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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 21, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) I can't imagine the Angels doing a Crede for Figgins move, but if the Sox could somehow sweeten the pot and make it happen I'd be all about it. Chone Figgins for Crede + some prospects would be fantastic (depending on the prospects).

Ryan Sweeney has been out-producing Nick Swisher in almost every major category this season, in about 60 less AB's... just saying.

Switch-hitting firstbasemen with 35-40 homerun power and solid D aren't all that easy to come by...

Chris who?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 18, 2008 -> 11:16 PM) Looks like Obama needs more geography lessons. First it was 60 states, now Arkansas is closer to Kentucky than Illinois! http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watcher...-says-hell.html Obama conceded that, if he's the Democratic nominee, he has a steep challenge in Kentucky — where he trails Clinton by 27 points in the Herald-Leader/WKYT Kentucky Poll — and West Virginia, where voters chose Clinton over Obama by 40 points on Tuesday. If proximity mattered, wouldn't Obama be better known? Well, it's not nearly as good as his excuse as the fact that somehow fox news is costing him votes in Kentucky.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 19, 2008 -> 07:15 AM) Geraldine Ferraro might not vote for Obama. Claims he was extremely sexist. that's just her payback for being called a racist... also, I'm pretty big anti-Obama, but I fail to see how calling a female reporter sweetie is sexist. All this PC pisses me off.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 19, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) Should there be a new thread "All Things Pro McCain, and anti-Obama"? nah, I don't think so, not until the election at least. As of right now, I see it as a tag-team match with Clinton and McCain vs. Obama.

um... I want more CQ!

I was just wondering, can someone tell me what Zito's problem has been for the past couple of years? Has it been his location or the fact he throws BP fastballs that has caused him to get knocked around?

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 19, 2008 -> 01:00 AM) Name: Tanner Scheppers Height/Weight: 6-4 / 200 Date of Birth: 1/17/87 School: Fresno State Brewerfan.net Rank: 6 Scheppers is a tall and projectable right-handed pitcher with long, wiry strong limbs that continues to add strength to his body. He has picture perfect proportions and is built like a prototypical staff ace with the stuff to match. He can pump his fastball in the mid-90s, touching 97 and sitting in the 93-95 range comfortably. His best pitch may be an electric slider that has been clocked in the 85-87 range, which when he's throwing as well as he can he's virtually unhittable. He also throws a curveball and a changeup, but isn't as comfortable with either pitch, but for the most part doesn't need them to be as sharp when his fastball and slider are working for him. He has soared up draft charts after impressing scouts last fall with his velocity, carryinig that success over to the spring, and is a legitimate candidate to go among the top 5-10 overall picks. I kinda like him better than Crow and I was on Crow's bandwagon since the beginning of the season. He might not even be a first rounder anymore due to the fact he's out with a stress facture in his shoulder. No way do you take him at 8 now.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 18, 2008 -> 11:22 PM) That is FAR from the worst case scenario. There is no way you have seen Crow for more than 20 IP, if any. How can you make such a statement like that when A.)The player has never pitched in professional baseball B ).You have never seen the player play. Okay, I lied, worst case scenario is that he fails miserably and is out of baseball in 5 years. But if he fails as a starter, he has the potential to become a very good SU/CL with his arsenal. I haven't seen him a ton, but from what I have seen is that his stuff is legit. I was looking at it in the spectrum of him succeeding and making the bigs.

Right now, I'd prefer Crow over everyone. I'm a sucker for pitching, and something about a mid-high 90's fastball with good movement (in on righties, tailing away from lefties) and a hard power slider, to go along with a fairly decent change get me all fuzzy inside. He has the potential to be an ace, and worst case scenario, he can become a very good SU/CL with his arsenal. The only downside of picking him is that we are kinda stocked at pitcher. I believe Poreda's future is the pen, but even so, we have Vazquez, Buehrle, Danks, Floyd, Contreras (hopefully he's traded when his value is high, I'm still not sold on him), Broadway, and Egbert. If Crow is gone however, Smoak would be the main target, IMO. Skipworth, by what it sounds like, there is no chance of him sliding beyond the Marlins. Apparently, they love him.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) So the scouting report I heard on Eldred yesterday was that when he faced a crappy pitcher who was throwing 82 mph, he hit a mammoth homer. When he faced the hard throwing Balfour, he was K'd easily. Not very surprised. He looked pitiful vs. most half-way decent pitchers in spring training.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 18, 2008 -> 07:30 AM) Did you seriously call Ken Harrelson, "Hack"? The man may be repetitive, but he knows more baseball than you know. lol, simple spelling mistake. I have respect for Hawk, and he knows more about baseball than me, but sometimes he exerts major stupidity. Like the one time he was talking about how lefties like hitting off of lefties, which is pure insanity. There have been other things as well this season.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 18, 2008 -> 05:41 PM) Now....how in the HELL do you allow someone to walk 3 straight, without even being close to the strike zone, before you make a change?? quite simple... Ozzie ball.

