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I love pieces like this. The game of baseball is so much more than any of us know or understand, and I love the insight given from a piece like that. All of the subtlety and nuances. Wow.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 07:24 AM) I want Beckham gone ASAP. I wana see Micah up here. I am guessing that Micah today will look a lot like a no-glove version of Leury. No need to rush Johnson.

The guy has pretty much hit or exceeded all of these predictions... at the All-Star break. Considering the contract that Miguel Cabrera has, Jose Abreu has to be joining Chris Sale as the biggest bargains in baseball.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) So wait, it's a 40% offer if the player fails his physical, correct? A small ligament is an abnormality, it's not a failed physical. This isn't "he can't pitch right now because he's injured because his body isn't put together," this is "he can pitch right now but his ligament is small and may not hold up over the long haul." I personally think the Astros should have to offer 90% to receive compensation for their draft pick. That would be the Aiken's camp side of it. I'd demand 90% and not a penny less, just on the principle of the matter.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 07:09 AM) 3 yr/ 27mil (3rd year looks like a team option) Good pickup for the Hornets, adds some scoring to that roster, let's just see if they can smooth out his antics. Stevenson screwed that up royally. He left a lot of money on the table by rejecting the Pacers last offer.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 07:53 PM) I'm supposed to appreciate his play more because he's a Yankee? Look at his resume. He is an all-time great, Yankee or not.

I'll never get the hate for Jeter. A douche like Arod or Bonds? Sure. Jeter? Call him overrated if you like, but the guy is one of the best pure hitters of our generation.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 06:19 PM) Isn't he still under contract/being paid by the Marlins through next season? This is his last year under contract.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) I really wouldn't mind him coaching. He was a great 3rd base coach. He shouldn't be in a position to give daily press conferences. I do think the Castro stuff was taken out of context. It was dumb to say, but he actually said the exact same thing a couple of years earlier, and crickets. Ozzie was a lot if good, and some bad. I think he has learned from his mistakes. He will still say stupid things, but i really think he has been humbled. Now that is funny.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 04:48 PM) I have a question, I asked it before in another thread and I am going to ask it again. maybe this time I phrase it better. a drafted prospect, does not sign nor goes back to school. he signs for 1 yr with an independent team (a- would Japan, mex or the DR be consider indy) he the prospect becomes a free agent. (b-without re-entry into the draft) I believe he has to wait three years to be draft eligible again, as long as the original drafting team followed all of the rules for attempting to sign a pick.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 04:36 PM) I personally don't think that he's worth over $10 Million, but I would go after Aiken hard as long as the price and contract remain reasonable, maybe buy out some are years but I would do everything to have him in a Sox uniform. At least one writer thought he could get $20 million on the open market in a place without caps or restrictions.

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What should be the general order of positions of players that Sox should target at the break? SP? C? SS? LF? 3B? RP?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 03:52 PM) Boozer officially amnestied per Sam Smith AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 02:53 PM) It might be enough if you have Sale and Coop talk to him about the team's pitching program and how they manage their pitchers. I imagine that MLB dosent want this to happen, and Scott Boaras is going to go off if it does. Remember he said that he believes that Kris Bryant should be making more money than Abreu is now. It depends on the offers. If someone offers $20 million, and the Sox offer $10 million, there is no way on god's green earth he takes the Sox offer.

Weird Al's Word Crimes. Good stuff.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 01:51 PM) How was this not standardized? I'm not an expert, but that would be pretty tough to do, I believe. Do you list specific injuries? Grades of injuries? What is stop a team from drafted an injured player intentionally with the idea of saving a huge chunk of cap space to give to overslot players down the draft board? Who decides if an injury is severe enough to qualify for this? It would be pretty brutal to draw up the guidelines.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 01:41 PM) so can that be a reason Houston is stating that it is an injury? That is exactly why they are talking about a "significant anomaly"

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) Doesn't the club have the right to just only offer the 40% of slot with no excuses, medicals or otherwise? I think under the rules, they can draft whomever they want and only offer 40% of slot, and at the very worst, receive one pick worse in the next year's draft. Of course, if they do it again and the kid doesn't sign, they lose that pick entirely. Only in an injury situation. Otherwise it is 90% of slot has to be offered to insure a comp pick if the player does not sign.