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So much for that inning. Avi's never going to be a good basestealer...just takes way too long to get to full acceleration.

Well, our average against RHP is a sub 700 OPS, so that's not really so far off... But yeah, he should be playing defense as the first priority to get the most value out of him. He's played LF before, but it would hardly make sense if you still have Avi playing RF no matter how you rearrange the defense. Unless you want to move Cabrera to RF just to get Saladino into the line-up in LF. Doesn't make a whole lotta sense.

If the White Sox have/had more confidence in Avi/Shuck/Sands/Coats/Rollins than Hayes, then that should tell you something. Great job holding serve by Purke after getting tattooed around early. Finally, wonder how many kids in Chicago under age 15 are staying up until 11 p.m. to watch the ending to this one?

Wonder if the same package that got Frazier would have been good enough for Evan Longoria? He's having an excellent season again (quietly)...since nobody pays attention to Tampa Bay anymore.

Eric Surkamp is pitching tonight for the A's. 6.43 ERA so far, so he'd fit right in.

Seven doubles for the Tigers tonight. Purke reaching the end of his rope. Who does Ventura go to? Probably Ynoa. Not much of a choice. Unless Tim Anderson is putting on a show tonight, except for getting thrown out at home on Eaton's infield grounder.

The odds of a comeback aren't nearly so high, especially after losing Anderson at the plate and giving up yet more runs. Might as well see what Ynoa can do over 2-3 innings. We already know what Purke can and can't do. Probably going to end up surrendering 12-15 runs tonight by the end of this. This is going to be a 4 1/2 hour game....Tigers scoring in every inning so far. Wonder how many teams have scored every single inning in a game? It could happen tonight. All without the benefit of a HR.

I'm starting to think Carroll needs to be back in the starting rotation. At least he can eat innings, if nothing else.

Almost all of Gonzalez' pitches are within 5-6 MPH of each other. Except when he throws the occasional curve or change-up.

Why isn't YNOA or Purke in this game now? Is Ventura deliberately trying to get fired? Maybe he just wants to force the issue...

Great, we just walked a .147 hitter. VENTURA, please just get thrown out, take Avi Garcia with you and let's see if they can come back again without your "assistance."

Latos/Gonzalez/Johnson/Danks/Shields. LOTS OF bad pitching this year, except for Latos' first four. Gonzalez had a good stretch going until tonight.

Aviles again. Sox killer skipped yesterday's game hitting-wise, thankfully.

The metrics say that Jackson isn't quite as good as his reputation anymore, but he's 10X the outfielder Garcia ever was/is/will be.

Paging Tyler Danish.... Oops, gone. Do we still have Purke to throw out there?

57 pitches for 7 outs. Jesus.

Muscle memory. How many times did Beckham try to change his mechanics/hands over the last 5-6 years? It got to be just as much a mental as physical issue there at the end. If I'm the Reds, even though Bruce doesn't have a position, I'm holding out for more than Avi Garcia....and they'll get it from someone.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 14, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) Good news is the farm system sucks, so anyone they deal that's still in the minors isn't a huge blow Chris Carter still makes some degree of sense, more than Braun. But lots of teams could use an all or nothing hitter who won't cost much salary wise and won't require the surrendering of top prospects, either. Still not the LH solution, though.

We didn't. But everyone keeps trying to add these overpriced veterans that will wipe out the rest of the farm system. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/183970840 White Sox now having their name attached to Wil Myers. Some interesting names but probably no season changers.

Michael Aviles=Sox Killer Guess we'll have to pick up Lincecum after the Angels release him...or Fausto Carmona. That's why this idea of throwing good money after bad in terms of more contracts like Shields and Braun is going to work out so well.

Garcia made another mistake, right? I saw double on Gameday/At-Bat and knew something had to have gone wrong with him. Why, once again, is Coats still on the roster?

So if I coached Little League longer than Ventura, my opinions are just as valid, lol?

They still haven't changed MENISCUS so my hopes aren't extremely high. There were actually two mistakes, it was injury or surgery or something in the same post.

Because we keep refusing to call it "radical Islam," meaning many Democrats. As opposed to all those "radical Christians" who do stupid things in the name of religion all around the world, and have ever since the time of the Crusades/Inquisition. But we don't want to call ourselves radicals...just others/outsiders/foreigners/people with different beliefs than ours.

They don't give up on guys like Beckham, Viciedo and Jared Mitchell until at least 2 years too late...you can forget about Shields going anywhere. There has to be a mechanical or tipping pitches issue in there somewhere. They'll figure it out eventually.