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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 25, 2015 -> 08:26 AM) Appel, Phillips and Nottingham for Samardzija. Would the Astros do it? QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 25, 2015 -> 08:27 AM) No, we're not going to get that much. Am I missing something or does Appel look like a bust? I'd think they'd trade him ahead of McCullers and Velazquez at least.

Ring of Honor was incredible tonight. Strong/Nakamura is right up there with Owens/Cena as MOTY in my opinion.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 04:20 PM) It's going to cost a major asset. Shouldn't do that for a backup pg to your star player. This. I'd much rather stay put and hope for Wright who could not only back up Rose, but also has the size to play along side him.

I've never even seen Star Wars and think that's pretty cool. Why people are poo pooing on the idea is beyond me.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 11:30 AM) wright is interesting, a last resort pick. hunter is a shooting guard not a pg. jones. skill ok i am not sold. Not sure they should be limiting themselves to a PG. If Hunter is there and there's a lesser PG available, ya gotta take Hunter. If Wright, Jones, and Grant are gone, I'd rather see E'Twuan Moore be the backup PG over anyone left....I don't necessarily think Moore as the backup PG is a bad thing to begin with though......I really like Wright though.

Delon Wright, RJ Hunter, or Tyus Jones look like the ones who make the most sense for the Bulls.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) Cubs conversations start with Bryant or the Sox hang up. Eh, if I had to choose between what would likely just be Bryant and lesser prospects vs a package of Schwarber/Edwards++ I think I'd go with the package of multiple studs.

If the Sox think Schwarber can stick at catcher, they can get Edwards, AND snag Russell or Baez I might do that deal. I think Schwarber is gonna be a monster, and getting Edwards would soften the blow of losing Sale a ton. The rotation with Rodon-Q-Fulmer-Edwards is intriguing as hell.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) I wondered the same thing. Then again, how much catching depth is there in the minors across baseball? Very little. What other catchers in the SL, that aren't already also on that roster, would go in instead? Lol there are 4 qualified catchers in the SL. Nieto has the 2nd best OPS at .650. 3rd and 4th have a .570 and a .550.

Is Fulmer pitching today?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) It would be nice if they could do that, because this division certainly is vulnerable. The Royals' starting staff is atrocious. The AL as a whole is fairly mediocre. Still just 6.5 games out with 94 games still to go. It certainly looks bad right now, but anything can happen with 94 games to be played. Who knows, maybe the 5 for 5 game by Milky wakes him up. Maybe Abreu starts to look like 2014 Abreu. LaRoach goes on a hot streak. Levi pulls his head out of his ass. Micah comes back up and stirs s*** up.......

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) And if Sale was left in and gave up a run or two you would have made a thread stating we should have put Robertson in Takes me back to the Angels game last year. Sale was dealing but up over 100 pitches. He ended up giving up a HR to Trout and Robin got absolutely blasted for not pulling him sooner. Hindsight is a funny thing.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 12:06 PM) I think they are going to trade Taj actually. This might make that more difficult. I'd like to think so as well. He was a black hole when he got the ball last year (meaning he never passed the ball). I'm not sure that type of player fits in the Hoiberg offense.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) What happens at Battleground? Brock has to win, right? He's not an attraction if he loses. DQ? Lame. Why would Brock not be an attraction if he losses? I'm hoping Seth wins clean and "Stocks it to the authority". He doesn't necessarily have to be a face to stick it to the authority. He's been against them for a few weeks now anyway. Beating Brock would make Seth even more legit.

I've figured out the Sox problem..... They're cursed by Lil B!!! http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13085393 Skip forward to about the 6 min mark.

For some reason I'm not buying it. That pic "He sent her" is 5 weeks old and is the first picture found when you type in Lael Collins and Jerry Jones.

Offseaon soxtalk "I love what Rick Hahn has done" "Rick Hahn is awesome" soxtalk now "Hahn is just KWs puppet" Soxtalk if Sox were in first place " Gotta give Hahn a ton of credit for assembling this team"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) One good month will put them in first place by a long shot. They are already "in it" at 3 games out of the 2nd wild card slot. Yup. Still close to 2/3 of the season left to play. 3 games is nothing right now. The real Chris Sale is back. Rodon has arrived. Q has looked good the past month. Bullpen has been fantastic......If they can get any sort of offense the team still has a chance to be a playoff squad.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 05:08 PM) Watch us sweep the weekend series. You mean like they just did against the 1st place Astros?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) Sounds like WWE has bought Evolve to merge with NXT or go head to head with it. First promotion theyve bought since wcw/ecw I think. I'm not familiar with that indy but is it the same as dragons gate usa? Scs the indy expert should know Haven't heard that news yet but yes, Evolve and DGUSA are essentially the same company. Same roster, same owner, all off it. Im now intrigued. I dont watch/follow but theres a lot of interesting talent on the roster for one reason or the other. Chris Hero/Kassius Ohno, Drew Macintire/Galloway, and PJ Black/Justin Gabriel are all guys who have been in WWE/NXT. Davey Richards I believe still wrestles for TNA yes? Ricochet is Prince Puma in Lucia underground. Johnny Gargano was already signed and is awesome. Rich Swann is awesome. Everyone else Im not too familiar with. Would be kinda cool if they competed and eventually invaded. Work that storyline before TNA/ROH can do the same.

Cleto with his 2nd save. 0.87 WHIP in 30 innings so far.

I like Fulmer but seeing that Stephenson was still there kinda bums me out. I know you don't draft for a need in the draft but still, it set up perfectly to do just that. I understand you can never have enough good pitching, and that the Sox have developed pitchers way better than position players but eh. Guess they could always trade pitching for hitting. Gonna be interesting to see what that rotation looks like in 2 years or so. Sale-Q-Rodon-Fulmer should all be there. Shark? EJ? Beck? Danish? Montas? Guerrero? Other?.....

I still think Jo might be a solid player in Hoibergs offense. Heads always talks about Fred running the offense through a point forward, and 2013 point center Jo was a lot of fun. That said if getting rid if Jo (and Taj) means they can free up the money for a Danny Green or a Wes Matthews then Im all for it.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 7, 2015 -> 12:26 AM) They just need an 8/10, 10/13 kind of run to be right back in the juicy thick of things. Shark we needja tmrw man. Yep, still just 4 back in the Wild Card...

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 6, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) under Hahn regime, i like what i have seen in ref to the draft. the sox appeared to have mend the bridge with Scott B, by the fact that Rodon signed with the sox last yr. now with that, there comes to mind, well at least for me, about the sox reluctance to sign pitchers who are, lets say vertically challenged. Fulmer - sp is, a well documented 5'10 or 5'11 on better days. Jay - sp is a generous 6'1. now their arm strength is true and their results has been proven. so this begs to be asked, will the sox draft either of them, if they are there and destroy the belief the sox will not draft a pitcher without height. Danish is just 6 foot.. Q isn't the biggest guy around either, listed at 6'1" but seeing him in person I kinda question that.