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http://www.southsidesox.com/2014/10/11/696...-santiago-trade

Desmond Jennings and Eaton in the OF, find a LH DH (maybe Adam Lind), buy one of the best "second tier" starting pitcher options and finally add your two relievers (both with closer's stuff, but not overpaying for the likes of Miller or Gregerson).

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 12:40 AM) Good grief Caulfield. I've explained this in previous posts and am not about to rewrite again. Read the last few pages and you will know why it was brought up in the first place. Its not that difficult, really. Almost every defensive metric out there has Ramirez and Rollins with similar numbers. I think it would be very disruptive to move Alexei at this point in his career, and if you're going to move Ramirez, it's devaluing him a bit heading into 2016, which theoretically would be his last season with the Sox, since we'd hold an option on him but not Rollins (unless you were then going to turn around and move Ramirez back to SS in 2016). If you're doing to do anything, it would be the opposite...Rollins at 2B, with Ramirez at SS. Although you'd definitely have to talk to both players before making such a move. There's a pretty good chance (like with Michael Young) that there would be a lot of resistance to a position change from both the players and their agents, unless they were making the change for the sake of a championship or playoff caliber team.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 10:09 PM) I'm slow tonight. I have no idea what your last two posts meant. Satire about the sit-ins/protest movement of the 1960's Civil Rights movement juxtaposed with the apparently unchanged racial climate in America nearly 50 years later.

I never thought twenty or thirty years ago that the Cardinals would become so popular that there would be a backlash against them...plus, LaRussa and Pujols are gone.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 09:58 PM) Rollins is a defensive upgrade. Easier to trade than Danks? Not sure what you mean by that... If by indicators you Scott Merkin declaring Johnson the 2B of 2015, I'd take that with a huge grain of salt until ST is over. As I've already explained, Rollins instantly improves the defense and gives the lineup a number two hitter while allowing Johnson to improve his defense at Charlotte for one more season. Rollins is a FA at the end of 2015 so hopefully Johnson, Sanchez or even Anderson ( if he doesn't stick at SS) will be ready for the 2016 season. I mean, that you're banking on Rolins being traded at midseason next year...or you're "all in" and keeping him for the remainder of 2015 (with accompanying moves to improve starting rotation, DH, bullpen)? Basically, you believe if the team underperforms again that Rollins with 2-3 months on his contract would be a lot easier to trade than Danks with 1 year and 2-3 months, yes? And in this scenario, you're moving Alexei Ramirez to 2B? Once again, to compete in 2015, or to "hold the position/s" for Micah Johnson/Semien/Sanchez one more year?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 12:45 AM) I really liked Gone Girl but wasn't too happy with the ending but if they decide to make a 2nd one I won't be upset about it. It was cool seeing shots of the town I have been living in for almost 4 years.. The Bar that he owned in the movie is actually going to be made into a bar/fine dining restaurant. The bridge you saw them go over a few times actually crosses over into Illinois. The cop cars used were the actual ones here in the city, they just changed the name on the side of it. The mini golf scene was done here and been to the place a handful of times. A lot of little cool things Second version? (Like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?) Or one of Flynn's other books?

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) It is always nice when other teams are interested in your guys. With Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu...their closer, Haren, Puig, Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez, that's 8 players right there who would be desired by almost every team in baseball. If you include Pederson/Seager/Urias, that's 11. Not the worst position to be in. I'm not sure why they would HAVE to cut salary, as the financial value of their broadcast deal isn't decreasing or being affected by the squabbles with the local carriers/providers.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) No chance Philli can take on more salary without relieving some salary. Dominic Brown is goes to get a raise this year as he enters his first year of arbitration so its quite possible Philly would not mind moving him. I can see a possibility of something like John Danks and Tank for Domonic Brown and Jimmy Rollins. The Sox would move Rollins to second and bat him second which buys some development time for the Sox future 2B. Rollins should bring good defense to second as well as a LH bat, good contact and base stealing potential to the two hole in the batting order. Heck, I'd be willing to send money with Danks and Tank to be sure a deal could be done, provided Philly was interested of course. Fwiw, Rollins is owed 11M for 2015 and is FA after the 2015 season is over. Also want to add. I would be fine with the Sox kicking the tires on Peavy. Sale, Q, Peavy, Rodon, Noesi looks better than the 2014 rotation. s***, I really like how that looks! Why would we want Rollins exactly? Because you think he'd be easier to trade than Danks? Because all indications are they want to give that position to Micah Johnson at some point next season.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 05:56 PM) Yes sir I agree with this. Every day that goes by makes me realize even more what a wonderful 4 we have in Sale, Q, Abreu & Eaton. Garcia, Conor & Rodon can join that list next year. But yea I believe we can win if we can sign some legit talent to bridge the gap between the two groups I mentioned above. I don't mind throwing a lot of money at a player if he locks down a spot for 3-5 years. Let's win, we have bad ass reinforcements on the way in the coming years. If flowers Conor Garcia and rodon all make major contributions we will be fine. Two or three of those guys go backwards and big problems will result.

