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Jose!

Sox finish 78-84 Abreu kicks it into another gear and takes down the MVP and ROY - .329/.363/.671 - 1.034, all hail the cuban bambino, trout loses out again to a slugging 1B with a nice round 50HR taking the rookie record with him, even though he isn't on a contending team and his defense is average. Sale goes 17-3 with a sub 2ERA and finishes second to felix with Quintana getting a vote or two. Trades OF Viciedo + RHP Belisario gets moved to the mariners for RHP Brandon Maurer + RHP Victor Sanchez. Mariners GM is on the hot seat and these are relatively minor parts for them. Maurer was rushed to the bigs and has a live arm but has really struggled, Sanchez appears to be a back of the rotation arm. Belisario is better than his numbers have shown and would be better suited in that park and at the back end of the pen, Viciedo gives them a RH OFer with some power and upside. SS Ramirez + OF De Aza to the Reds for OF Jesse Winker + LHP Ismael Guillon + RHP Ben Lively & LHP Amir Garrett This would be considered our "big haul" not a lot of great options out there at SS and Ramirez would go a long way in fixing the reds SS problem as they ride out this window. De Aza has been on a heater after one of the worst starts to his professional career and would provide insurance across the OF incase someone gets hurt or wears down. Winker just hit AA and is struggling a bit now would be the time to buy low on him so to speak realistically he could be a call up mid/late 2015. Guillon provides left handed pitching depth that the sox sorely need even after inking Rodon and Fry. Ismael has good fastball and a good change up but his breaking ball lags behind considerably some profile him as a reliever more than a starter if he can't command his breaking pitch having said that the sox are an organization that develops pitching. Lively is just more pitching depth, hes got a funky delivery but average offerings across the board I would say a tick below Erik Johnson pre 2014 season, he has been compared to Tony Cingrani as well. Garrett is a tall left hander that throws heat but not much more. I would consider him in the Matt Thornton model, focused a lot on basketball and is raw. LHP Danks + DH Dunn to the yankees for C JR Murphy + OF Aaron Judge + RHP Luis Severino The yankees need help in nearly every aspect of the diamond if they're going to remain in contention. Danks is on pace for a 3WAR season and should outperform his contract adding a bit of surplus value. Dunn helps them out immensely at DH and 1B. Murphy since being demoted has struggled a bit and this would be a another great opportunity to buy low on him and the yankees still have Sanchez. JR projects to be a league average catcher with solid defense, which compared to what the sox have now would be a huge get at his absolute ceiling think Carlos Ruiz. Judge is big man 6'7 and is currently at A+, hes a bit old for A+ and should be getting a promotion soon. He appears to be a prototypical rightfielder. Severino is the big get in this trade, high 90s fastball, great change up, and a nasty slider, hes the only one to have set down Gallo at the future games you can watch it here at 49:00. Sox would be getting two top 40ish prospects in Judge and Severino and a tier 3 starting catcher for a 3WAR left handed pitcher with a reasonable contract and a DH who would be an immediate upgrade over what they're throwing out at 1B and DH giving the yankees one last shot at their current window with Jeter. 2B Gordon Beckham to the yankees for LHP Manny Banuelos Beckham's time in Chicago has come to an end and needs a change of scenery, Banuelos is healthy finally but struggling at AA. A simple upside for upside change of scenery deal.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 11:46 AM) Anybody else notice anything interesting about this photo: hes ambidextrous

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 07:01 AM) 2-3 teams looking at Danks with Yankees showing the most interest. Gotta be looking at their catching, right? I think with Tanaka now on the 15 day DL, the yankees will make another trade. I would be looking at Sanchez or Murphy to start with as well as LHP Manny Banuelos & RHP Rafael De Paula as well as left handed 1B Gregory Bird and right handed corner outfielder Aaron Judge. Those are the prospects in the yankees system that excite me. Murphy appears to be big league ready and Sanchez isn't far off and people are more optimistic he can stay behind the dish and he is on a tear right now at AA .417/.462/.500 - .962 in July.

are you f***ing kidding me? his foot is clearly off the bag...

Lets go Jose, Walk it off!

I like the trade for the cubs. I'm very curious where their starting staff is going to come from. As others have said unless they get some front end pitching they can expect to be the texas ranges of old. That said they've got two huge assets on the major league roster in Castro and Rizzo the rest should be filing in shortly.

This leaves the sox with 3,373,200 reaming for their bonus pool.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 08:15 AM) Sox sign SS Amado Nunez. 900K bonus. video of his swing

well s***. nice piece of hitting by Adam

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 10:13 AM) So at midway point, how are people feeling about Hawkins? His K rate staying at 25%, but his BBs are at 11%. Is this year better or worse than expected? Is it good enough to promote or should he stay there? I'm happy with how this season has played out so far, but I would keep him at A+ with Anderson for the remainder of this season and possibly the start of next season before bumping them both up to AA.

that last strike out of kawasaki was nasty...

full count, lets go Adam

well thats disappointing

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 12:08 AM) Find a way to steal DJ Peterson away from them. That bat is gonna play and it's gonna play soon. I would be looking at Peterson, Tyler Marlette and Austin Wilson.

Sox are going to need an outfielder this offseason, and with the potential of Tomas or Despagine is where i would prefer the sox invest their money, with viciedo getting one more year of reps at DH and emergency outfielder.

I hate the fashion in which Ventura manages..

Nice work

put down the panda Chris

Congrats

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 05:33 PM) Now would be a great time to try to buy low on a couple of guys: Marlins RHP Jacob Turner (Demoted to the bullpen today) and Yasmani Grandal (White Sox were supposedly very interested in him in his draft year and he's most likely available). I would love to buy low on both of them, Grandal's problems from what i've watched (alot on mlb.tv) appears to be him selling out his eye for power as witnessed by his career high ISO of .188 and his career high in k% @ 27% and career low in bb% @ 10.4%, His O contact swing % has taken a huge hit as well from his normal 70ish% down to 57%. As for turner would love to see him on the southside i think his two seamer and GB% would play very nicely here.

perfect time for your first HR Conor

lets go Adam

nice play by catellanos