southsider2k5

You are quite literally the first person I have seen say this, and I am kind of astounded to see it.

I was really hoping the Sox would pick Ed Howard last year, so I have no problem with them going that route, and it would be kinda cool to have a big time Hoosier in the system to root for.

I am waiting until the end of the season to negotiate with Lynn. I want to see if the spin rate loss is a real thing and if it changes who he is as a pitcher.

As a tease to a great article, this kid has the same surgery that Jake Peavy did.

Active roster = 25 man roster.

Burdi will be the guy going down based on who is pitching, in what situations, and how often.

It was poor phrasing, but I was going more for a discount over where they should have been picked if healthy.

Timely

Forget it, he's rolling.

They were added before last years Rule 5.

He's been playing at High A for a few days now.

Any chance the White Sox fool us all and try to get a discount on a TJS pitcher like Hoglund to get another top arm into the system?

I am going to guess that Rey Lopez would be claimed, just because you can't teach that arm. If Carson freaking Fulmer can get claimed by half a dozen different teams, Lopez surely will get into "we can fix him" mode. The question is, do we care. I really think McRae is the top guy on the list. Might be interesting to see if we can slide Zavala through with as bad as he has been this year too.

Sure, and every time you give a kid who has never played the OF yet another person to work with in these combinations, it involves new calculus. Playing with Luis Robert is different than Leury Garcia, which is different than BIlly Hamilton, which is different than Goodwin, etc.

We have played 9 different starting OFs this year. I can only imagine the number of combinations of OFs we have started, and then multiply it by all of the different IFs they have played with too. Again for the record, the OF we started in the finale in Pittsburgh was our 7th, 8th, and 9th OFs on the pre-season depth chart, two of which weren't even on the roster in the pre-season.

It is such a weird year to be trading prospects, both for buyers and sellers. I really think teams will look back on this season as a huge mistake, as guys blow up out of no where.

Step 1: quit listening to LCD talk radio

Ramos got a lot of under the table talk in the last year as being a steal out of the Latin super market. Being 19 at Kanny, he isn't doing great, but he is probably playing above his age bracket for sure. Would be nice to see his numbers accelerate as he gets more comfortable.