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QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 06:44 PM) Send Hanson down. Doubt someone claims him, but if it happens oh well. And Willy Garcia still has options left no? Send him down again, don't see a particularly bright future for him anyway. Hate to be That Guy, but really all of these guys are nothing but bench pieces. Not that a bench player capable of backing up multiple positions doesn't have some value, but if we are serious about being WS contenders in 3-4 years I don't think any of these guys mentioned in the OP will be starting players. Leury was a top 40 guy in all of MLB fWAR when he got hurt...

Between Engel, W. Garcia and Hanson...? Don't we have to keep Hanson or risk losing him if they send him down? Engel deserves to stay, but then him sitting on the bench for Leury makes little sense when he could get everyday at-bats in Charlotte. W.Garcia is more roster filler, but "expendable" comparatively. Does the organization see Leury as an important piece or simply a trade chip? With him putting up such impressive fWAR numbers, there's a debate to be had about Engel vs. Leury (CF) in terms of biggest upside, and also the fact that Leury is our best back-up SS since Saladino can't ever seem to stay healthy. Of course, Saladino/Leury/Yolmer/Hanson all have overlaps in terms of positional versatility. Who stays, and who is gone by this time next year? Leury would seem to have the most trade value, with Yolmer a close second. IN your opinion, is Saladino or Leury Garcia the better SS at this point in their respective careers? Lots of questions.

Moncada homer, #11 283/843

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movie...0703-story.html LA Times critics discuss best movies ofv2017 so far Fwiw, The Lost City of Z and Raw are both excellent..."Raw" is about as tough to watch as it gets. Everyone seems to love Baby Driver and The Big Sick.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 10:58 AM) Both houses of congress and the presidency are all controlled by the same party and they can't even get anything done. And SCOTUS...

35+ years has suddenly morphed into 40 now, lol. Progress?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/201...-the-diminished America, The Diminished We are diminished when the rest of the world comes to doubt our leadership and reliability. A Pew poll of 37 countries ranging from Sweden to India to Brazil to Ghana shows attitudes toward the United States have collapsed since Trump took office. At the end of Obama’s presidency, 64 percent of people in these countries said they were confident in the US’s president. Today, that has fallen to 22 percent. Opinions of America overall have fallen by 15 points. The chancellor of Germany warned that Europe could no longer depend on the US.

Trump is destroying his credibility with the world http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/opinions/tru...izer/index.html

Can we retroactively get Devers now, too? Greg hates that trade!!!

Illegal? We have this thing called the First Amendment, even for sitting presidents. It's not even a violation of Twitter rules. Pretty much every adjective thrown out there to characterize it fits, though.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 03:07 AM) Kid gonna have some pressure on him. Chris Sale has been EASILY the best pitcher in baseball. Sure, if the Cubs traded for him, they hadn't won the World Series (yet) and he was expected to be the equivalent of Kris Bryant. And it's shaping up to be another interesting discussion which cap Chris Sale will choose for the Hall of Fame plaque after two more years pitching at such an even higher elite level. Another Red Sox hat will sting just a bit, but he deserves an opportunity to final pitch in the postseason.

https://sports.yahoo.com/10-biggest-snubs-2...-014051925.html Kahnle, Cain and Devenski some of the Top 20 snubs

Double Arm Bar... Arm Bar this... BK Double Double Quarter pounder....50% of the way to home. Beef Burger A Beef for Burger The Big Beef (golfing reference)

