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Don't give KW that drug Bradley Cooper was taking in Limitless. We'd have a new 25 man roster by 4 p.m. tomorrow. Jacob Turner's stranded four runners already in scoring position against LAA, 4 K's, lots of pitches...still 0-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. Seems pretty easy to run on him. Had lost 3 decisions in a row in AAA and gave up 7 runs in one of those outings. Angels could really use Napoli's bat again...one of the hottest hitters in baseball recently.

Danks/Thornton/Quentin for Holland still won't get it done. Unless they could agree to a contract extension with Danks, but why do that when they control Holland cheaply for 4 more years? Doesn't make any sense from a financial standpoint for the Rangers.

Just a black hole on the road. 713 OPS at USCF is actually fine out of Rios. Not a bargain, but not killing the line-up like Dunn against LHP batting 3-4-5.

Alex Rios 713 OPS at home (that's fine, not great) 433 OPS on the road (basically, he should never see the field again outside of Chicago this season) Kind of funny, since he's been getting booed more and more in the last 6 weeks at USCF, and yet he's incomparably better in front of the home fans. Bizarre split. Heath Bell looking like he's going to the Rangers, Cardinals second favorite...

In the end, the only players we've ever traded away (while young) that would play a role on this roster are Gio, Hudson and Chris Young. Maybe Clayton Richard, would be in Ohman's role/long reliever and spot starter. I guess Sweeney would have the advantage over Lillibridge for being LH off the bench/4th OF, but he can't play infield and he's less of a stolen base threat as well. So those five guys, maybe 4. Unless you want to count someone like Jon Rauch or Frank Francisco. Mike Morse, but nobody would undo the Garcia deal of 2004. I guess you could argue Fautino DeLosSantos, too. But would you take any of those RH relievers over Santos/Crain/Frasor? No. Over Bruney, sure, probably.

We control Humber's rights for at least 4 more seasons (3 of them would be arbitration eligible). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong...just guessing. He had the equivalent of about 1 full season of service time over the course of his entire MLB career coming into April, 2010.

Not sure if you want Lilly against a knuckleballer pitcher, that might make his swing even bigger, if that's possible? But you have to question "benching" Rios and then turning around and putting him back out there a couple of games (both Sox wins) later...we already went through this same situation when he was pulled from a game a month or so ago and then singled out by Guillen....then he backtracked and stuck him back out there again. For whatever reason, Ozzie just can't seem to permanently doghouse any veterans...other than Nick Swisher. But young players like Anderson, Beckham or Hudson seemed to have much less rope to hang themselves with.

And a 10-4 record, although his ERA's a bit high, a lot of that can be explained away by pitching in that ballpark 1/2 the time. Fastest infield since the Cardinals/Royals astroturf cookie-cutter fields in the 80's. Rangers will have 4 10 game winners, and then I think CJ Wilson or Harrison has 9. 49-28 record for the starting pitchers. 3.49 starter's ERA, .242 average against Holland just threw a 96 MPH fastball on his 95th pitch. No way they would trade Holland for Danks, Thornton AND Quentin. 4 shutouts equals Cliff Lee for MLB lead.

Edwin Jackson is the Jim Thome of the last 12 months...more or less. I guess it's because he's so talented that it's easy to focus more on the negatives than what he actually does/did well.

http://www.brotherlyglove.com/2011/05/31/t...the-luxury-tax/ $178 million, would be amazing to have that kind of a payroll.

If Rios gets torn apart tonight, they better not proceed to play him two more games in a row against Andrew Miller and Sabathia. That would just suck, because we're already sticking Dunn out there where he's gotten what, 2 for 68 or something like that off lefties? Rios 8/30, 2 doubles, 3 RBI's career against LESTER (those same 3 RBI's equal his totals for the last 100+ plate appearances)

A four man rotation this far out is going to kill them by early August. We tried this down the stretch in 2008 and they barely made it over the last 2-3 weeks, and the rotation was in such shambles we had no choice but to throw Javy out there to get mowed down. If you try to go to that desperation move and you still have Peavy or Humber in the rotation, you're doubly dead. But I think this is being done with the idea that one of them (or both?) would be traded, yes??

I can just see it now. Subsidize Alex Rios Sitting on the Pine Kosher Dogs....2 for the price of his OPS on the road, or about $4.75 Rasmus not exactly lighting TOR on fire in the early going. Yunel Hothead Escobar dogs it down the line in classic Alex Rios fashion....gets thrown out by a shoe length and promptly proceeds to get tossed after about 2.6 seconds of arguing with the 1B ump. Anthonopolous might not look so smart in the end on Rasmus/Escobar/Lawrie.

