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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 11:32 PM) Yeah, probably just over-worrying on my part that the old Frank will come back at some point. Get him back together with Perdew in Winston-Salem and he'll be fine. He's quickly evolved into pitching guru #2 after Cooper in the Sox system.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 11:24 PM) Sox have 62 losses. In the AL, you figure Sox will ultimately be passed by Boston (64), Minnie (63). Sox will probably finish ahead of Houston (68) and Texas (70). In the NL, Sox are ahead of only Philly (64), Cubs (65), San Diego (62), Zona (66) and Colorado (70). Barring turning this around, the Sox are probably going to finish ahead of only Houston, Texas, Colorado and Zona and probably the Cubs. Ouch. It doesn't matter....as long as they keep Eaton/Avisail/Sale/Quintana/Abreu/Ramirez healthy. They've all proven they can play...and hopefully Avisail can keep building on his results in Charlotte with the Sox (and soon), where he's just been murdering the ball for a week or so. There's no reason to keep him down much longer, other than having to clear out the major league roster (DeAza, specifically). The next question mark is what happens with Flowers and Viciedo...they still have 45 games left to set the tone for next year or end up being replaced or eminently replaceable.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 11:04 PM) Wonder if they get aggressive and send him up a level in a week or 2. Kid is still just 18 years old so I can understand him staying in AZL. When do the AZL and Kanny teams seasons end? At the end of August (not sure about AZL). They only play 142 games in the minors. What will probably happen is he MIGHT get the promotion to Kanny for a start or two, and then there's always the possibility they push him to Winston-Salem if the Dash are fighting for a playoff spot (they're right on the borderline) and into the post-season. Most teams put their prospects together on one team...so you'd have the Dash littered with prospects in Hawkins, Anderson, Rondon, Danish, Montas, Barnum and May. However, the normal progression for a high school draftee is starting the following season after the draft at Low A/Kanny.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 11:14 PM) Spencer Adams is a joke. Great to see Montas back, could do without the 3BB in 2 innings though. Andy Wilkins isn't just hitting taters, has a great overall line now. Good to see Davidson 3-4 with a double. Carlos Sanchez 2-4 with a walk. Micah 2-4 with 2 doubles. Ravelo went 3-4 with a double. Jake Peter went 2-4 for Winston-Salem. Hawkins 1-4 with 3K, ugh. Engel 2-5. Trey 2-4, 2K. Montas' first night back, he's going to be rusty, just like Rodon his first four appearances.

Taylor was a top prospect in baseball, about 4-5 years ago. Now he's 29. It's POSSIBLE they give him a shot in September, but the odds of him being a long-time OF solution are probably lower than for Sierra.

More pitching talent tonight in Arizona than on all of our AA and AAA rosters.

Alexei Ramirez "posterized" on that pitch. At least he has a sense of humor about it. Garcia's hit will earn him a week of playing time in CF.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:50 PM) He has the arm of a second basemen and he'd have more time to react, which seems to be a big problem for him. And caulfield, he doesn't necessarily have to be a 2B on our team. Quickness/agility/range to the hole and athleticism are so important at 2B and SS that I just find it impossible to believe he wouldn't be Dan Uggla bad at second.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:38 PM) His future is at 2B or a contact-hitting DH Not when we have 3-4 guys at that position already. If he can't play 3B well enough, it's going to be like Mark Teahen turning the DP at second. If Semien can play 3B better defensively, he might be playing himself into a platoon situation...with Marcus in the Keppinger/Leury Garcia role. Well...1-5 is quickly turning into 1-6. The curse of DeAza's muffed catch. One has a feeling that this nosedive isn't going to be one they recover from and they will end up at -10 to -14. They're also (like the Braves) running into a schedule buzzsaw of teams who are extremely motivated to win each time out, whereas as hopes for the wild card disappeared for the Sox last weekend.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:38 PM) That was so predictable. Last place remains a strong possibility, folks. Sox defense is atrocious. No comments on the Royals, haha? So now we can't trust Eaton to stay healthy, Conor to field or hit for enough power...too many questions marks to compete for the playoffs in 2015 without massive overspending in the FA market.

And the error leads directly to a homer. Poor Jose. Seems EVERY TIME that something goes wrong defensively, POOF...crooked number up on the scoreboard. Four pitch walk, error, and then everything goes south. It's almost the opposite of how he manned up in those situations in 2012 whenever the pressure was on. Plus, Quintana doesn't have the stuff to miss too many bats on 2-1 counts (see Danks, Johnny). Watch, next offday Jose Quintana will show up in the stands for a Yankees' or Dodgers' game, haha. Snakebitten. Zunino ties Devin Mesoraco for most MLB homers for a catcher, and ties Olivo's SEATTLE All-Time record.

