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DJ and Flowers still upset with Ortiz not running at all to 1B again... Farmer claims Buchholz should have an ERA in the 2's every season.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:22 PM) We've seen him play for 2 months. Good gracious. Call me an eternal optimistic, but I just have a feeling if Viciedo becomes confident again with his offensive game, his defense will pick up as well. He has the arm strength. 90% of his problems are 50% mental (Yogi Berra). Also, just guessing, but think they would like to keep Dayan in RF and move Garcia over to LF if they don't DH them. Of course, the problem is putting a player of their age at DH full-time, usually that's not a great idea.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) The Astros have him by the balls. He is 17 or 18. $5 million sets him up pretty well if baseball doesn't work out. He is hurt. If he needs surgery, the draft next year is probably out. As long as the injury is legit, I think they are being more than fair. It would be interesting if we could get the test results to PTAC and see if he agrees conclusively that the Astros are warranted in red flagging him... Can't Aiken's family get a second or third opinion now from Dr. Andrews or the Jobe Clinic and put that information out there publicly? Who is the arbiter of whether there's a legit injury or not...to say they can lower the slot offer from 90% to 40%???

Please just DH Avisail Garcia next year. It would be easier to add a LH outfielder...like Rasmus or Cabrera...than fixing Garcia's defensive approach, or lack thereof.

DJ: "That's laughable." Farmer: "Liar liar pants on fire." DJ is back to wanting to scrap the replay system entirely and go back to the old school approach.

Supposely Abreu/Sierra/Nieto are all really close...for those worried about Viciedo and Ramirez being traded having a negative effect on Jose. Seems like Sierra is his best friend right now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:08 PM) If they are going after $200 million pitchers, or even multiple ones if you believe the fluff in here, they are going have to be selling out basically every night again. Arroyo's TJ is yet another warning shot across the bow for anyone giving out those deals. If anything, it's a lot better to target a Justin Masterson and buy him on the down side if you think he can rebound and you can lock him in for 3-4 much more affordable years. From a cost-benefit analysis, I'd rather take my chances with the equivalent of 3 Masterson's than 1 Scherzer megadeal.

DJ and Farmer love Pedroia's hustle. Beckham getting lots of opportunities to show off his glove work tonight.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:03 PM) They're not, which is why they said no to Maurer supposedly Well, supposedly TUC already has identified his flaws and can move Maurer to the rotation. (Of course, the Mariners and Rangers didn't get anything out of NoE, so who knows?)

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:00 PM) Tank officially a league average hitter with a wRC+ of 100. Still think it's insane to trade him for a relief pitcher and then run Sierra/Taylor out there. How likely are those guys to be improvements? Taylor is already 4 years older than Dayan. With Gillaspie not hitting for power, catcher not giving us anything, Semien/Johnson/Eaton not power guys...and losing Dunn as well, you just can't give up on him quite yet. Farrell mentioned Abreu, Dunn, Viciedo and then Ramirez hitting with pop this year. Losing all three of those guys isn't a great idea at USCF.

Saladino is the most deserving in Charlotte, although Davidson's heating up....you'd prefer to give him at least another month to prove that his improvements are sticking. Semien is struggling still and Micah Johnson just doesn't have enough experience yet at that level. Plus, we've already watched one guy struggle with a quick promotion to Chicago.

5 homers and 11 RBI's in a week. Carlos Lee streaky!!!! Wow. Huge homer, fought back from on 0-2 count. Oppo.....all muscle. Previously 1 for 9 against Buchholz.

Dunn back on the "trade him" radar with tonight's game. Seemingly past the hand/wrist problems. With catcher, God knows. Phegley or Kevan Smith are the only internal options. Maybe a veteran catcher comes back in one of our July/August trades.

Who do we want to give those Dunn at-bats to? Wilkins? Mitchell (haha)? Semien? Michael Taylor?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:42 PM) That would take two years. The first year would see a spike over the course of a season. The second would complete it. Then again, we just based something on the Cubs making the World Series, so we all know what that is worth. WGN-Radio wasn't willing to ride it out for that World Series pipe dream, that's for sure.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:39 PM) They get a replacement pick if he failed the physical and they offered 40% slot. So around $3.2 million. That makes sense. $5.5 million is pretty much the midpoint between $7.9 and $3.2...almost exactly. Seems that's what Luhnow and company believe is a fair settlement.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:39 PM) Well, they could reach the world series. That'd do it. They're lucky the Astros were moved to the AL West. OTOH, they have the declining regional sports broadcast market going against them (just like the Sox), the ballpark renovations/rooftop owners issue and the fact that they're not exactly cash rich at the moment.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:36 PM) The Cubs aren't going to make up 10,000 seats a night, in one year. That is just absurd. It's ALWAYS the year after...that lag effect. Assuming they did something like our Dunn signing before 2011...signing David Price, for example, prior to the 2016 season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:34 PM) I think that would make 3 or 4 first rounders involved with ligament problems. Aiken, Hoffman and Fedde (UNLV)....rumors about Finnegan (TCU)

Interesting the new Astros regime involved in two "controversies" in the first round already....Appel selected after not signing with the Pirates, and now the Aiken situation.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:30 PM) 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K so far for Danish. That's super sexy. ERA down to 4.29.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) Find something you love, and you never work a day in your life. Yes, if only the SoxTalk salaries were 25-50% higher, that would be true. Stock options? IPO rumors?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 05:07 PM) Would you drive them to the airport though? How is your drive tool anyway? I'm sure it's right up there with Statham, Vin Diesel, Ryan Gosling and Nikki Lauda.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) Seriously. It's a good trade for the Cubs. Unless Russell goes all Jose Iglesias on them and never gets past his hamstring problems.

Tyler Flowers. Yikes. 9 for his last 96, with 43 K's. OPS now sinking below 600. How long before they pull the plug???