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QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 13, 2014 -> 11:04 AM) I am jealous of their lineup. We shoudl find a way to acquire Santana, Vargas, Dozier, and get Eduardo back. Their 7/8 hitters in Suzuki & Escobar are probably more dangerous ATM than anything we have at the 5th spot or lower. If the Twins get any pitching at all they will make some noise. Of course that's been the mantra since 2011....just like with the royals or cubs. Hughes has been a find, but nolasco not so much. Corriea mostly struggled as well. Not so easy. Waiting on Gibson and Meyer to develop will require patience...look at the career paths of pitchers like Carlos carrasco kluber or Richards to name a few.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 08:30 PM) Shaping up to be a great night for the Sox, this thread wise. Mets, Phils win, SD, HOU leading. Don't worry yourself HabaneroNoggin, the protected pick is virtually in the bag, and the difference between 7 and 11 may or may not be anything significant at all. Ur starting to throw out lingo like tuc....don't become him!

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:10 AM) Like all shows it gets good and then you kind of realize that nothing other than Breaking Bad can be as good as they are at their apex for any length of time. I really like soa....I watched all of breaking bad in about 2-3 weeks...I didn't start following sons until season five and quickly went back and watched the first four half seasons That said bad is the best...it also depends if u like Charlie hunnam ... Clay/Ron Perlman....Kathy sagal. The relationship with Nero and jax and jax and Harold perrineau have a lot of similarities with Jesse and Heisenberg

How did the orioles get so good losing Davis machado Matt wieters Jim Johnson and ubaldo Jimenez relegated to the pen? Pretty crazy to see that coming.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 07:48 PM) You know who would've been nice to pick up for nothing in March? JD Martinez He was essentially de Aza three years later....of course, knowing to dump Alejandro and tank before the season....maybe deaza seemed superfluous but we needed to give viciedo this season Martinez has good speed but isn't a great fielder...that said it would have been a huge improvement...even rajai Davis for that matter

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 06:38 PM) Well, technically speaking, the Tigers were 12th in line. The BoSox, A's and the 15 NL teams never had a chance. He has just about single-handedly killed the Indians' chances this year...had a three run gw homer last week when it seemed cle and det would split 2-2 Hosmer with 7th homer makes it 3-2 boston but Red Sox threatening again Another bad error by moustakas leads to two runs scoring...bad reaction by Escobar leads to yet another

Jd Martinez underrated pick up of the season by dd...anyone could have had him

Former tiger Rayburn and sox killer gives Indians 1-0 lead Price fighting with noesi and danks to allow most homers Butler back in kc lineup at dh....royals facing struggling Red Sox rookie...venturas been pitching almost as well as Carlos carrasco

Wonder if beckham ends up in atl as that's his stomping grounds...maybe more comfortable there? Would be funny to have father in law as hitting coach...that could be cool or very uncomfortable.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) I think it would be interesting too look for a lefty reliever in Japan or something. If we found someone I'm not sure we'd be willing to pay enough to make it worth his while to come over here, but it would be kind of an outside the box idea. I wonder who/how many people the Sox rely on when it comes to scouting international players that are *not* coming out of LA? Not enough....kW supposedly scouted Tad iguchi via video.....not sure about Takatsu. Other than a Korean pitcher who got a decent-sized bonus about five or six years ago the org has been bereft...but just look how many Asian pitchers the Red Sox have gotten decent mileage out of.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 02:45 PM) The umps called it when they realized neither organization was planning on fielding a Major League team. J/K the Twinks have a couple (actually a few) pretty awesome looking young players. I was just thinking the last time we played them that if I was Hahn and anyone was going to get Quintana out of me it would be for that SS they got out there in CF, my god that kid is a f***in stud. Wish he played for us. That Vargas too, looks exactly like David Ortiz. Twins are going to be good soon. And Santana is actually a ss by trade. Then you have hicks (disappointing so far), buxton, sano, Gibson, Meyer, etc.

They should explain that to viciedo as well.

Oops delete....the other thread showed up after I posted

Would assume sat or sun dh...unless the weather forecast won't allow it.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 11:15 PM) I'll tell you if you tell me who your avatar is. From reddit.com realasians If I was a clever tech wiz I would be able to find out who she was using reverse lookup but no inspiration now except wife and baby haha

Royals have forgotten how to play defense (except last night) over the last week. Hosmer with 10 errors and missing quite a bit of the season, when he won the GG? Moustakas and Escobar are also players who are close to Gold Glove caliber. Can't give teams like the Red Sox, even without Pedroia, 2 runs when your offense is struggling to score.

