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Even Aaron Rowand has a 646 OPS. Funny that Juan Pierre is now beating him in this category, too. Love DJ describing Victor Martinez as an "average" catcher. Not quite!

Juan Pierre, 648 OPS Alex Rios, 560 OPS Just wow. Hard to imagine that even Brian Anderson could be doing much worse than that. Heck, Kotsay/Erstad/Mackowiak would be beating it. He's on a pace for 30-35 RBI's. How is that even possible hitting where he does in the line-up?

Quentin now 5/7 after the Break, back up to 873 OPS. That's a ton of hitter for the Braves, Giants or Phillies. Thanks Rios. Please put yourself on the PUP list. BTW, wonder if the DBacks would like to undo that Joe Saunders for Haren deal?

If Danks is starting WED against the Royals, when is Peavy going? Santiago back to BIRM to start?

Gotten beat on 2 change-ups so far this inning. Need to get Boesch/Ordonez b4 Cabrera comes up. Keep pumping those fastballs on Boesch's hands, thanks. Nice recovery from Edwin. Always seems to pitch pretty well against his former team. Getting that ERA into respectable territory again, and limiting his pitch count.

2 out hitting with RISP. Nice. Hanging slider spinning up there. Good to see us piling up some singles and moving the line.

Wow, a rare Pierre stolen base. Great slide by Juan, missed the tag. Looks like he tagged the sleeve/jersey....we got a break there.

Nope, they'll give it to Cano for his hitting and for being a Yankee. It's always the most difficult to win your first. If Gordon was hitting like he did in 2009, he'd get a lot more publicity.

Yeah, mostly Verlander. Nice weather. The team was in first place at the Break. Friday night. One of their main rivals, a team they'd beaten in 11 of the 12 previous meetings dating back to last season. Guess the fans smelled blood in the water.

Carlos Guillen is officially replacing Raburn at 2B (for at least a couple of weeks, or maybe the rest of the season if he hits)...$13 million they're spending on him, not sure who's getting the worst deal, the Tigers with Inge/Ordonez/Guillen or us with Rios/Peavy/Dunn? Guess Santiago, Raburn and Inge will all be fighting for playing time. They really could use Beltran, too. Austin Jackson's going on the DL, Ordonez is giving them nothing (average or power-wise)...they've been piecing things together with Boesch, Wells and Dirks. Magglio has a .589 OPS. That's Alex Rios bad. And we all know about him defensively. http://www.freep.com/article/20110712/SPOR...cond-half-curse Insightful article on why the Tigers have had a 170-200 record under Leyland in the 2nd half and choked away big leads against the Twins twice. Baseball insiders believe the Detroit Tigers will continue big-game hunting before the July 31 trade deadline, hoping to land another front-line pitcher, such as Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez, or an impact position player, such as the Mets' Jose Reyes or Carlos Beltran. Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland are both in the final year of their contracts, so the team has a feeling of desperation. Most teams are afraid to unload prospects and mortgage the future; but most teams don't have as much riding on one season as the 2011 Tigers.

http://www.beerleaguer.com/whitesox/2011/0...in-jackson.html Some good arguments why Edwin won't be traded b4 the deadline. Maybe they can run him through waivers in August and still work out something, but that's a lot less likely. Apparently not a big fan of the Hudson/Holmberg deal!!!

I'm not sure we're going to get the Beckham who can "carry" a team, but ignite might be a better term. He definitely hasn't been hurting the White Sox recently, so that's some sort of progress. The defense has been better than expected. Still, it's all for naught unless Rios turns it around. He's just completely lost up there right now. Since we're stuck with him through 2014, I don't really see how we can drive down his value any more or "hurt him" psychologically if we tried DeAza and Rios in a platoon. The problem is you'd have to send down Lillibridge, and he's our defensive replacement and pinch-runner. Milledge probably can't play center well enough to contemplate him, and Jordan Danks wouldn't be much of a threat offensively, but just TRY something. They'll have to go back to Rios eventually. We're carrying one pitcher too many in our bullpen. They should send down Santiago and continue to see how he progresses as a starter in Birmingham.

Ohman threw that pitch to V-Mart so poorly he fooled him. Dumb luck. Should have been crushed, got away with one.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) Say what? Soria's cutter had been his meal ticket until his struggles this season. It's not a pitch he tried to add, it's a pitch he relied on too much... http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/05/31/the-...ble-with-soria/ That's what the Twins' announcers said earlier...if you watch him nearly everyday, I'm sure you know more than they do. I haven't seen him in many months.

Surprised the Twins didn't go to Perkins against Hosmer.

Thome with a single, Valencia almost went yard and then the no-doubles defense leads to a single by Delmon Young with Tolbert to 3rd. Soria has really been shaky this season. Apparently, the Mo Rivera cutter he was trying to add to his repertoire didn't take. And Twins' fans hate Capps. Tolbert thrown out at home on a ball hit back to the pitcher. 2 outs now.

Twins' only run against KC scored in a wild pitch. Only one hit so far. But still leading 1-0. Indians win. JJ Hardy grounded out for the final out of the game with the tying run at 2B.

At least Greg can get annoyed that Nick Blackburn's throwing a shutout against the Royals. If they win, they'll be on a long stretch of playing 15 games over .500 ball. 71-33 in 2006. 17-4 to finish 2009.

In White Sox news, Alex Rios wasn't nominated for eviction from the all-important 6th spot in the line-up.

Maybe everything that Ozzie goes will turn out to be genius in the 2nd half. Except for batting Rios 6th. Teahen's even helped out defensively. Not feeling too optimistic that Reimold, Pie and Andino will lead a BALT comeback in the bottom of the 9th off Chris Perez.

Maybe everything that Ozzie goes will turn out to be genius in the 2nd half. Except for batting Rios 6th. Teahen's even helped out defensively.

This doesn't bode well. Bruney getting pulled. Looks like Ozzie has to go with the lefty. Ohman? Hmmm....I know it's 8-2, but I'd prefer Thornton or Sale with the All-Star break giving all those guys a ton of rest.

Didn't realize Bruney was averaging 7 walks per 9 IP (through) 2009 in the majors.

That doll looks either like Brian Anderson or William Katt, The Greatest American Hero. Definitely not Dunn.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) Beltran They're already stuck with Bay. They have Davis at 1B. Who's their other OF? Murphy? Trying to figure out where/how Viciedo would fit in there. Or not.