all-star catcher sitting on the free agent market?

The amount of money the federal government spends on wildfire prevention has been cut nearly in half compared to a couple years ago. The cut this year is about $200 million. Last summer the Forest Service wanted to clear 8 large areas in the Stanislaus National Forest, just outside of Yosemite. Those areas were not cleared because there was not money to do so. The Rim Fire, currently burning in California, torched through those areas and those areas were key to helping the fire burn out of control. The cost of fighting the Rim Fire is already at $72 million and it will probably approach $100 million by the time it's done. What a great example of idiotic budgeting. We take $200 million+ from the fire prevention budget, we clear fewer areas, and we wind up with extra $100 million fires to fight. Oh, and since the firefighting budget for this year was depleted even more by the sequester, the money to fight the Rim Fire is going to come from the fire prevention budget for next year.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 02:07 PM) Ideally, I'd like to find a 3b with some pop and let Semien take over for either Alexei or Beckham, I really don't care which one at this point. I've tried to figure out anyone who made sense as obviously an improvement over a Gillaspie/Keppinger platoon and I've struggled. Outside of the guy in Minnesota there's not a lot of high-flying 3b prospects right now that I can recall who would be a sensible target if the Sox moved one of their starting pitchers, and the FA class is more than weak: About the only bat that could possibly help at 3b would be to sign Jhonny Peralta and move him to 3b, but there's the whole "signing a guy just off a steroid suspension" thing to deal with. You have any other ideas?

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 12:04 PM) I'd would love to see Alexei moved in the offseason. Would probably need to eat some cash to get a decent prospect, but I can't see any reason not to do that after moving all that payroll over the last couple months. I think Beckham gets one more year, but we need a slot open for Garcia/Semien to get going. Alexei has no upside, so he gawn. I'd also like to see a pitcher moved for a young hitter or prospect. I'd much rather move Santiago than Quintana, but if Quintana brings a substantially better return, I'd go for it. I'd like to see an attempt at extending Quintana otherwise. With Johnson/Rienzo, I'm not sure we even need to sign a buy-low pitcher even if we trade someone over the winter. I think it's safe to say there is zero chance the Sox are sending significant amounts of money to someone to move Alexei. Frankly, nor should they, he's had a solid year, better than last year, established in the last month he still has some power but they were putting him in situations where he wasn't using it, and his defense may well still be better than this if he is put in a place where he needs to stay more focused. I think they're sitting with a high price on Alexei for now, I think the trade deadline established that pretty clearly. Maybe next year it comes down if Semien is 100% ready and Beckham continues to hit. Leury will make a fine utility guy for now. Hopefully his presence will allow them to actually give guys an offday next year, as opposed to waiting until late August like we did this year. If Leury hits well enough to take over the position, spectacular.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 12:28 PM) Except for the clear need for a backup catcher. If the Sox sign McCann, it's possible they may think Phegley is a better backup catcher option (if nothing else he's farther from arbitration than Flowers). If the Sox don't sign McCann, then Flowers isn't an ideal backup for Phegley because they're both righties and it would be nice to allow Phegley's offday to coincide with say, Scherzer being on the mound.