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Thome, we need a LHB and i see the sox brass wanting him to hit #600 in a sox uniform. I If we get rios i see us offering Dye ARB and if he declines going after figgins to comenstate for our loss of a draft pick. this is how i see the lineup going into next year S Figgins LF R Rios CF R Beckham 3B R Quentin RF L Thome DH R Konerko 1B L AJP C R Ramirez SS L Getz 2B

I would love to see Rios on the south side he can anchor our outfield for years to come. Then we're only hoping on one of Danks and Mitchell pan out in the slightly near future. I hope the following happens for going into '09. Let Dye walk offer him ARB if he agrees well then you stick him in LF if he declines we get the chance for 2 picks (im assuming he declines) sign Thome to a one year deal with a club option for year two with a 500k buy out something along the lines of 4M per. sign figgins with the intention of him playing LF and also moving around the diamond for days of rest. leave Getz and Beckham alone to figure out what we have in the minors with Viciedo, CJ and Morel LF S Figgins CF R Rios 3B R Beckham RF R Quentin DH L Thome 1B R Konerko C L AJP SS R Ramirez 2B L Getz over 3yrs span Rios batting #2 in 221 ABs .367/.393/.670 1.063

awesome, would love to see him make his debut this year. Congrats Daniel

man if our heart of the order starts to heat up, we're scary good!

Floyd's career so far reminds me so much like Chris Carpenters; and their stuff is so similar.

man floyd has balls, bring him out for the CG?

very unbeckham like

lovely! beckham bring him home!

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 04:02 PM) Beautox, Chapman has not signed with Torres. He is signed with another agent. then no chance at all.

where are the thome haters? honestly sign him to a 1 year deal with a mutual opition for the second, hes going to get 600 in a sox uniform.

once he adds a bit more strength and gets to know the league those doubles are going to be home runs. honestly he has got to be our future 2-3 hitter. Awesome! Utley 2.0

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 03:38 PM) Do you think we have a chance to get him? If Chapman signs with Torres maybe 15%, as for Noel i would put us at about 65%.

QUOTE (DanksFan @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) That 2008 draft was loaded with talent. Matusz looks real good, but with Beckham getting on the scene so fast and so successful, do you think other teams are kinda kicking themselves a little bit for not getting a ML-ready player out of college? I've said that for since beckham started tearing it up for the sox in the minors, i think the rays and reds made a HUGE mistake passing on him. Yes i realize the rays have bartlett at SS along with Brignac, and why did the reds take Alonso; they had Votto. Oh well all the better for us.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 04:06 AM) Those numbers have changed. ERA 1.60, 56.1 IP, 63K, 10BB = BB/9 1.59, K/9 10.06 , K/BB 6.3, BAA .188, WHIP 0.83 Some impressive numbers from a guy spending his first full season in pro ball and has jumped levels twice so far. yeah i realized that as i was posting but i felt both sample sizes we're close so i did the comp even after yesterdays wonderful outing by hudson.

while i would love to have Chapman i would prefer we go after Noel Argüelles

If Hudson has truly added a few ticks to his fastball would Matt Latos be a comparable pitcher? lets take a look Breakdown: Latos was born 12/09/1987 is 6'6 and weighs 225, Hudson was born 03/09/1987 is 6'4 and weighs 220. Both are RHP with good frames, Hudson was taken in the 5th round of '08 and Latos was taken in the 11th round of '06. Latos has 9 months on Hudson and 2' and 5 pounds. Scouting Report: Latos: FB - 93 to 95 mph can touches 97 to 98 mph according to fan graphs he sits at 94.7 SL - 82mph hard late breaking slider CH - 82mph its a work in progress, all though he flashed a decent one tonight against the braves coming into this year alot of prognosticators felt that he would be a middle rotation starter or a late inning bullpen asset. videos of latos Hudson: FB - when he left Old Dominion it was sitting in the 87-89mph range, since he has joined the sox, he has added some ticks onto it; by his own admission he feels it sits in the 90-94mph range, he can hit 96mph and reportedly has touched 98mph at Birmingham. SL - Frankie Piliere said back in '08 that it was a true plus pitch, 75-77 MPH, i don't know if he has added anything to it thus far at AA. CH - he uses a circle change back in '08 it sat in the 75-78mph range, had good fade but he couldn't throw it for strikes, accroding to hudson though and the fact that the sox held fellow old dominion teammate and friend Dexter Carter back in A+ because he hadn't fully developed his change up, i would be lead to believe based on Hudson's interview and race through the system that his change up is more than just a show me pitch now and that he is getting it over for strikes. back in '08 before the draft Frankie Piliere felt that he was over hyped and would eventually be a good back of the bullpen asset along the lines of Paul Quantrill. The Numbers: Latos @ AA(San Antonio in the TEX): ERA 1.91 47 IP 46K K/9 8.81 BB/9 1.72 K/BB 5.11 HR/9 0.00 AVG .194 WHIP .87 BABIP .270 FIP 1.88 Hudson @ AA(Birmingham in the SOU): ERA 1.79 50.1 IP 56K K/9 10.01 BB/9 1.61 K/BB 6.22 HR/9 0.18 AVG .193 WHIP .85 BABIP .277 FIP 1.95 would love to hear what people on the board think about this comp.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 10:26 PM) What in the blue hell was that? Pure Win!

sox = judge judy halos = girl cat = pods

scott pods you are killing it!

CQ walk us off

I wouldn't mind going after these guys, but lets keep our eyes on the prize(s) see sig below

nice work matt

man beckham comes through!!!

nice, come on slayer!!!

QUOTE (VAfan @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 06:13 PM) As I said in my last post in this thread that I started, I have pretty much given up on Fields at this point, since it is obvious the Sox are not going to ever give him enough ABs to find out if he can be better than the player he was in 07. .244/.308/.480/.788 Yeah I think the sox will move him in the offseason, and i think they'll wind up targeting a live arm that hasn't been able to find success at the major league level as Hahn was saying targeting relief. Jose Arredondo would look awfully nice in a sox uniform