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Matty Guerrier is in for Silva.

Javy Jolds it together for 6!!!!!!! Boo-yeaj!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 7, 2007 -> 07:37 AM) Balta seems to be on a posting tear. So let's play, guess Balta's post count. Enter your guess as to his post count total on Monday afternoon at 5:00 pm. I'm taking 20,307 It always depends on whether or not there's a game thread active while I'm @ school.

Jow great would it be if Javy could wind up with a ton of confidence in jimself after the first game of the season?

I'm never shopping in Indiana again.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Apr 7, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) I'd agree with you, but I think the Mets believe they have enough starting pitching for the season. Pedro is due back in June, and if one of the 5 falter they still can experiment with Chan Ho Park, Jason Vargas, or another pitching prospect Phil Humber. I just don't see the Mets giving up a stud prospect to fill a hole, I only see them giving up a stud prospect to get a stud player in return. I think Mark Buehrle is certainly a stud player, and if they do lose him they still would get draft pick compensation. If their starters struggle, which honestly we haven't seen so far, I think Minaya is probably more likely to make a move than to risk going into the postseason with a battered rotation like he did last year. Especially with the hits his bullpen has taken this year compared to last.

Dye is just being pelted by baseballs this year.

Jmmm, Javy Javing a good jour innings. Jopefully Je can keep it up for six.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Apr 7, 2007 -> 01:57 PM) If Green gets hurt or Alou, Lastings Milledge and Endy Chavez will fill in. Milledge had a great spring, and may actually put up more productive numbers than Green. If the Mets do wind up needing a starter though, I think this may well be the year they move Milledge. They have enough OF to hold down the fort for a few years. So if we do fall out of it, Buehrle/Milledge is a potential swap.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 7, 2007 -> 09:26 AM) Are most of you forgetting... Contreras had a very good spring this year. And last outing didn't seem like he was hurting or anything, but it seemed like just one of those bad days... He didn't have his good splitter and he has trouble locating his fastball, and that usually makes for a bad day. Personally, I wouldn't call putting up an ERA of 5 in 17 innings a very good spring, but that's just me.

Not the west coast, unfortunately. Gameday audio, joy. Come on Javy, man up. Pitch with some balls this year. We really need you.

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 06:37 PM) is Washington considered the worst team in baseball? they are being one hit by the DBacks going into the 9th That pitcher going against them...it was his first career start...but he has not lost in 20 consecutive decisions, stretching all the way back to the beginning of last year in AA ball.

I actually kinda like the concept of Danks/Santana on Sunday. Throw the kid into the fire and see what he's got. We brought him up from essentially AA because we were convinced he was ready to handle it mentally. What better way to see whether the kid has the balls that we're told he has? We already gambled on screwing the kid up by bringing him up so fast...I don't think this is that big of a gamble on top of that. Give him a challenge and see if he can handle it.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 11:05 PM) I expect him to breakdown, but Justin does have pretty smooth mechanics. He uses his height and weight and strong lower body to keep the pressure off his arm and he was looking filthy out there tonight. For some reason I ended up watching a lot of the Royals game and wow he's secondary stuff looked even better (great location on it) and his fastball was moving all over the place. Having that type of life on upper 90 MPH fastballs should be illegal. Gosh, I could have swore that I heard this exact same stuff about a pitcher wearing blue in about 2002-2003.

Victor Martinez pulled up with a strained quad while running to first base in today's below-freezing, snow-shortened, not-completed game against the Mariners, and is seemingly headed to the DL.

Well, Victor Martinez pulled up lame while running to first base in one of the freezing but non-snowing innings, and is probably headed to the DL.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) So much for the "last years workload, including the playoffs, will effect his arm" theory. Jose and Buehrle both started out hot last year and fizzled towards the end. But no matter what Detroit does, we shouldnt' be just counting on them to be worse.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 07:17 PM) I think of Phillips, Haeger, Broadway, and Floyd, the only two that are probably safe to still be in the White Sox organization by the end of the season are Broadway and Floyd, IMO. I think both Phillips and Haeger will be used as trade bait. Phillips is out of options, and at least put up quality numbers last year. He should be moved for something @ trade deadline time, or at the very worst moved over the winter. I hate just losing people as FA like we did with Tracey because we don't have room.

QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 04:08 PM) I'm pretty sure it has a retractable roof, although I could be wrong, and am too lazy to check right now. That was part of some of the original proposals, but was not included in the final deal. Here's what Wiki Gonzalez has to say.

Today's reading on supply side economics.

So in case anyone wanted to know the sorts of U.S. attorneys who weren't fired, here we go. Bush appointee builds a case against a state government employee that winds up being tossed out by an appeals court as "beyond thin", not even sent back for trial. Case gets used to batter Democratic candidate in election race. I wonder how good that guy's rating was.

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 03:42 PM) With ticket prices, refund issues, and TV to some point dictating times of games, we may see more retractable roofs in the future. I dunno...it's not like those things are cheap. Minnesota is moving from a dome to an outdoor stadium with no retractable roof, IIRC.

It could very well have just clipped his shirt, if it did he'd have noticed and so would the ump, and it'd still be a hbp either way.

Holy Fish...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 6, 2007 -> 01:16 PM) I wish he was, the guy is going to be a freakin stud. I would just make sure to keep a spare casket lying around, because either he or Ozzie would probably not make it through that year.