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Is Tyler Kuhn a prospect? Hitting .352. OBP over .400. He plays all over the field. Has some speed. Bats lefty. What am I missing here?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 18, 2011 -> 12:19 PM) I am with Jason here...where on earth are you coming up with this crazy idea that we need to have an exact record to have a chance? No one here, not even the Indians themselves, knows just how good they are. To have some belief that we need to be 7 games over .500 at the break versus 3 games over .500, or exactly at .500, is just very difficult for me to understand, and I have no clue how it can be justified. The key at this point is to continue to win series'. Continue to play good baseball. Get the bats going. Get Gordon/Dunn/Quentin going. Worry about games back once we reach July or August at least. They don't have to have a certain record or they're out, but it's going to be that much harder in August and September when they're playing all division games. When they have 12 games against the Tigers and 13 games against the Indians after the break, how many games are you expecting the Sox to win? The more they cut the lead between now and the break, the less they have to crush the Indians and Tigers later on. When I broke down the schedule before the season started, I had the Sox at 50-43 at the break. It's not an exact science, but it's probably close to the number they need to be at on July 10th. Oh...and winning series only matters in October. Play good baseball and string as many wins in a row as possible. That's how teams get in the playoffs.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 18, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) How do you get those numbers? Why do we need to be 9 games up at the break? I'm just not buying it. This is a big series though, a sweep by the Tribe would kill our momentum. A split is acceptable and a sweep by us would be great, but in no way does any outcome kill our chances, imo. Still, lets just win!!! 34-14 might be a stretch, but giving the Indians two more wins right now would really force the Sox to go on a big run. I've always said the Sox need to be 50-43 at the break, so I'll stick with that. 32-18 from here to the break.

If they lose both, they aren't done, but it's going to make it that much tougher to come back. Winning both puts the Sox at 20-25, and 8 back, with 13 games left with the Indians. Very doable. Losing both puts them at 18-27, and 12 back. These are huge games. Losing both would pretty much force the Sox to go on 34-14 run leading up to the break. And that's not very likely.

There have been 30 rainouts this season, and there only two teams that haven't been a home or away team for any of them: The Angels and White Sox.

Being five games under .500 and 8 games out would look great compared to the 11-22 start. Need to win Wednesday and Thursday, and then at least 2 of 3 vs the Dodgers.

The moved Floyd up in the rotation, so it'll be: Masterson vs Peavy Carmona vs Floyd Need 'em.

Sox are 0-8 when Danks starts. Let's nail this down.

Nice. walker hasn't got to him yet.

Viciedo played 1B tonight. Not sure if that means anything.

Too bad about Petricka. Viciedo walked again.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...tolaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...monaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem ppd Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...kanafx_hagafx_1 Petricka struck Harper out in his first AB. RBI double Blanke. Dude needs to move up.

Hawk better not call him Mc Furson. (by cracky)

Drew Garcia moved up to Charlotte.

Numbers on McPherson. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=425774

Purchased the contract of Dallas McPherson.

Petricka faces Bryce Harper tonight.

Perfect summation. It's been a train wreck the last few years.

If they have a bad week, they really are looking at the prospect of having to go 2010-hot to get back in it. Cleveland can start losing games any day now, by the way.

Can Taj Gibson play left field tomorrow? QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 16, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) Juan Pierre: Too big, too fast, too strong, too good.

Hawk needs a rest like Joe West needs a rest.

Kevin Garnett. Nah, Kevin Goldstein from one of those prospect sites.

Charlotte ppd Mitchell got tossed after striking out in his first AB. I didn't see it, but I'm sure it was a strike. Jose Martinez replaced him, so I guess he's ok after coming out early the other day.

Teahen is not going on the DL. Mild oblique strain, and available to pinch hit.

Juan is in a different category of bad. Yes, some of the other players are off to bad starts. His defense is bad. His offense is bad. His base stealing is awful, and his base running is worse. AJ probably gets a pass more than anyone, which isn't right. Dunn is coming around. Beckham plays good defense, and is still young. Pierre is expected to get on base, steal bases, and score runs. He's also expected to catch the baseball. He's been an awful player in every facet of the game.