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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) There have been rumors Posey isn't going to be catching much longer. Then we could trade for Brandon Belt.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 13, 2014 -> 07:45 AM) Maybe Salvatore Perez and Yan Gomes as well. Unless he joined the Corleone family, Salvador. Don't worry, Rienzo will help him to pad his offensive credentials.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 06:20 PM) That Messi goal though. Geez. It's remarkable he didn't get knocked down by that tackle flying at him, but he's so used to 3-4 players hounding him and flying all over the place that it's just second nature to hop over by instinct. I think Messi's dealing with the LeBron syndrome. So much hype, that it's becoming impossible to live up to it. For example, in the Argentine press, they've opined that if Argentina doesn't win the World Cup, he will be forgotten in 20 years and only Maradona will still be remember. Hard to live up to those expectations, and hard to control the talent/quality of your teammates as well when you play on a national team, not to mention the coaching problems/controversy in 2010.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 07:06 PM) The 3rd baseman. Unfortunately the guy they got is hitting .180 in AAA and has fanned more than Tyler Flowers. And as a defender, he supposedly had a great bat. He in no way is the 3rd baseman you are describing.BTW the Sox are paying Bellisario $2.5 million more than they would have paid Reed this year and he is also 1st year arb eligible next season. So who would you have traded for instead? We've gone through this dance over and over again about Sergio Santos as well, although that one can't be blamed on Rick Hahn. If you want to criticize Hahn, you have to look at the organization as Hahn inherited the reigns. Signing Sale and Quintana to extensions, bringing in Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton, Avisail Garcia, Montas, Putnam and Noesi, improving the Latin American operations (including Adolfo)...that outweighs the bad of Keppinger, Downs, Paulino and whatever happens with Matt Davidson eventually. And time will tell with the Tim Anderson and Rodon/Adams selections. Would you really be happy if we had Jimenez or Santana now? At this point, we'd be talking about selling them off too, just like Peavy...because of the lowered attendance/lost revenues from sponsorships. Finally, do you blame Hahn for Erik Johnson completely falling apart with no reasonable explanation?

Which is more important, a 3B who will hit 25 homers for 6 years, cost-controlled...or an average MLB closer who will start earning a lot more money than he's worth beginning in 2015?

Argentina giving up a late goal there to make things a BIT interesting. Shouldn't have been that close.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 05:03 PM) Reed does allow homeruns, many solo ones. But he also has only allowed 13 earned runs and 4 walks in 29 innings. His replacement , Belisario, making big bucks now has allowed 18 earned runs. Reed is only 25 so maybe he gets better. Belisario is 32. The majority of those runs were in the first 2-3 weeks of the season. He hasn't been a great closer, but he was very good in the 8th inning after Putnam and before Lindstrom before Matt got hurt. Belisario was never signed by the closer, anyway, the idea was always Jones, Lindstrom and maybe Webb.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:17 PM) At the ballpark and that sounded like it was completely crushed. Wind.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:11 PM) The Sox need a lot more pitching. They know it. It is why they were drafting pitchers in the first few rounds. If they were planning to compete this season, they would have kept Peavy. And it's not like he has lit Boston on fire, either. Would we be better off with Jake Peavy right now? Then we'd be buying 2 outfielders in the free agent market instead. With all the TJ surgeries around MLB, you're going to see a lot more "speculative" signings like Paulino and fewer and fewer 3-8 year contracts.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:13 PM) I didn't look beyond MLB.com's top 10 prospects for them, so I missed their second base guy. Panik? Yeah, well, maybe not "top" prospect, but someone who's playing very well at least. And it always seems like every season the Giants figure out curious ways to get offense from unexpected sources.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 12:48 PM) Do you mean people have/buy guns with the general intention of protecting their families, or that there are actual occurrences everyday where people protect themselves or their families with guns? Not jerking your chain, legitimately curious. And if it's the latter, can you give me some examples of what you mean? I'm just imagining bad guys bursting in the door and there's a gun-wielding homeowner standing in the way, and that seems far-fetched, at least to happen frequently. There was one example in the news last week, the one where the 2 perpetrators were using a kid as a human hostage...I think both the man and wife fired at them, and it sounds like the woman didn't even come close with her shots.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:09 PM) Maybe the Sox could try to acquire Giants prospect Andrew Susac. He is stuck behind Posey and pretty much ML-ready right now. The Giants do not have a real MLB second baseman. Their starter most of the year is batting (Hicks) is batting .177 though with 8 HRs but also has an insane 32% K-rate. So a swap of Beckham for Susac would benefit both teams. Plus, the Giants do not have a top prospect at second base. MLB.com's prospect report on him. Granted, it's the Pacific Coast League, but he is batting .288, .388 OPB and an .892 OPS. The Giants have a top 2B prospect behind Hicks...they're not going to trade for Beckham and bring him to a new league unless their lead over the Dodgers falls to 3-5 games. They're not being threatened right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:07 PM) Rizzo and Johnson have been huge disappointments. It has become quite obvious the Sox are going to have to spend good money to upgrade the rotation this offseason. I'm sure you meant Rienzo. They might as well throw Hanson out there for a few starts, Beck's not ready and sending Johnson out there again would be suicide. Or gasp, Carroll. Heath or Surkamp would be more interesting than that option.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 01:02 PM) no one in the Sox bullpen is going to net you a prospect you can confidently say will help you. And if you don't think pitching is a concern moving forward wow. The way they drop and lack of major league ready starters in the Sox system is a bid red flag. How could we have confidently said Marte or Thornton would help us, or Noesi and Putnam? C'mon. Of course, pitching is a concern...but I'm talking about Rodon and his development, because right now the back end of the rotation is rearranging Titanic deck chairs for Hahn. Do we really want to go back to arguing about Santana and Jimenez again today? With either of those guys, we're still basically a .500 team but with more limited financial flexibility for the future.