A new hero every night. Gordon struggles with four strikeouts but hosmer Escobar moustakas (4 homers after only two in 169 abs to end the regular season) and Cain continue to roll....along with that lockdown pen that kept the orioles from scoring in the eighth after the Herrera error and walk. Nobody will run on Gordon in left field either. Speed continues to kill...Raising cain in the outfield and distracting Britton on the mound as well as causing fielders to rush plays. I think Cain is now 10/27 on the postseason fwiw.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 12:08 PM) They should hire Magic Johnson. Hopefully not as a broadcaster...

Better dating and restauranteuring possibilities?

QUOTE (bear_brian @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Not sure where you have heard about a $15M qualifying offer. Melky currently makes $8M per year and is a 3+ WAR player. Why would Toronto let him go so easily if he's that valuable? With gregerson guys used to setup their entire careers rarely have a simple conversion to the closer's mentality. We are not going to spend twenty million on miller to be Matt Thornton in his prime.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) The Orioles didn't have the best of luck either. Britton was wild in the 9th there, but that ump was squeezing him a bit too. I had no idea why Buck left O'Day in to face Gordon though. Right handed submariner against their best left handed hitter? Look at Gordon's splits...better against lefties for most of this year. That and they couldn't afford to burn through even more relievers and Perez/infante are righties following Alex.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 07:43 AM) KC is also #1 in running the bases and in defense. Just not striking out doesn't get you very far. See aj pierzynski and Juan Pierre. With kc though, that bullpen is the killer....wade Davis just immolated the orioles after the royals blew the top of the ninth. Both Davis and Herrera pitched multiple innings with only eighteen pitches each and can go again today with the Sunday off day.

The Rover (Guy Pearce/Robert Pattinson)....4/5 Grace of Monaco (Kidman, Roth)....3.75/5

Just a note for KW if he's sticking around... CONTACT from our minor league hitters would be helpful. (Aoki's the perfect example from their second half run, despite Greg not being a big fan.) You can call it good luck for the Royals and bad luck for the Orioles, but that's Royals baseball: They had the lowest strikeout rate in the majors, and sometimes just putting the ball in play can result in good things. So give Gordon credit there. And, conversely, the knock against the Orioles' rotation is that it was 11th in the American League in strikeout rate and Tillman's 17.2 percent K rate was below the team's 18.2 percent average. This is one of the more intriguing subtexts of this series. The Royals have the best contact rate among the remaining playoff teams and the Orioles the worst. As Joe Sheehan pointed out in his ALCS preview newsletter, teams with the better regular-season contact rate are 29-10 in playoff series since 2009. It's possible that not striking out is turning into a positive predictive tool. (By the way, Gordon then made a diving catch with two runners on to end the bottom of the inning.) Dave Schoenfield www.espn.com

Bud Norris will go in Game 2. Here's why, 18/79 (current Royals) against him, just one homer, six RBI's (Ibanez has hit him the best and most, and is likely to get the nod over Butler IMO at DH), .228/.274/.291/.565 slash line. Likely Game 3 starter Wei-Yin Chen has been battered and bruised by KC. 41/129, 6 homers, 17 RBI's, Hosmer and Butler with two homers each, .318/.343/.535/.878 slash line. Seems quite obvious, but the Orioles simply have to win behind Norris, because the loudest stadium in MLB history and those startling career statistics against Chen equals doom if they go to KC down 2-0 in a best of 7. Think it's a good thing for KC that Ventura gets to go in the daytime/late afternoon instead of the primetime lights. The glare/shadows will definitely help him out a lot.

No stolen bases thanks to Dyson oversliding the bag but three homers. Go figure. Moustakas with 3 already in the post-season after hitting only 2 the entire second half.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 10:45 PM) Remember Scott Podsednik 2005? That was more extreme as he hadn't hit one in the entire regular season before facing the Red Sox in the ALDS.

Royals had almost EVERYTHING go against them for 5 straight innings (except for Herrera getting out of the 6th with only one Finnegan run given up) and still persevered. Team of destiny. Four extra inning wins out of five total postseason victories after being 5-7 in the regular season. Eight straight in the post-season going back to 1985 World Series. Of course, Delmon Young will probably tie it with a 3 run homer, haha.

Royals really fortunate to have escaped with a tie game there in the 6th. Lots of troubles for Finnegan, and plenty of bad luck and uncharacteristic defensive misplays as well.

Shields scuffling for three post-season starts in a row, although he only gave up 2 runs in 6 his last time out, it was a battle nearly every inning. Obviously, BALT has a tough line-up, even without Machado/Wieters/Chris Davis. Battle of bullpens tonight.

13 of the last 18 teams to lead the majors in homers haven't even made the playoffs... Only 2 of the last 30 teams to lead the majors in homers has won the World Series (something about good pitching/defense/bullpen nullifying good offense in the post-season.)