All comes down to JR wanting cost savings (to offset Robert bonus) or best possible prospects for Robertson, Frazier (lesser extent), Holland, Shields and Cabrera. Logic would say they get best possible deal for Robertson (being flexible on cash subsidy), but who knows how it will break. Would the Rangers, for instance, push all cards in and keep Darvish and acquire Robbie? What about the mental health situation in TOR with Osuna? Do Giolito and Lopez struggling make it easier for Rizzo, or harder because Dunning looks better than anyone expected as third piece (compared to, say, Basabe)?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 05:19 PM) AL 2nd Wildcard based on first 81 games for each team: KC 41-40 -- LAA 41-40 -- TB 41-40 -- Min 41-40 -- Tex 40-41 1 Bal 40-41 1 Sea 40-41 1 Tor 37-44 4 Det 36-45 5 Sox 36-45 5 Oak 35-46 6 http://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings Projected to finish 69-93, 3rd pick, two games behind Padres LAD, Wash, Cubs, Ariz, Colorado Houston, Boston, CLE, NYY, TB Two divisions with three playoff teams. Cardinals, Toronto, Angels, Mets at 81/82 wins. Huge separation to get to that final AL wild card spot. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/ Sox and White Sox to both go 37-45, would put Sox at 72-90 Rays battle Jays for final Wild Card spot. BP must not be counting on Trout return for their numbers.

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 05:34 PM) Actually we are competing with the American League and we need to be as good as the Yankees, Red Sox and for now the Astros. The White Sox are a big market team and need to step up and bring in big market players. Are you related to Thad Bosley? Let's just hope they are a very exciting team to follow by the second half next year.

Maybe we can give three more games to the A's again?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 04:12 PM) But the other teams have the same issue ands they go to Chicago which is rhe worst attendance in the division Well, Cleveland was in the World Series, so there's that...KC the two previous, Detroit has a fun offense and Minnesota has Dozier, Sano, Mauer (big name) and Buxton. Throw all that out, lol. Road attendance last four years CWS 27 24 24 24 (slide for rebuilding franchise) Average=24.75 KC 23 27 30 30 (two exciting WS teams among worst draws, even after winning only #27) Average=27.5 Minn 24 29 19 29 Average=25.25 CLE 25 30 21 19 (draw for second place WS team with exciting young roster not good either) Average=23.75 DET 30 22 16 (last good team-'15) 21 Average=22.25 Moncada will fix it, and Robert. Burger Beer and Fry, haha. Flyover territory isn't relevant, except Cubs and Cards?

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) Disagree on attendance not having that much of an impact, the Cubs for example are going to outdraw us by about 1,500,000, at an average price of a seat at around a conservative 40 bucks that comes out to 61,000,000 dollars, that comes out to having enough money to sign 3 or 4 pretty good free agents. Sure, but they're not going to need to spend until after 2018 at the earliest. That money will be there when they need it, because they have to look pretty similar to the 2014/15 Cubs heading into the new tv contract negotiations. They look like a .500 club at best, with the farm system stalled, then is the time that $60 million becomes quite critical. Keep in mind, we're likely competing with CLE and Minnesota then, NOT the Cubs. That's a much lower bar than the Cubs or even the Cards, and we still beat St. Louis for Robert.

Another nice comeback win in the last week...nice weather, lively ballpark, Robertson got the save.

Anderson should be sitting dead red against Frieri but caught in between...like he couldn't believe it was a fastball when that's pretty much all he threw. And if Giolito and Fulmer are going to end up struggling, and we can't be sure about Rodon taking the next step...keeping Q wouldn't be the worst thing, the old he has more value to the Sox argument. With Kopech, Hansen, Lopez, Dunning and Guerrero, at least two of those five need to make it. Minimum.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 02:26 PM) I disagree. I get they weren't exactly barreling him up but he also doesn't record outs. He just wastes pitch after pitch after pitch and then walks guys. He can't put anyone away. This isn't anything new. He's a great pitcher when things go well. When he has to pitch out of the stretch, he's a completely different guy. The problem is he has no way to get a FB past Beltre, so he tries to get cute and basically hopes for a trick K with offspeed stuff, but no conviction behind it. Then pitching out of the stretch takes a couple mph off his FB. Still think Swarzak draws some interest.

Davidson below 800 ops now...he, Avi and SANCHEZ all sliding. Leury out, Anderson scuffling as well. The veterans and Smith are carrying the offense, as it is.

Dammit....0-2 count, to boot. Back up to a 4.45 era. 6 hits, two walks in 4.3 ip.

Renteria obviously didn't think Q was confident against Napoli...makes sense. He was starting to nibble and hesitating about what pitches to throw there with Smith.