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QUOTE (Ballz-n-Strikes @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 12:17 AM) Whatever.... The LaTimes doesn't get to decide to change a CONTRACT. It's black and white in the link. Look at it. Puig got locked by the Dodgers because they were smart. He's a valuable chip now - $9/yr until his contract is over... Whether he's worth MORE THAN THAT...we can talk about all day....And that could also include our garbage that LA would be interested in to steal that awesome situation FROM them. But don't tell me some nonsnse about "I heard if he did something his contract becomes THIS"..... His contract is registered with the leauge and I linked it. GTFO with that other nonsense. It's the standard contract for almost all of the Cubans coming over these days. The same thing applies to Abreu as Puig. It is meant to protect them from signing contracts that work too much to their disadvantage on the back end if they're performing at a very high level. Yasiel Puig rf 7 years/$42M (2012-18) signed Major League contract with LA Dodgers as a free agent 6/27/12 $12M signing bonus 12:$2M, 13:$2M, 14:$2M, 15:$4.5M, 16:$5.5M, 17:$6.5M, 18:$7.5M may opt in to arbitration once he earns 3 years of Major League service time agent: Adam Katz & Andy Mota, Wasserman Media Group (previously Jaime Torres) ML service: 1.119 Cot's baseball contracts, please familiarize yourself with it, it will save you a lot of time and research and guessing.

Pitch framing keeps Tyler Flowers with a job (and agent) and will probably push Kyle Schwarber to LF.

It sounds like The Ultimate Champion if he was overdosing on PCP and lost 50% of his sports knowledge simultaneously. Winning brings some interesting posters, so there's that.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 12:09 AM) Crazy stat. Salvador Perez 2015: 1.3 WAR Geovany Soto 2015 season: 1.0 WAR Perez started out the year hot and has cooled offensively. It seems his defense and caught stealing percentages have fallen off a bit...that's a pretty weird stat, considering he made the All-Star team and not very many argued much about it. Once again, goes to show the overall weakness of the position in the major leagues, with some obvious exceptions like Posey, Molina, Russell Martin, Yan Gomes (when healthy), etc.

http://www.startribune.com/let-s-make-a-de...-old/319190381/ This columnist is pushing for an Arcia for Benoit deal with the Padres. From 1998 through 2007, he (GM Terry Ryan) made a series of trades that might be unprecedented in baseball history. He dealt the proverbial bags of baseballs for the following players: David Ortiz, Joe Mays, Cristian Guzman, Eric Milton, Kyle Lohse, Johan Santana, Lew Ford, Rick Reed, Jason Bartlett, Shannon Stewart, Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, Carlos Silva, Nick Punto and Luis Castillo. Ten of those players made an All-Star team. One who didn’t finished in the top five in an MVP vote. Ryan returned to the job in November of 2011. He’s had almost four years to make a deal reminiscent of his former self. He has traded for Eduardo Nunez, Eduardo Escobar, Tommy Milone, some cash and a lot of minor-league filler. This week, Ryan gets to show off his former strength. He has a good team, a flexible payroll, an obvious need and a deep farm system. He should be able to land a hard-throwing reliever if nothing more. Also notes how almost none of the World Series winners made acquisitions that were all that helpful (mentions Peavy twice, haha), other than Dave Roberts and Geoff Blum.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 11:57 PM) Cargo would be good for this team beyond just this year. He might not be the hitter he once was a few years back and he might have health issues, but he's a huge upgrade over Avi. The question is whether that upgrade is worth $42.3 million...not whether he's the better player, because he clearly is/has been (when he can stay healthy and on the field), and he's also a much better defender, which also carries more and more value than it used to.

QUOTE (Ballz-n-Strikes @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) If the answer to HITTING is Matt Latos and Iwakuma.. I'd pass and re-sign Shark. This team has a run scoring problem and really REALLY good pitching. No offense to you, but what you suggest is a downgrade in pitching for...I'm not even sure, because you don't really say. These are just two of many Samardzija alternatives (not paying him $105 million for 5 years, where he'd be 36 or 37 at the end of the deal)....in free agency this coming off-season. Not for current trades. Fathom remarked the only way he'd deal Quintana would be if Shark signed an extension.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnis...sharp/30816739/ Article arguing that the Tigers shouldn't be adding, but would be happy to trade Price for Puig if the Dodgers will offer and LA falls short on Cole Hamels. But this is when team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski must turn brutally honest when confronting Mike Ilitch with the harsh realities. Simply arguing that your team is as pathetic as those stumbling beside you for the final wild-card invitation isn’t a rational justification for tossing more treasure at a failed investment. Don’t fall into this trap: A bad American League team is going to make the playoffs, so why couldn’t that be the Tigers? For the Tigers, regrouping remains more important — not rebuilding, retooling or any of the many other expressions for concession. It’s more important using the remainder of the 2015 season to give the injured and long inactive, such as Justin Verlander and Bruce Rondon, more time to work through the rust. It’s more important focusing on what aspects of the roster need a full repair, rather than offering trade deadline patchwork options that likely won’t lift the Tigers to a playoff they’re too weak to win anyway. Someone bad is getting into the playoffs anyway shouldn’t be a rallying cry approaching Friday’s 4 p.m. deadline. Not sure about the author's conclusion that the Royals will have to trade Hosmer and Moustakas before the end of 2017 because Scott Boras is their agent....seems like wishful thinking. Right now, nobody's forcing the White Sox to trade Samardzija. If KC's leading the division in 2016 or 2017, they're not going to dump their best players.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 11:00 PM) Is something wrong with Jennings? Just the fact that he pitched pretty terribly tonight against Boston in the 9th.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:24 PM) Cool. Perkins not a lockdown reliever these days. Hitters 9 for their last 20 against him. Don't forget Twins/Pirates early game tmrw, Erwin Santana and Liriano against his former team. And just announced, Thursday night will be JA Happ (Mariners) against Phil Hughes, the last game before trade deadline.

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.