26th in fielding percentage now. We're not WORSE than last year, but other than Ramirez and Eaton (when he can play), it's a mess. Can't imagine ending up anywhere but last in MLB without Alexei. Which is the conundrum for Hahn. You can't build a team based on speed/pitching/defense/fundamentals when you don't have anyone who can defend extremely well.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 03:46 PM) Food for thought. http://www.royalsreview.com/2014/8/7/59672...e-possibilities I would imagine it is still early for teams to jump on the waiver wire. I'm sure we will hear Jose Tabata's name bandied about more than a few times this offseason for the White Sox...

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:29 PM) We gave the all time leader in hits for the Charlotte Knights!!! Can Sierra play cf? Not really. Better than Mackowiak, but that's not saying much. They could survive for a game or two, theoretically.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:20 PM) Up to 37% now. He's going to make a run at Flowers' 38% this year. No walks in 19 ABs. He better slug .450+, otherwise I foresee Cubs' fans getting fed up with his act rather quickly. Even at .475, he's going to have a tough time posting an OPS of better than .800 because I don't see him putting together an OBP of greater than .325 (I'd say he's closer to .280-.300, at least for the next few years) Minor league totals, 88 BB's and 350 K's in 1212 AB's. That's around 27% In 600 AB's, it would be 175ish, and that's not adjusting for the major league level pitching, so that would put him around 200-225 K's. You'd like to see a power hitter at BB/2K or BB/3K, ideally. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/pro...p?P=javier-baez

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) A couple more of those and he'll have rebuilt some value and we can leave him in Seattle. He's sitting almost exactly on a 700 OPS.

Hard to say what the hell to make out of Under the Skin. It's kind of like grading an abstract painting. Sometimes it SEEMS great, other times, it feels like something a film school class would have done for their end of semester project. It's like The Human Centipede in the sense that it's hard not to watch, but you feel a bit weird and creepy at the same time for being sucked into it. For my money, I'll take The Purge: Anarchy every time. Yes, despite the Scarlett Johanssen almost art porno effect.

What the hell happened to Eaton already? He and Avisail are a recipe for disaster on the same roster...will keep Herm Schneider busy at least.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 04:04 PM) Pretty sure the Sox can't send down Sierra. I think that's how the Sox got him from TOR to begin with. I hope it's De Aza. It's a risk, another team COULD claim him. Maybe a 75% chance he makes it through without being claimed. He does have a 766 OPS with the Sox, so there's that. All things considered, I would definitely DFA DeAza if I couldn't find anyone to claim his contract or willing to trade for him...regardless of the return, just trying to save $1-1.5 million or whatever.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 05:27 PM) That's how arbitration generally works. The team would probably offer something close to $4.5 mil, his side would ask for $5.5, and they'd settle somewhere in the range of a 20% increase in-between. If Frieri had anything close to resembling a decent season...basically, the question is would we be willing to pay him roughly the same amount we paid Matt Lindstrom to be a set-up guy this year? I think he ends up closer to $4.5 million than $5. That's not the most important question in the bigger picture, it's whether they can identify something (fixable and) wrong with him mechanically comparing this season and last.

It's not the WORST idea in the world. Then again, we already paid Lindstrom and Downs $4 or 4.5 million or whatever (not to be closers at the time of signing). That said, we'd do it only by providing him a trial as closer for 1 1/2 months and THEN deciding whether to offer salary arbitration for 2015. Based on being traded and then basically released, it's hard to imagine he's going to automatically just get that 20% increase...not with that statline across two teams.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 02:50 PM) De Aza's batting .283 with a .765 OPS against righties on the season. You would think some NL team could use that platoon bat. If he was VERY GOOD defensively, but he's not. Otherwise, I'd want a guy with an 800+ split against righties for a platoon partner. He also doesn't steal nearly as much as he used to...although part of that's due to his position in the batting order.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 03:17 PM) Why would you say that? Because they have 10X the amount of practices between games, and preseason and off-season training. Almost all of their pitchers throw a lot more than MLB pitchers do between starts, and pitch counts of 125-175 in actual games aren't so unusual. They drill and drill and drill on fundamentals and team-based drills, calisthenics, it's almost like military training over there the way they approach it. MLB players have a VERY cushy life comparatively, even if the regular season is longer.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 03:09 PM) I can very easily make the case for keeping Baez in AAA longer. He got off to a terrible start this year and has only had a fairly brief hot stint, and all the while his strikeout totals have still been Tyler Flowers bad. So far the K rate is 25%. Of course, the OPS is 1.188. He'll need 150 at-bats before any conclusions can begin to be drawn about his readiness. Even then, some will argue he's facing some AAA/AA call-ups for non-contending teams in September.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 03:15 PM) Most teams say that. I'm glad they lost out on Tanaka. Sometimes an Asian player's success is not long lived like Ichiro. MLB must a real grind compared to Japan. I would say it's actually the opposite.