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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 10:14 PM) It came down to management, I guess. Leaving Danks in and having a righty face our lefties. Mike Sciosia is clearly an awful manager....

My first game thread win in 3 years! Leury!! Robin!! Danks!!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 10:00 PM) So there's a reason they're doing it now right? I kinda think it was gonna happen regardless...Taj was already told he was gonna start so the writing was on the walls. Doesn't necessarily mean there's anything brewing IMO. With Taj and potentially Mirotic (or even Greg Smith/Bairstow) there's just no need for him. Also Lowry was resigned...Glad to see him not take his talents to south beach.

This decision I will put on Robin however...Unless of course it works =p.....as it just did!!! f*** yea!

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 09:49 PM) Ventura's been doing that to pitchers since the day he arrived. Or has it been Coop, who said this about pitch counts 2 years ago... "But this pitch count thing, we’re in the American League," Cooper said. "We’re not in Little League. But nevertheless, people that bring up pitch counts are people who have nothing else to really know. And it just blows me away. They’re doing that to say, ‘God forbid if someone goes down, I told you so.’ And these are people that are not in the arena and never really played, so what kind of validity does any of that hold? I love that quote....think I'm gonna throw it in my sig.

There goes all sign and trade talks.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) What is your stance on Robin? Indifferent because I think Coop controls the pitching staff. I just can't imagine Coop not speaking up if he thinks Robin is handling the staff wrong. Robin is an ex hitter, Coop is one of the most respected pitching coaches in the league, really think it's his call out there. Danks has always been a workhorse and he just had one of his best games ever against a damn good Angels team.

And it's time to abort thread....it was a good time....Time for the Robin sucks posters to take over.

KKKKKKKKKK (Filling in for Soxfest) Also 2-1 Sox

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 09:11 PM) I want to ask this to you guys as Connor is at the plate. If Davidson continues on the tear he is on at Charlotte, do you call him up to be the guy at third. What do you do with Connor? Move Dunn....To the OF

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 09:01 PM) Danks had just got his ERA to a flat 4, but before he could get to the 3s gives up a homer Lol I was getting ready to point that out.

There's nothing better than some good dank....I mean Danks. Give this man some runs!

2-3 with 2 doubles 2 RBIs for Davidson.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 07:34 PM) I'm not giving Parsons 10+M per season. If I don't sign these guys, I bring over Nik and opt for vets like a Pau / Pierce at reasonable 1 year deals (hoping they are chasing rings). Stephenson is the only guy I'd give 10M to that is out there not named Bosh / Lebron / Melo. And that is because I happen to think there is a lot of upside with Lance. Unfortunately, there is some serious downside risk too. IMO Parsons has more upside than Stephenson....Wouldn't HATE him though.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 07:17 PM) More I think about it, I have a hard time for JR to justify amnestying Boozer to sign an older player like Gasol to big-money. While Gasol is better, there are risks with Gasol (injuries, etc). I would think the only way Pau comes here (without Melo) is through a S&T w/Lakers with Boozer going to LA. I just can't see JR justifying the amnesty to sign Gasol at big money. If we did miss, I would look at guys that could be 1 year pick-ups to go back through this whole process again in a year as we'd still have flexibility at that point. Ya, if they can't get Melo/Lebron/Parsons I'd just wait till next year and make a play for Love(assuming he doesn't get traded and signed elsewhere).

Beckham robbed =(

Have we given up???? C'mon fellas! Danks ALREADY struck out the side, he's facing Tyler Scrubs..excuse me Skaggs.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 05:38 PM) I still wonder if Pau is actually part of the plan with Melo. Lakers are very open to S&T possibilities. Interesting thing is Melo will be in LA tomorrow as well. Only way I'd want Pau is short-term and not at the 10-12 M number that has been thrown around. I'd rather add a wing player + Mirotic with our cap space. A caller on the score literally just brought this scenario up and I was coming here to bring it up....Makes a lot of sense IMO.

I don't really like the idea of Pau as anything other than a replacement for Taj should he be traded. Or maybe if Mirotic is coming over anytime soon/gets traded. Way I see it is Taj/Mirotic should get all the PF minutes, and Jo still should still be getting 35 min per game....How much are we gonna pay for a guy who sees ~14 per game?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 01:47 PM) Is salary cap a grand calculation? I don't understand why teams can't be given more notice. I can imagine they know somehow, it's raised after a league audit if that tells you anything.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) Wow. Talk about overpay. I figured he'd sign for very little cash. Followed this guy when the Bulls/Afflalo rumors were goin around.... I lol'd

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 01:10 PM) When is the salary cap official? From what I can tell it's the 10th, after the "July Moratorium". It's expected to go up to 63 this year and 66 next year.....Luxury tax at 77/81.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 12:11 PM) Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 10m Free agent guard Ben Gordon has agreed to a two-year, $9 million deal with the Orlando Magic, league source tells Yahoo Sports. Double yikes.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 12:43 PM) Sounds like Cleveland is going to give Hayward max offer sheet Yikes...i would have liked Hayward as a plan D (A-Melo B-Love C-Parsons) but not at more than 15M.

I don't think this has been mentioned.... NBA trade machine says we have a 2M trade exception from the Deng trade and another 1M from the Teague trade....If I'm correct on how those work, that's another 3M to add into a S&T for Melo.