Did anyone hear that the Astros also sent $1 million to the Phillies as part of that Pence deal? Weird.

Watch when Doug Davis is our fifth starter and leading us through the playoffs....haha. Actually, trading Thornton does make sense, but we're going to have to get a huge return (thinking Ricardo Rincon for Brian Giles here) that just overwhelms KW. And definitely freeing up the salary/payroll situation for 2012 and beyond helps out, too. You just have to think that any savings will disappear with a lowered payroll and not be plugged back into signing international free agents or scouting/drafting. The only money that's going to be extended uncomfortably will be for Buehrle (2-3 years) and not for Danks (4-6 years).

Sale would take at least 4 weeks before he'd even be ready to start and go 5-6 innings. Maybe 5 or 6. They'd be better off using Doug Davis or Hector Santiago. There aren't very many good options. Stewart's not ready, and it seems Cooper might ask to work with him as the long man first out of the bullpen before they're ready to consider him as a starter. Probably we won't see him (Stewart or Sale, for that matter) get a start until SEPT or more than likely spring training.

It's your move, Atlanta Braves. Negotiating back and forth over his 10/5 rights and what his agent wants in exchange for waiving them, but it seems to be a done deal.

QUOTE (Mattchoo @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) I know this is old hat... but it bothers me whenever I think about it.... the trade last year was one of the worse trades KW has made. All these "top" prospects are barely comparable to Dan Hudson in my opinion. There isn't one person in the world that could convince me that trading Dan Hudson for Edwin Jackson was a smart move. EVEN IF THE CORRESPONDING RUMORED DUNN DEAL WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. Hudson for Dunn is moronic. Hudson was under control at a low cost for many more years, and he looked like a LEGIT #3 starter in the AL at age 22! I have not been able to get past that bad trade. As much as I am following all the White Sox rumors, KW ruined my faith in his decision making and where this team is heading. I'm sure he'll either trade Thornton for garbage that will not work out, or he'll stand pat and the Sox will miss the playoffs by 3 or 4 games. But hasn't Phil Humber pitched better than Daniel Hudson, not even taking into account the league difference/s? And we control his rights for the same amount of time as the DBacks do Hudson...

But changing out Danks for Zack Stewart basically means you're surrendering 2011. That's one thing that KW won't do, unless he's simply overwhelmed with an offer that brings back major league ready pitching of a higher caliber than Stewart.

Wonder if Greg Walker has ever been referenced after a trade (of a White Sox hitter) in any positive way, shape or form? Cue Dick Allen response, haha. Maybe it will happen today, "Carlos Quentin, after joining the White Sox and working with Greg Walker starting in 2008...."

Except Betemit already got a key hit to win a game against us this week. Inge is there, we probably sweep the Tigers and are possibly tied with them or 1 game back today.

We'd be lucky to get 2 prospects from #6-10. I don't think we're going to get anything close to 3-4-5 guys unless we're trading multiple players. The Pence trade involved really high upside guys, but ones with question marks that were probably 2+ or 3 years away from the majors. It's much more important for KW to get at least AA prospects that are within a season of Chicago.

They are different. We play the Twins 18 times per year and the Red Sox/Yankees 6-7 games per year usually.

Scouting Report: Reddick is a naturally-gifted athlete that can put the bat on the ball. He's a contact hitter with a quick bat and very good present power. He has a sweet-looking uppercut swing - starts with his hands held high then brings them low-and-up through the zone. Creates good lift on the ball when he turns on it. An aggressive hitter at the plate, he needs to improve his plate discipline. He swings at a lot of balls off the plate, and he can also get pull-happy on occasion. Needs to work on hitting to all fields. Has shown some resistance to the Sox disciplined approach, but his pitch recognition and approach have improved after some seasoning. His frame is athletic and lean, with some potential to fill out. If he adds strength to his wiry frame, there's not much limit to his power potential. In the field, Reddick has above-average range to go along with excellent arm strength and outstanding accuracy. Great hustle, always goes all out. Reads the ball well coming off the walls. Can play all three OF positions well, probably best suited for right field. Some scouts have commented that Reddick has the range to be a full time major league center fielder. Perfect Greg Walker candidate. How can we mess him up? Joking, Dick Allen.

Just depends if they want a CFer or corner outfielder. CF, it's Crisp/Bourn/Upton...maybe they even go with a guy like Reed Johnson, although that would be higher risk if they really want to compete in the playoffs.