You know, Crede got a pass for his D early on because it had been almost a year since he played baseball due to that back injury... but it's the middle of May, if your not ready now, than it's hopeless.

I don't know about anyone else, but is it strange to want Quentin's babies?

I remember when he was the golden boy among many soxtalk posters here.. A very common quote about Wasserman was: "Why isn't he up here?" It seemed like I was the only one in favor of keeping MacDougal on the big league roster. It might not have been pretty with him, but at least he has well above average stuff. However, MacDougal has been almost as bad at Charlotte as Wasserman has been with the White Sox. Right now, if Contreras has to skip a start or two due to his back, Broadway would probably be called up with Wasserman going down. If Contreras is ready to go however, do not be surprised to see Russell called up to take Wasserman's spot.

I usually don't bring in Hack and DJ to make points, but last night they were talking about how velocity drops can hurt pitchers, like Buehrle and Zito, and unless you have perfect location, your gonna get hit. Zito has lost about 4-6 mph on fastball while Buehrle only has dropped 3-4 mph for the most part. But I was impressed though, Buehrle hit 87 a few times, so he had more velocity than Zito.

I bet the Barons hit Kershaw better than we would if we face him come our series w/ the Dodgers.

QUOTE (YASNY @ May 18, 2008 -> 04:52 AM) I don't want my team to ever 'pack it in'. Regardless. If it helps out the team in the long run (ie getting a better draft pick), I really don't care if they pack it in. It's not like we had a team of mainly rookies and young players, and hoping they progress and win. We had a team of mainly old vets who sucked.

best case scenario for Collaro is bench/situational player in the pro's.

not that special, considering Zito has been horrific for a while now, and some foresaw Buehrle's lack of success.

Here's my projected 1st round mock draft: 01. Tampa Bay Rays: C Buster Posey, Florida St. 02. Pittsburgh Pirates: 1B/3B Pedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt 03. Kansas City Royals: SS Tim Beckham, HS (Georgia) 04. Baltimore Orioles: LHSP Brian Matusz, San Diego 05. San Francisco Giants: MI Gordon Beckham, Georgia 06. Florida Marlins: C/? Kyle Skipworth, HS (California) 07. Cincinnati Reds: RHSP Aaron Crow, Missouri 08. Chicago White Sox: 1B Justin Smoak, So. Carolina 09. Washington Nationals: 1B/3B Brett Wallace, Arizona St. 10. Houston Astros: RHSP Shooter Hunt, Tulane 11. Texas Rangers: LHSP Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky 12. Oakland Athletics: 1B Yonder Alonso, Miami 13. St. Louis Cardinals: RHSP Tim Melville, HS (Missouri) 14. Minnesota Twins: OF/RHP Aaron Hicks, HS (California) 15. Los Angeles Dodgers: RHP/3B Ethan Martin, HS (Georgia) 16. Milwaukee Brewers: CL Josh Fields, Georgia 17. Toronto Blue Jays: C/? Brett Lawrie, HS (Canada) 18. New York Mets: OF Zach Collier, HS (California) 19. Chicago Cubs: RHSP Jake Odorizzi, HS (Illinois) 20. Seattle Mariners: 1B David Cooper, California 21. Detroit Tigers: 1B Eric Hosmer, HS (Florida) 22. New York Mets: RHSP Zach Putnam, Michigan 23. San Diego Padres: OF/1B Ike Davis, Arizona St. 24. Philadelphia Phillies: 3B/SS Reese Havens. So. Carolina 25. Colorado Rockies: RHSP Gerrit Cole, HS (California) 26. Arizona Diamondbacks: CL Andrew Cashner, Texas Christian University 27. Minnesota Twins: 3B Conor Gillaspie, Wichita St. 28. New York Yankees: LHSP Kyle Lobstein, HS (Arizona) 29. Cleveland Indians: RHP Ryan Perry, Arizona 30. Boston Red Sox: C Jason Castro, Stanford

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 17, 2008 -> 02:01 PM) Well then let's just hope Justin can outduel him. The fact that Justin's brother is the backup QB for the Patriots makes him a better prospect than Kershaw.