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It appears that the Tribe and Rays are having discussions about Lee. The Tribe wants a minimum of two top prospects and is asking for Wade Davis as one of them. (Although the Rays are balking on his inclusion so far.) There have been some discussions, per ESPN, of a third team getting involved to help make all the parties happy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 09:27 PM) Wasn't that heading into the 9th? It's not much better when we're trailing in the 6th. Hopefully today starts us towards fixing that trend.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 08:23 PM) Hopefully I'm not too rusty. Ya did good.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 02:42 PM) The worst name might be "wsqdf 2". I know the origin of this one. wsgdf = White Sox Grateful Dead Fan

Last night was the first time Tampa has ever scored earned runs against Bobby... He had a 0.00 ERA against them in 11 career performances before last night. So I can just imagine the barbequing Ozzie would be getting if he left in Richard or put in someone else and they lost the game. Classic damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.

Lehigh Valley @ Charlotte Birmingham - no game Winston-Salem @ Myrtle Beach Kannapolis @ Charleston Orem @ Great Falls Bristol @ Danville

Carter's progress in the organization at this point seems to be tied to the development of his changeup. Once he starts having more success with it, I would guess he'll move up quickly.

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Charlotte beat Norfolk 7-1 Great outing for Harrell Quentin 2-4 Birmingham @ Mobile Winston-Salem @ Salem 1-1 in the 10th Kannapolis beat Savannah 2-0 Great outing for DCarter: 8 innings; 0 runs on 3 hits; 9 K's and 2 BB's Greene with 3 hits. Sierra, Gilmore, and Short with 2 each. Bristol getting pounded by Bluefield 10-3 Ogden @ Great Falls Garrett Johnson with the start

Great interview. Very well done.

I enjoyed watching the Brewer's prospect with the 50-mph curveball. LOL. That'll mess with a few batters' heads.

Charlie Haeger in the game for the PCL. Oops... that's what happens when a knuckleball doesn't knuckle. As Crash Davis said, "Anything that travels that far ought to have a stewardess on it."

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) I can't figure out what the deal is with Shirek's lack of K's. All his other numbers look good so far in AA - ERA, WHIP, BB rate, AvgA is OK but not great... but he's only striking out about 3 guys per 9 innings. He was at 6.6 K/9 last season in Kanny, 6.1 in W-S this season, now just 2.8 in AA? Weird. Could just be an anomaly. When you look at his game stats, he's throwing a high percentage of strikes. Likely over time, the strikeouts will revert to the mean.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 07:30 PM) Bristol v Bluefield Upchurch dealing in this one so far. good to see. Through the first 6 innings... 1 run on 3 hits; 8 K's and 0 BB's. Nice.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) Ramirez was 26...Viciedo was 19 A few more comparisons... Viciedo would be the 2nd youngest player on Kannapolis' roster right now... - 5 months younger than Jared Mitchell - 1 year younger than Josh Phegley - 7 months younger than Jon Gilmore - 2 months younger than Eduardo Escobar - and only about 2 weeks older than Nevin Griffith... who we drafted out of high school two years ago.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 11:18 PM) I'm a little surprised that Viciedo was ranked that high. I would have expected him to be a couple spots down because of his disappointing season thus far. Remember his age. There are only 7 players in the entire Sox minor league system younger than Viciedo. Six of them are in Bristol... the other one in Kannapolis.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 10:26 PM) They said Zimmerman donated $250,000 to a little league. How much does he make a year? # 5 years/$45M (2009-13) * signed extension with Washington 4/20/09 * $0.5M signing bonus * 09:$3.325M, 10:$6.25M, 11:$8.925M, 12:$12M, 13:$14M * performance bonuses: $75,000 for 500 PAs; $50,000 each for 550, 600 PAs * replaced 1 year/$3.325M deal signed 2/19/09, avoiding arbitration, $3.9M-$2.75M

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) That makes no sense. Everyone knows he's a sox fan. Not sure what that has to do with anything. It's an all-star game in St. Louis. All the dignitaries on the field were wearing Cardinals jackets... except Obama. Fans didn't like it. I'm sure they were expecting him to 'respect' the home team by wearing something Cardinals related. He didn't and they booed. Don't read more into it than that. Nobody boos the president at events like this for political reasons.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 07:52 PM) I HIGHLY doubt he was booed for his jacket. Without getting to political, his approval ratings are at an all time low. Nah. I'm certain it was because he wasn't wearing a Cardinals jacket while throwing out the first pitch.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 05:34 PM) Maybe the next Slayer? "Profile" Congrats!

Maybe it was just part of his deal... That he'd sign for slot but he wanted a week's paid vacation... Something like that.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 11:23 PM) He is still so young. If I'm not mistaken, he's younger than every player on the Great Falls roster. Yep. There are only 7 players in the WhiteSox minor league system younger than Viciedo. Six of them are in Bristol. The other is Nevin Griffith... who is two days younger than Dayan.

Good article about Flowers the other day... Future bright for top prospect Flowers

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 08:03 PM) Flowers to Triple-A, apparently. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=5565195 Great find! 2 thumbs way up.

Winston-Salem over Lynchburg 13-3. Nice outing for Rasner, backed up by 17 hits... including homeruns by Morel, Sanchez, and 2 by Seth Loman. Viciedo and Flowers playing in the Futures Game. Bristol @ Kingsport Down 5-2 after 3 innings. Great Falls @ Orem Good guys up 4-2 in the 7th Kanny has the day off.