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QUOTE (tommy @ Aug 1, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) Press conference live on CSN 2PM. Fantasmic.

QUOTE (everafan @ Aug 1, 2009 -> 01:20 PM) Good stuff. Where did you find his stats vs the AL? His career splits on Baseball Reference.

First and foremost, his injury shouldn't be too big of a deal. It's his ankle but it had nothing to do with pitching, he hurt it running the bases. Obviously, that won't be too big of a problem in the AL. Ok, so I've heard many people voice some concerns about Peavy, and I'd like to address some of them. Never does well under pressure/never succeeds in big games: Well, according to Baseball Reference, this is blasphemy. In high leverage situations throughout his career, 837 PA to be exact, he has a 2.94 K/BB ratio, a .215 BAA, and hitters only muster a smoking .599 OPS. He's struck out 203 of those batters and gotten 42 DP. Second, I've heard some people voice concerns over Peavy coming to the AL and how that would affect his numbers. Well, in inter-league play throughout his career, he's got a 3.29 inter-league ERA in 20 starts which is exactly the same as his career average. Against the AL, his numbers are: .235 BAA .291 OBP .663 OPS 120.1 IP 113 K 33 BB 3.42 K/BB 1.17 WHIP 8.5 K/9 He strikes out a lot of hitters and doesn't walk many, and now he's going to be coached by Don Cooper. He keeps the ball down and he's an ace. Oh yeah, don't forget he's 28 years old and under our control for at least 3 more seasons.

QUOTE (Felix @ Aug 1, 2009 -> 12:07 AM) Jose Contreras is a #2 guy? Are we talking about the same Jose Contreras that is "37" and hasn't had an ERA below 4 since 2005 (which was also the last time he threw 200+ innings)? He's far from being a #2 guy, and is much closer to a #4 or 5, which is exactly what we need given the rest of the rotation. But let's not kid ourselves here.. he's not a #2. It's such a toss-up with him. When he's on, he's an absolute ace #1, no doubt. Then there is those nights where he doesn't have the best control but still pitches well enough to only give up 2-3 runs, which I'd say would be a solid #2. The main problem is that he mixes in too many of those "I have nothing tonight and give up 8 runs" games.

Kenny should really be a seller and not a buyer. I mean, at the end of this weekend, we could be 7-8 ba......oh, we got Peavy? And we've one the 1st 2 against the Yankees? Oh, what, our offense looks like it has some life....? Nevermind.

I honestly feel comfortable enough bringing Torres up and letting him anchor the 5-man. If not, I wouldn't mind trying to nab a cheap veteran through waivers.

Am I the only one who still can't really fathom that Jake Peavy is a member of the White Sox? What a huge trade.

This game isn't going to be pretty.

Why not let Torres start?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 03:08 PM) I agree 11% ticket increase and this is what is added to a .500 team! Nice.

I hope Torres can hold that 5 spot down for years. That top 4 is awesome.

I pray to God this makes Torres our 5th starter.

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 03:45 PM) This is an overpay simply because it appears this package is better for the Pads than the original package. The first one was Richard, Poreda and Broadway. Carter and Russell easily have more value than Broadway. Peavy is out for at least 5 weeks. KW overpaid. Umm, no. Hudson was involved in the 1st trade.

oh my f***ing jesus!@

Now he's backtracking. Doesnt' look like Jackson.

Per Jon Heyman. BoSox get Kotchman for newly acquired LaRoche,.

Per Jonathan Mayo.

The last 10 days have cut a solid 10-12 years off my life.

OH MY f***ING JESUS

Sometimes, all you can do is laugh.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 10:44 PM) What's the odds we get that all too needed clutch hit here?? If we win, it'll be on an error or wild pitch.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 10:42 PM) Anyone else thinking in their head "how many batters until Beckham bats?" I think that anytime someone NOT named Beckham is hitting.

Yay Thome.

Jim Thome is not clutch.

Does God hate us?