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QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 27, 2012 -> 06:35 PM) Rotoworld calling it for Grienke to Angels. Will start Sunday. I'm in on Shields. According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Angels have acquired Zack Greinke from the Brewers. The rumored deal would net the Brewers Jean Segura and a pair of Double-A pitchers. It hasn't been announced yet, but it looks like Greinke will be making his next start for the Angels on Sunday. He has publicly stated that he holds the Angels in high regard and may be open to signing a contract extension now that he's there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 08:40 PM) Cubs trading OF Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox for RHP Michael Bowden and cash. Wasn't Bowden just considered an elite prospect? Or am I 3yrs behind?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 7, 2012 -> 10:45 PM) Back to Moneyball. DH/1B/corner OFer's are much more easily replaced than C, SS/2B, CF. If you want to value Rizzo (still) as one of the best prospects in baseball, then the combination of Castro and Molina trumps that. We got rid of the Teahen mistake, and got a potentially very useful piece back in Zach Stewart. You never know, but there's a distinct possibility that Stewart (back in a relief role), Hernandez and Addison Reed might more than end up compensating for the losses of Santos and Frasor. We knew that Carlos Quentin had go to. You can complain all u want about losing Jackson and Buehrle, but there's also now the possibility of getting a pretty good haul back for Floyd and buying a "place holder" in the 5th spot to get us through 2012 while Molina, Castro, Axelrod, Petricka and Santiago all pitch their way onto the Top 5 prospect lists for the Sox. Sale at his upside trumps anything Buehrle could have done at 1/15th the cost. Viciedo is much cheaper than Quentin. We took someone we spent $25-50,000 on in Sergio Santos and leveraged him into a #2/3 starter for six years under cost control. If that move works out, and Castro/Stewart make it as the 4th/5th starter/s, then we've made up a lot of the ground we lost with Hudson and Gonzalez. There's no guarantees Gio could have succeeded at USCF. Plus we acquired Humber for absolutely nothing and we might have a #3/4 guy for the next 4 seasons. KW >>> Epstein/Hoyer If KW traded Beckham now or made a Zambrano move with Rios/Dunn and gave up 85% of their contracts, everyone would be screaming bloody murder...waiting until Dunn (especially) and Rios made the All-Star team in 2012 to say what a stupid move it was to sell both those guys for pennies on the dollar. Well said

Everything hinges on Molina - hard to say if Rizzo was a better haul for Cashner than Molina was for Santos

Who has done a better job this offseason, Cubs or Sox? Hard to compare apples and oranges, but seems like Epstein has gotten some good prospects not to mention Rizzo.

Un-freakingbelievable - Bears win and drop from 11th to 19th in the draft!!! Ughhh

QUOTE (Cali @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 07:51 PM) When 92 mph straight fastballs are being put into right field and not being missed by three feet and into the catcher's glove we'll talk... Beckham is cracking me up with his Clark Griswold tweets today - great sense of humor and seems like a great family too.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 21, 2011 -> 05:45 PM) Heads found it first told me through AIM, sure as hell seemed like bulls*** at first blush. He also claims to have broke the Garland/Cabrera deal. Sigh - we have the most bizarre management in professional sports. I don't know what else to say. At least it resulted in one WS title!

Will Danks be a Type A after this year? Does that even mTter with the new CBA? Just wondering if there's any incentive to hold him.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 2, 2011 -> 12:39 PM) Jordan Danks will absolutely be selected. Can someone explain to me why with 4 slots on 40 man, we wouldnt protect more players? I know this is probably a dumb question!

Before that hit, Rios was hitting .067 with RISP and two outs. Also, Rios has only had 4 ABs the WHOLE SEASON where he's had a 2-0 count. He hasn't had a 3-0 count the whole year.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) The 2006 St Louis Cardinals say hi I realize its an inflammatory thing to say...just feels like we are going to win just enough to make it close and flame out...Sorry for being so negative and cynical

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 11:55 AM) I think you are overblowing this whole white flag trade comparison. That trade involved 2 SP and the team's closer. It's magnitude is far greater than just a Quentin trade, especially since the fanbase knows who Viciedo is and is excited for his arrival. If anyone thinks we have a chance of anything more than a division title, they are nuts

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman next few days will tell #chisox tale. could buy, sell or in between. $ concerns. #quentin, #danks, #floyd, #tradedeadline

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) Yankees prospects scare the s*** out of me. No matter what, it seems like if the Yankees deal them, they flop hardcore. Kind of like our prospects?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 22, 2011 -> 10:17 PM) I gave it a look and it told me to come back after Wednesday! Yeah, they are just launching MLB. Take a look at something like college b-ball to see the kind of things they do. Very advanced. Not sure how it will compare to the site here, and whether MLB will be their best attribute. Company was started by a few passionate tech guys here in Research Triangle Park here in NC.

