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QUOTE (knightni @ May 5, 2012 -> 09:34 PM) Vance Worley would work for me. Philly can afford to move a SP to shore up their bullpen. No way Philly will give up Worley for Thornton. Maybe Sale or Reed though (not sure I'd be okay with that though).

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 5, 2012 -> 11:43 PM) Too bad Chicago won't offer him squat. Maybe the Cubs, but doubtful. They've been burned by Wood, Pryor. Sox won't offer him more than 1 year 5 mill after getting burned by him last year; maybe one year 6 mill if he stays healthy all season. I do love Jake, though. Great competitor IMO. Unless Jake wins the Cy Young award this season, no team will be willing to offer him a deal over 2 years and $10 million per.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ May 5, 2012 -> 06:59 PM) they really like steve cishek, he's got balls of steel, but ozzie uses him like crazy So they wasted $27 million on a crappy closer... Cishek's got some great numbers, s***, he was better than Heath Bell last year. I don't see the Marlins going back to Bell anytime soon.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 4, 2012 -> 10:52 PM) Marlins scored 5 in the 1st inning. Josh Johnson gave up 6 in the 3rd to the Padres. That guy ain't right. Josh Johnson probably isn't healthy.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 5, 2012 -> 07:15 PM) So they said that ball, which cleared the bleachers, went 422 feet. The Centerfield fence is 420 feet from home plate. There is no way in hell that ball went only 422 feet That was more like 450, at least. Hit tracker should have the true distance up by tonight. FWIW, Hafner's hit the longest home run of the season at 481 feet. Video: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_...61&c_id=mlb I think Dunn's went just as far.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 5, 2012 -> 06:13 PM) We're set up to have a dynamite pen for a while now. I really think Hector should be starting though. He has a starter's repertoire, and good stuff for a starting pitcher. It seems like the adjustment to the bullpen has been difficult and certainly unnecessary now that Sale is our closer for the indefinite future. If Santiago can't get 3 guys out in relief appearances, I don't understand how he's starter material right now. He needs to learn much better control if he wants a shot at starting in the big leagues. He should be down in AAA right now.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 5, 2012 -> 06:04 PM) I must have misunderstood Stone then. Sale throwing a single pitch more isn't going to screw his arm up. His mechanics are questionable to begin with. He's already thrown 30 innings this year, he didn't throw that many innings until maybe June or July last season. It's clear his frame and mechanics aren't fit for a major league starting pitcher. I hate Keith Law, but he might have been right on this one from the beginning.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:57 PM) I wonder if it's the slider or the change that's hurting his arm. It's the mechanics.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:55 PM) Just remember that when Axelrod and Stults are pitching the next two days, lol. I remember when Stults shut us down with the Dodgers in 05.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:54 PM) Sale and Reed could be the anchors for the best bullpen in baseball for years. They are almost the same pitcher in terms of pitches and velocity. Both are fastball/slider guys. Reed's got more of a hard slider, Sale's is more curve-ball like.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 5, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) I couldn't believe noah went back out there. I was yelling to take him out the entire time. How the f*** could you not tell he couldn't run?

We have ourselves a real closer gentlemen.

Come on Addison, ace him with a slider.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:50 PM) Ventura has been very underwhelming Mostly because of his handling of the closer situation. It really should have been Reed to begin with. We knew Thornton wasn't successful at closing last season and Reed is easily one of the best relief prospects in baseball. We're rebuilding, so why not?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:48 PM) They always put Reed in a s***ty ass situation like that. Seriously, he shouldn't be left to clean up a mess. He should be brought in to begin with! When will Ventura and Coop stop the experimentation?

Bring in Reed.

You absolutely cannot let Santiago pitch to Jackson.

Please put Reed in. Raburn scares the s*** out of me in situations like these.

I'd imagine Reed will come in for Raburn, if we get there.

Reed warming.

Santiago in. I don't like this. I don't understand it, why not give Reed a shot?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2012 -> 05:37 PM) If Sale isn't ready to go today then he ought to be on the DL. Yeah, didn't he start on Tuesday?

I guess it's a good thing whoever closes won't see the middle of the Tigers' order. Avila, Peralta, Dirks due up.

Did I mention that Valverde sucks?

Screw you Valverde!