And Eaton's going to have to be on the field for 145-150 games, at least. Garcia's got to be a legit, middle of the order, run-producing bat who hits 18-24 homers...like an Alex Rios, but the good version. Survive the expected regressions from Abreu and Conor. Sanchez/Semien need to hold their own offensively and defensively. That bat is more likely to be someone like an Adam Lind or Nick Markakis type...the second tier of hitters, but not the bottom of the barrel guys like Carlos Pena or Raul Ibanez. I'll hold onto my dreams for Shields and Kemp and be only slightly disappointed and not at all surprised. The Stanton injury is further evidence that it's dangerous to put all your eggs in too many superstar baskets, so to speak. Because if one of those guys goes downs or underperforms, your whole season's toast.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 12:26 PM) It was pretty good. The Gemma thing dragging on is a pain and really brings the show down for me but it is still a good show Many think Sutter's going to wait until Episode 13 for all the chips to to be cashed in with Gemma, Juice, Unser and Jax. Otoh, if you follow Hamlet and MacBeth...it would lead you believe that both Gemma and Jax will end up dead, with Nero and his drug addicted ex taking care of the kids (as was shown in the first episode). Juice is definitely a wild card...as the preview showed, he doesn't kill Unser, and I read somewhere where Unser will last the whole season and start an uneasy partnership with new sheriff Annabeth Gish's character beginning in the next episode. Apparently, Katey Sagal has already changed her hairstyle and many are taking that to indicate she's already finished filming her parts as Gemma and that she might be taken out around episode 7-10, although it's all just speculation at this point. Also, one of the reveals has been that at least two members of the MC will be killed, and I'm assuming that's from Tig/Chibs/Jax/Bobby/Juice and not the lesser members.

QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 08:51 PM) you know, the sox have some really live arms coming up and the farm systems should starting to produce some really interesting prospects. Montas has a nice profile. I also think that it going to be really interesting seeing how all the prospect will develop. I think the sox need a stopgap player to step in and stabilize the pen. I think that will be done getting that player thru fa. Paying stopgap guys like Robertson, Janssen, Soriano (can't even remember if he's avail), Rodney, Jim Johnson, Frieri, League, K-Rod, etc., just means you're going to be paying some of them $8-12 million per season in 2015 for what purpose? Unless you address the starting rotation and add 2 bats, there's no way to compete anyway. The whole idea of flipping guys like Belisario, Boggs, Paulino, Cleto, etc., at the beginning of the year was fine in principle, but it didn't quite work out in the end, did it? As the season ends, the guys who built up some value (Noesi, Putnam, Guerra) are ones that you kind of need next year, and their career history is going to limit their history until they prove they can sustain that level of success for multiple seasons, at least through next June/July.

We'll probably end up with Raul Ibanez or Carlos Pena.

Royals using 1st rounder LHP Finnegan (TCU) out of the pen down the stretch drive...a lot like the Chris Sale situation in 2010, albeit for a much shorter period of games.

Thought Greg should see that things might actually be WORSE outside the US these days... BANGKOK: -- A 3-month-old baby boy was killed and his grandmother seriously injured when gunmen set a car in front of a house afire and shot at occupants coming to see the fire. The unusual attack happened Wednesday night at a house in Tambon Pranburi of Pranburi district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Alerted by the victims, police came with firemen managed to put out a Nissan sedan which caught fire 10 minutes later. Pools of blood were found on the floor in front of the house, and inside. An injured occupant identified as Mrs Rasamee Dechalor, 48, was shot in the shoulder, both hands and legs. But the baby was shot on the head and died at the scene. Mother of the killed baby Mrs Nichapan Naktap said they were watching TV when they smelt smoke outside the house. She came out with holding her baby in hands. She shouted for help when she saw her car parked in front caught fire. As she was shouting gunmen emerged and opened fire at her and her mother. Her mother was hit by the gunfire as well as her baby on the head, she said. She said her family had no conflict with any people. But she said her mother had been convicted of drug charge and was only two years ago freed from prison, adding it might be a cause of the attack. Source: ThaiPBS http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759536...m_campaign=news

Even if Martinez was using steroids, a ton of hitters were also using them, so you'd have to say it was close to a level playing field...even in that context. Any time a pitcher breaks down due to injuries, there will be questions...then again, we've had more elbow injuries than at any point in the history of the game and most of these TJ's are not being connected to steroid usage/abuse to my knowledge.

Bassit's another guy with a live arm...I'm sure he will get a look in the pen (if he's not the 5th starter), because he has good stuff, can be a long man and provides them some versatility. That said, Petricka's your guy for right now, Putnam and Guerra in set-up, Webb as the big question mark, along with the left-handed component/s.

QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 06:06 PM) Looking at Scherzer's numbers this season, I kinda want our rotation to look like this next season: 1. Sale 2. Scherzer 3. Quintana 4. Place holder for Rodon/Rodon 5. Noesi/other signing or someone else in organization? If they can get Scherzer on a 6 year deal (his age 30 through 35 seasons), would you want him? 6 years is going to cost a minimum of $160 million, as he already turned down $144 from the Tigers, and that was with no bidding/competition from 10-12 other teams who obviously would be interested in acquiring his services. That's $26.67 million per season, AAV. Just impossible to believe Hahn would be interested or JR would authorize that kind of expenditure on a pitcher approaching the second half of his career.