Thought you all would be interested, an awesome new sports stat website just opened. The company is a NC based start-up called StatSheet, www.statsheet.com and they do some real interesting stuff. They've been focused on college sports the past few years, but have now branched out to MLB as well. Each team actually has an unique URL. The White Sox is http://chisoxdaily.com/ Look forward to hearing some feedback!

A great benefit of my job is my building overlooks the Durham Bulls park. I just walked over and caught a few innings of the game. A few comments: -Jhonny Nunez was absolutely blowing people away. I think his strike out on desmond jennings was on a 95mph pitch. -Viciedo looked terrible against the Bulls good ppitcher (de la rosa??), but hit a solid single off the "blue monster" in a later inning. Beautiful day outside, wish i could stay the whole time!!!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) If there is no place to put him, then why would the Sox trade for him? Just going over each of the reasons

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) Just in case you want reasons why...seriously, we have no place to play Rasmus, Mark Buehrle won't give them the kind of production they were getting from Wainright, they're not in a position where taking on $15 million this season would be a smart move, and the Sox would simply get worse if they sacrificed a starting pitcher. Well, it would free up money to make an aggressive LT commitment to Danks, no? Buehrle could probably give then better production than almost any other option out there. Agree about no place to put him though...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) Yes. Fair enough - didnt know how desperate StL would be after the injury to Wainwright

Am I out of my mind to think that a Buerhle / Rasmus deal would make sense right now?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 27, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) If that is the price, I think the deal gets done. has the price of rental players always been this high? I feel like it hasn't but maybe I am wrong and/or over-valuing our players... if they could get that for Dunn, then what could we get for Thornton and/or Putz?

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) I hope I'm not the only person who thinks Hudson for Dunn is overpaying for a rental I would be really pissed. Maybe I'm wrong, but prospects like Hudson are not easy to come by.

C Russell Martin, LAD C DTD 126/505 63 7 53 11 .250 -- 94.0 -0.1 1B Ryan Howard, Phi 1B 172/616 105 45 141 8 .279 -- 100.0 +0 2B Dan Uggla, Fla 2B 137/564 84 31 90 2 .243 -- 100.0 +0 3B David Wright, NYM 3B 164/535 88 10 72 27 .307 -- 100.0 +0 SS Hanley Ramirez, Fla SS 197/576 101 24 106 27 .342 -- 100.0 +0 IF Joey Votto, Cin 1B 151/469 82 25 84 4 .322 -- 100.0 +0 LF Carlos Quentin, CWS LF 83/351 47 21 56 3 .236 -- 100.0 +0 CF Curtis Granderson, NYY CF @Bos 8:00 PM 157/631 91 30 71 20 .249 -- 100.0 +0 RF Nick Markakis, Bal RF 188/642 94 18 101 6 .293 -- 100.0 +0 DH Julio Borbon, Tex LF, DH 49/157 30 4 20 19 .312 -- 100.0 +0 UTIL Gordon Beckham, CWS 3B DTD 102/378 58 14 63 7 .270 -- 100.0 +0 Bench Jason Heyward, Atl RF, CF --/-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 100.0 +0 Bench Chris Davis, Tex 1B 93/391 48 21 59 0 .238 -- 100.0 +0 Bench Dexter Fowler, Col CF DTD 115/433 73 4 34 27 .266 -- 98.7 -0.7 PITCHERS Apr 4 2009 SEASON Pitching RESEARCH SLOT PLAYER, TEAM POS ACTION OPP STATUS ET IP H ER BB K W SV ERA WHIP PR15 %OWN +/- P Zack Greinke, KC SP 229.1 195 55 51 242 16 0 2.16 1.07 -- 100.0 +0 P Dan Haren, Ari SP 229.1 192 80 38 223 14 0 3.14 1.00 -- 100.0 +0 P Josh Johnson, Fla SP 209.0 184 75 58 191 15 0 3.23 1.16 -- 100.0 +0 P Josh Beckett, Bos SP NYY 8:00 PM 212.1 198 91 55 199 17 0 3.86 1.19 -- 100.0 +0 P Joakim Soria, KC RP 53.0 44 13 16 69 3 30 2.21 1.13 -- 100.0 +0 P Clayton Kershaw, LAD SP 171.0 119 53 91 185 8 0 2.79 1.23 -- 100.0 +0 P Brian Wilson, SF RP 72.1 60 22 27 83 5 38 2.74 1.20 -- 100.0 +0 P Frank Francisco, Tex RP 49.1 40 21 15 57 2 25 3.83 1.11 -- 100.0 +0 P Rafael Soriano, TB RP 75.2 53 25 27 102 1 27 2.97 1.06 -- 100.0 +0 P Rick Porcello, Det SP 170.2 176 75 52 89 14 0 3.96 1.34 -- 100.0 +0 Bench John Danks, CWS SP 200.1 184 84 73 149 13 0 3.77 1.28 -- 100.0 +0 Bench Brad Lidge, Phi RP 58.2 72 47 34 61 0 31 7.21 1.81 -- 98.0 -0.9