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Abreu's expensive next year. He's getting old really fast, the bat's been mediocre this year and bad for his standards. His defense is bad, although not Carlos Quentin bad. Quite frankly, Abreu would end up hitting second in this lineup. He doesn't have enough power to hit 5th. You'd be in a very similar situation if you go with Matsui.

I wouldn't trade with the Jays period. Asking price too high, no great commodities.

I tend to think of ESPN as a news station controlled by the dictatorships that are the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. More so the NBA and MLB.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) Oh yeah, looks like Ben Sheets is out for the season due to flexor tendon surgery. From Susan Slusser of the SF Chronicle: Billy Beane did something stupid. Quick, somebody write this down.

Strasburg shut down for next start and maybe start after. They're being precautionary, which is a smart thing to do. But this has to raise some eyebrows and it just goes to show that those people who have been b****ing about his mechanics could be right (like they usually are).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) That's only bad for the Twins if he is out against the Sox... Yup, Danny Valencia is absolutely killing the ball.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) Yeah, but Mauer has underachieved (by his standards) most of the year. He's really heating up of late. If he goes 2009 the rest of the way it could be curtains. Morneau pretty much did what Mauer did for them earlier in the year and then some. Now he's got this concussion issue and might not be the same player you saw in the first half. It's only natural that Mauer would then go on and rip the s*** out of the ball. So things even out I guess.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) Indians actually got something back, 2009 1st round pick, lefty, wow. Something like an 8.3 k/9 too. Dombrowski = a lot of stupid since 2008.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) I would. Because he won't take it. A left-handed starter on the open market in the offseason sets off a feeding frenzy. Regardless of his fly-ball percentage, etc. True, but what if he accepts...? He's going to get a $8 million deal like Pavano did.

Watch out Alex Rios, Alexei Ramirez is coming for your title of best position player WAR on the team.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 09:43 AM) He would still have to pitch at the Cell. Anyways, I stated my opinion. I dont think he is that bad of an option. The end He's not the worst you can do, but if you have to give something valuable up for him, I don't see the point. He's worth a compensation pick, although I don't know if I'd offer him arbitration.

Please let it be Luke Scott, please let it be Luke Scott. Overbay really doesn't help this team much when Teahen comes back and Guthrie isn't any better than Hudson or Garcia.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:30 AM) 51.4% FB% (highest in baseball) -----> 10.6% HR/FB (12% would be standard) -----> 1.46 HR/9 (11th highest in baseball, would only go up at the Cell) Fun This. He's going to get his ass kicked.

The bullpen looked amazing. Thornton had a hiccup, but that was it. Great comeback win to bail out Buehrle.

I'm fully convinced now - Jenks on a lot of rest and pissed off is really good. The problem is that he's still inconsistent with his velocity. You have to be careful with how much you use him. Rest him and he will look like this more often.

If Bobby does blow this save, Ozzie has a lot of explaining to do. Putz threw 8 pitches in the 8th inning.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:43 PM) 63 games to go, wild card unlikely what's gonna happen? Looks like we need to win our division to make the playoffs. The east has teams with more wins than our division and will probably have the wild card. Wonder how many games it will take to win our division? We'd only have to go 35-28 to get 90 wins. Is that enough? 90 should be enough.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) You honestly thought he was going to put up a .900+ OPS this season? I personally saw a 39 year old slugger on his last legs last year. He hadn't had a .900 or higher OPS since 2006 and seemed to be regressing and starting to break down. I had no problem letting him go and am not going to say it was a mistake like I knew he would be hitting this well. Who's to say he would have put up those numbers here playing every day? For all we know, he would've hurt his back playing every day. He has a .930 OPS right now. I don't think everybody expected a .930 OPS from him, but I would have expected at least .850. And that .850 is a hell of a lot better than what Jones and Kotsay are putting up.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) On what planet is one sick of a .900+ OPS? I don't care if my DH doesn't have Carl Crawford's speed. I don't think the Red Sox and Rangers are too concerned about Ortiz's and Vlad's legs. I want my DH to mash. This whole perception of the DH being able to do others things besides hitting is really weird. I mean, it's the designated hitter, he's designated to hit. Isn't his ability to hit more important than his ability to do anything else.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) From the team's twitter feed: http://twitter.com/OFFICIAL_TIGERS/status/19774611329 Tigers acquire Jhonny Peralta from Indians for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto. #mlb Well, we're f***ed. lol another Geovany Soto, just spelled differently. And Peralta doesn't scare anyone.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:30 PM) The Twins lineup really, really scares me. We were saying the same thing back in April and May. Every team goes through the motions. There were times where the Twins offense looked like ours.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) I hate the Thome talk. If anything we've talked too much about it. I'm still glad we didn't re-sign him. I was sick of Paulie, Jermaine, and Thome in the middle of the lineup. Obviously I'd like someone other than Kotsay, but it really was time for Thome to go. People sure remember Thome for the shift and his lack of fleet-footedness, but they sure forget all those home runs he hit... I don't know how you are glad we didn't re-sign him when we've been stuck with the abomination that is Mark Kotsay as our full-time DH.

Thanks for nothing Kansas City.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) Hendry is a bad GM IMO and handed out some bad contracts, but Lee used his 10/5 rights for this, I am 99% sure he didn't have a clause in his contract He has a full no trade clause. 5 years/$65M (2006-10) signed extension with Cubs 4/06, replacing final year of previous deal, which was to pay $8M for 2006 06-10: $13M annually no-trade clause award bonus: $0.1M for All Star selection

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:17 PM) Fangraphs showing Alexei some love: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/t...her-ss-ramirez/ It was about time.