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http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/70087564/v305...obar-nabs-perez Best play of the season defensively, at least from infielders.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:18 PM) Giants have a very hard schedule it seems, going forward. With 2 series still left vs the Cubs, those 6 (or 7) games could determine who makes the WC game. It's one reason I really hope the Giants trade for a #2 starter. Cain and Hudson have nothing left. You can add Vogelsong to that list as well, yet somehow despite not having a potent offense they keep winning year after year. Pretty amazing. As far as the Twins go, they have to be really shaken up after losing those last two against the Yankees and now this game. Gut check game for them.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:59 PM) Tyler Flowers and Robinson Leyer for AJ. Haha, somehow I doubt the Braves want Tyler Flowers back...

Iwakuma’s spent a good chunk of the year on the DL and is a pure rental, but he’s been great over his past three starts and is distancing himself from the bizarre and uncharacteristic homer problems that plagued him upon his return. Iwakuma has a 4.50 ERA, but both xFIP and SIERA feel his skills are more indicative of a 3.50ish ERA. He’s earning $7MM this season, making him very affordable. As I noted in profiling Latos earlier this month, he’s been a different pitcher since coming off the DL with a nagging knee injury that likely ties back to the surgery he had in 2014. Latos’ fastball velocity is up more than two miles per hour since coming off the DL, and he’s striking people out in bunches. Since I last examined his stock, he’s allowed four runs in 20 innings with a 19-to-3 K/BB ratio. Overall, he has a 2.96 ERA with 8.5 K/9, 1.8 BB/9 and a 45.2 percent ground-ball rate in 45 2/3 innings since getting healthy. The Mat Latos of old is back, and he might be the most underrated rental on the market. Here's two arms that will come at half the price of Samardzija and thus would be better bets IMO.

Greinke, Cueto, Price, Porcello, Iwakuma, Lincecum, Fister, Jordan Zimmermann, Gallardo, Latos, Shields, Haren, JA Happ, Ian Kennedy, MIke Leake, etc. We are not being forced to overpay Samardzija $90-110 million. That kind of 5-6 year contract is just scary with a pitcher already in his 30's who has never had a TJ surgery. Trading Puig for Quintana wouldn't force the White Sox to extend Shark, and he certainly won't sign an extension at this point in the free agency process unless we're willing to overpay. Certainly won't be a hometown discount.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Oh come on. A top 25 prospect, another top 100, our starting RF and a ML ready starter?....for good pitcher and rent of a good (not great) hitter? Upton has a .759 OPS and is a rent. Ross would be a good pitcher for us, but we don't need a pitcher right now. His hype exceeds his results. Neither Cueto and Tulo required a single top 50 prospect. Yet, somehow, we should pay far more for inferior players. Hoffman would have been selected 3rd if not for the TJ surgery. He's a top 25-30 talent, with the ability to be a frontline ace. Even though Tim Anderson's 48th and Montas is 63rd, there might not be more than a handful of GM's in the game who wouldn't choose Hoffman over both those two. Fulmer vs. Hoffman is a much more interesting conversation, though.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Man, wasn't that an amazing bomb? Where'd they get this Kang guy. Wish the Sox had him. Signed as a FA out of South Korea, not a very expensive contract. It would have been a perfect move for the White Sox to sign him for 3B/SS, but they preferred Gillaspie/Beckham/Bonifacio. There sure were a lot of doubters who felt Kang wouldn't be able to hold his own offensively in the big leagues, and he's put himself into the Top 3-5 of the NL Rookie of the Year consideration.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Lui Kang!! Hahaah I know that's not his first name but it is right now 8-7 PIT Mortal Kombat, lol? Jung-ho Kang

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) After reading about KC's trade ... wouldn't Zobrist have been a good guy for the Sox to acquire? He draws walks and could have played 2B and DH'ed if LaRoche continues to stink. Sox may not have been able to beat KC's offer I guess. They might not announce it, but it wouldn't be a shock to see Zobrist take over 2B after Alex Gordon comes back. It will be a bit controversial to bench Omar Infante, but Yost is going to play the player who gives him the best chance to win. The other thing to consider is it's not like Alex Rios at this stage in his career in lighting the world on fire. Rios and Infante are the ones who will lose the most playing time, IMO.

Not for $22 million a year...forget that. Alexei's been fine since the Cubs' series before the All-Star Break, more or less.

Go Team Korea! King Kang! Pirates take a one run lead.

Waited way too late to bring in Melancon there....but it's still tied at least going into the 9th.

OH, NO. Eduardo Escobar, of course it has to be a former member of the White Sox organization.

Wow....four straight hits for the Twins, 7-6 now.

Three run triple by Polanco. 6-3 lead Pirates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 31,000 fans just went deathly silent. 7-3 now, runs scored with 2 outs. Uh-oh, Twins mounting a big rally. Back and forth.

Pirates with another chance to break the tie here in the top of the 8th. Duensing has been really good recently. FWIW, tmrw's Twins/Pirates game is an early start, Liriano vs. Erwin "Don't Call me Johan" Santana. So the White Sox front office and team will have all the information they need before the evening game.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:46 PM) That's what good pitching will do for you. Has a team with a -50 rs/ra allowed differential ever made the playoffs? Wonder what the biggest negative number for a wild card or playoff team is....

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) Only deal I give up Anderson in is one for Puig, which wouldn't make sense from the Dodgers perspective since they have Seager. Unless they'd prefer to play Seager at 3B....and obviously Rollins isn't the long-term answer, and they clearly aren't going to play Guerrero at SS or Arruebarrena. Guerrero's mostly been playing LF for the Dodgers. However, the main reason they probably leave Seager at SS is because they already have Hector Olivera for 3B. Olivera's on the 7 Day DL at OKC.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Upton has an OPS of .608 and .480 the last two months. Yuck. Knowing KW, that would make him even more tempting...because he won't have to offer as much and the Padres wouldn't have much to gain with the compensation pick. Not unlike bringing in Manny Ramirez in 2010. In the end, CarGo is much more likely, but only if KW's controlling things and has convinced JR to move on from Avi Garcia, since we'd be stuck with his contract for two more seasons.

QUOTE (staxx @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:33 PM) I remember that. I also remember the consensus being that it would require Rodon, Anderson, etc.. Any chance that has changed at this point with the season he's having? Nope. Same with Todd Frazier in Cincy, or Arenado in COL.

Upton would be a mighty tempting target for KW, that's for sure. Not sure what it would take to get it done. But Upton or Puig would be the biggest headliners. The Tigers are unlikely to deal us Cespedes. Think they'd take Avi back, haha?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) I never said they'd win the AL Central. win in the Central and win the Central....better to have said, they're capable of beating the teams in the AL Central head to head（other than the Royals right now）

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) No way am I giving them Trey. That's not going to get in the way of KW making a move right now...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 08:07 PM) Anyone know how many times the Twins play KC the rest of the way? 6. 3 home, 3 away.

Pirates leading the Twins 3-2 in the 6th. Other than Baltimore winning, everything has gone perfectly tonight for the Sox.