Where's Greg775 with his betting advice "told you so" right now? Not sure the White Sox can keep the over/under at 8, though.

Error pace for Anderson mid 60's...hopefully he improves enough in the 2nd half to end up under 55 AND/OR is promoted to Birmingham.

Where were all these Rick Hahn attacks 3-4 days ago? Sigh.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 12:45 PM) Why on one hand trading Reed for Davidson was a no brainer because Reed was only a reliever but now the relievers on the 26th ranked pitching staff are good trade chips? Because they're two different issues. And it's the same reason we were trying to trade Crain and Thornton last year. What good does Addison Reed do with all those homers surrendered and a decent save conversation rate but so-so peripherals do for the White Sox in 2015 or 2016? He's going to get a higher salary by the year...and does anyone honestly want Addison Reed out there again down the stretch against the Tigers? And I don't know where you got 26th ranked, I'm guessing by ERA...which has more to do with the likes of Leesman, Carroll and Rienzo and the first couple of weeks for the bullpen than Sale/Quintana/Danks. And what's the point of comparing AL and NL pitching staffs, when there's a 0.5 point ERA spread between the 2 leagues? We have more problems offensively right now, other than Abreu. Sure, Rienzo isn't that good. Nobody thought he was. If Sale/Quintana/Danks/Rodon compile the 26th ERA in the majors in 2016 and 2017, then it's time to worry.

Hawkins now 2/3. Hasn't had many 2+ hit games recently. Keenyn Walker's doing his best Tyler Flowers impression down there. Piwnica-Worms one of the more interesting last names in A ball.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 12:26 PM) Danks has been far from mediocre this year. I'd bet someone would take him if he keeps pitching like he has been, but I wouldn't trade him, he's been too good. Lexi/Gordon/Conor and some guys in the pen are all decent trade chips. I guess just giving Davidson the position would make sense...but probably not. Conor has to show SOME power to get anything of value back because everyone expects his average to fall back to career norms and his defense is just average. Semien's your back-up option for the moment over there. Rienzo's really in trouble. Still shell-shocked from his last start and that first inning. Being way too careful.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 12:30 PM) I'd love Martin on a 3-year deal to buy time for the development of the next guy. League average-ish bat, great game caller and leader (allegedly). The problem with Martin and Suzuki is 1) both the Pirates and Twins would love to have them back, 2) it's scary to overpay for an older catcher when they're both coming off an above average offensive season (at least at the moment) and have a lot of room for regression, especially considering you might have to offer a 3 year deal.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20140615 Barnum with two hits already. Had a triple last night. Anderson with an RBI, Hawkins 1/2 (.250) with a K. Jirschele continues to be hot, but is basically an overage singles' hitter. Wendelken starting. Scared to look at AAA. Okay, why not? Well, it would be nice to have Betts and Doubront from Pawtucket, haha. Davidson 0/1 with a K (.183), surprise surprise. Semien and Micah Johnson with pedestrian averages in the .230's/.240's. Actually, Saldino and Carlos Sanchez are the only 2 over .250 in the starting line-up. Yikes. Heath starting. Double yikes.

Belisario's very valuable as a set-up guy, middle reliever. Beckham and Viciedo could get you something. DeAza eventually can be cleared for salary relief if he gets hot, not that we have anyone but Taylor/Sierra/Danks to give playing time to in the 2nd half.

The question is who do you replace Rienzo with...? Once again, depth and disappointing performances from Erik Johnson and Paulino not helping things. And the ghost of Didier Drogba might be more effective for Ivory Coast than Tommie Hanson for the Knights. As long as it's not Axelrod or Carroll, I guess. This could be the first time we suffered sweeps at home (going back to last year) like this to the Royals since 1999.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 11:54 AM) That was going to be the only boring game of the cup so far then that happens. Incredible start to this tournament so far So is Switzerland ever going to be dangerous offensively for how high their FIFA ranking is?