Balta1701

Oakland now has all of our 1b prospects.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 01:08 PM) Good article by Jeff Passan about the value of prospects today. J4L, I highly recommend. Linky I do like how Passan takes a shot at the return on the Cliff Lee and Captain Cheeseburger deals without noting that there were BA top 50 guys in those deals as well.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) It makes even less sense to me to play him. I could understand if you gave him a while off and then worked him back in after some "Mental time" or something like that. Going straight to the platoon and then not even bothering to respond to last night's performance...that's white flagging it on the season.

QUOTE (Mattchoo @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 09:56 AM) Braves are out of the picture for TCQ @Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal #Braves' deal for #Astros' Bourn is done. Announcement at 10 a.m. ET. #tradedeadline #MLB Hell, that still leaves the Braves vulnerable to other teams making a WC run at them.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 01:14 AM) Not so fast @BNightengale Bob Nightengale #MLB Harden says he's staying put. Deal w #RedSox falls through How do you write a deal for Harden and then back out of it because of injury concerns?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 12:33 PM) I wonder if Rios gets it? Plays like a little league kid out there and then seemingly pouts about being called out on his lack of hustle and performance. He is adark hole in the line up and when we have several not producing it just can't be good for our "all in it" stance Why does he need to get it? 3 months of awful play, clearly not caring in CF, and he gets run back out there like it's nothing.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 12:18 PM) The kiss assing of Rios by the Sox brass is sickening to me. If that run last night doesn't earn a benching then what will? Does he have pictures of Oney or something?

"Boo".

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 11:07 PM) I don't like this. You've been agreeing with me all day. Tell the truth. You've been drinking. I know I have. Maybe i have, but man, he got rid of Vernon Wells and the Blue Jays had to pay 0 of his $21 million years.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 11:03 PM) Blow up in my face? Going by WAR, Escobar has been the 4th best SS in baseball. What's Alex Gonzalez doing? Lawrie is one of the elite prospects in baseball. Rasmus has already proven himself to a degree and is oozing potential. And none of them are making $12 million a year for the next 18 years. AA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KW Hell, Anthopoulos got rid of Vernon Wells. What more do you need to say about him?

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 08:39 PM) Really? They offered Kreutz $4 million for 1 year only? And it would take $4.5 million to resign him.

How does that help Cleveland?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:42 PM) Unless we're planning on bringing back Buerhle/Floyd/Danks for one last shot at it. Then we need to stick it out with AJ for at least 3-4 months into 2012. If we could clear $5 million of the $7 million or so remaining on AJ's deal, that's money that could be used to grab a decent offseason catcher. * = 2012 option.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:39 PM) Is there any way to search and see if you posted in a thread? I'm curious what I said, but not sado-masochistic enough to read through 60+ pages of mostly optimism or bemusement or KW-worshipping. If you click on the number of posts, it will tell you how many posts each poster made. You have 10 posts in this thread as of now.

It's time to get it done though.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:29 PM) We have catching to sell? Sell some minor league backstops. Aj Flowers we could use an Aj replacement someone with an arm. Moving AJ's deal for next year, even if we had to chip in some money, would be a solid move.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:24 PM) Haha, shame on you Ozzie for rewarding Rios with another start. Wow.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:17 PM) You don't know that, you assume it. True, but assuming that he'd fetch a better price with less time before FA and more competition is a very poor assumption. it's probably true 1 time out of 30.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:13 PM) What exactly is being offered for Quentin right now? I'll answer it for you, you have no idea. A lot of BS out there. The Sox will be able to move Quentin in the winter if they chose. Moving him now and not getting back guys that can help you win right away makes no sense for the Sox. Whatever is being offered for him, it's greater than what would be offered for him if he has to compete with available free agent bats.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) I'm not comparing teams, and not on any kool aid. Read the standings. I know people love A ball prospects, but you don't give up a good chance to win a division by trading guys who can still be traded this winter right now. Danks, ok, he'll still have value this offseason. Starting pitching isn't available easily on the FA market. A Corner OF bat is something you can get by spending money on the FA market or deciding you can develop one. It's harder to find at the deadline than it is in December.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) Thanks for quoting me 3 times. I wish I had known he was a f***ing loser. Sorry man, I went through about 2 pages. I'm in there thinking he's a 2 time allstar as well.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:06 PM) Well its time to step off the ledge again. This time we're stepping in a different direction. Forwards rather than back.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) I wonder what you were thinking when the Sox 15 game lead went down to 1.5 in 2005. No one, and I mean no one, captured it better than Ed Farmer, with the phrase "Step off the ledge!"

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) No, but with those guys hitting about as bad if not worse than you could possibly think, they are still right there. Dump all the good players for mediocre minor leaguers and if you think this team is bad, you have not seen anything yet. I'd rather watch the minor leaguers. There, I said it.

I'm totally leaving the typo. It's much more entertaining.