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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) I can give a pretty entertaining list of some of the signings by the Rays from the early part of the decade as well. John Rocker, Tino Martinez, Fred McGriff, Greg Vaughn, it was a nice place to go to end your career on a 50 win team. Those are the guys under their current front office with Dayton Moore. I think the Rays underwent a change of philosophical direction in 06 or 07. It took a couple of years for them to surprise everyone, but Dayton Moore's been on the job for 3 years and they're still pretty much the same team they were when he took over.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) I'm still unsure why everyone wants him released. A lot of people don't want him released, they just don't want him DHing on what's already a bad offense.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) Can't but help think how perfect that episode would have been if Santos could have performed a miracle and won us that game 6-5. My wife knows very little about the front office shenanigans, but she did say after it was over "Ozzie is really full of himself". That 05 World Series really built him up.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) I'm not sure an easy way to do this, but can someone find me Kotsay's slash numbers since June 6? I don't know how to look that up, but in the past 28 days, he has a .772 OPS, which ain't bad.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) You know, I bet the Yanks and the Red Sox thought the same thing about the Rays before 2008 and look what happened. For all we know, the Royals could wack Dayton Moore and hire some hot new GM (like Rick Hahn) to work with that deep farm system, and BAM! We'd have a team similar to the Rays right in the AL Central. That scares the hell out of me. Except you're looking at two COMPLETELY different organizations here. The Royals are bad because they spend their money on crap and think that a sabermetric is used to measure the length of a sword-like weapon. There's a whole blog dedicated to ripping on Dayton Moore and it's f***ing hilarious. This is a team that went out of their way to get Yuniesky Betancourt, Mike Jacobs, Jason Kendall, Willie Bloomquist, and just about every other piece of crap player imaginable. You didn't see that in Tampa. Outside of Billy Butler, what other great hitting prospects have you seen in KC that you think would have a good future there? They may have some nice prospects coming down the line, but until the Royals get a GM and a front office that is capable of realizing there is a whole world of great tools to evaluate talent out there for free, they're going to be stuck in the mode they are right now and that's suckitude.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) You know, they were within 7 games of .500 until a recent skid and have one of the best offenses in baseball this year by some measures. And there is some pitching talent there. I wouldn't be so quick to write them off for 2011 already, especially if they can make a few shrewd deadline trades this year. They aren't contending this year, but next year is another story. They have some serious talent that should hit the majors by next year. Batting average and that's about it.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 02:04 PM) Is it just me or did this scare the hell out of anyone else?? It's the Royals, no. With Dayton Moore at the helm, he'll find ways to f*** s*** up.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 01:36 PM) When dealing with a depleted staff that includes a rookie and a really old guy, it can't hurt to shorten the games by having a blockbuster pen. So you then solve your problems by replacing the rookie or the really old guy with a better pitcher...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) I understand that Jenks is barely a mediocre closer, but we have one of the best bullpens in baseball.

Why do we need Soria again?

If he keeps on hitting well in Seattle, I think it will be time to move him back in the 2 spot. The fact that Juan Pierre couldn't drive in a run to put us up 7-3 in yesterday's game might have cost us. We gotta do something about the top of the order.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 11:47 AM) True. He's having a year so above and beyond his norm that I forgot about him. I guess I was looking from this point on into 2011. He still has Brian McCann and Geovany Soto to battle with for that title. McCann's probably my favorite catcher in all of baseball. Even in a down year, he has a .360 something wOBA.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) I would say that's entirely a product of playing in Coors. Home - .400/.421/.689/1.110 Away - .210/.313/.360/.673 Of course it is, but that doesn't mean we should ignore it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 11:12 AM) Is he the best catcher in the NL, at least offensively? If not yet he very well could be by next year. And how about Carlos Santana? He could be the best catcher in the AL very soon. .274/.432/.988 with an OPS+ of 172 in 139 PAs. His 1.50 BB/K rate is uncanny for such a young hitter. I've said it all year, I've never seen an infusion of talent as deep as what we've seen in '10 hit the game practically all at once in my time as a baseball fan. Miguel Olivo's .391 wOBA in way more PAs says hi.

QUOTE (G&T @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 10:45 AM) Was discussed on the White Sox post game show. Have you ever heard the callers on the post game show? The thought of getting Soria is super unrealistic for this team. DeJesus makes sense though.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 05:33 PM) Heading up to Wrigley to watch Roy Halladay pitch. Cue Southside. He wasn't sharp. To be honest with you, I felt like I was robbed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 10:07 AM) It might well be that we need to F*** with his mind a little bit. Every time he gets comfortable in his role, we get a game like yesterday. When he was on the verge of having his job taken away from him in late May/early June, he genuinely stepped up. I was more or less talking about what would happen if you took him out of the closer's role. Not if he was still in it. I have a feeling Bobby wouldn't be very good as a middle reliever or a setup man given his history in the 8th inning.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 19, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) I'd like to have more power from the left side, but I'd take DeJesus right now in a heartbeat. I wonder how Quentin would react to being made a full time DH. Something tells me that he wouldn't be too happy. RF DeJesus 2B Beckham CF Rios 1B Konerko DH Quentin C Pierzynski SS Ramirez 3B Vizquel/Viciedo/Teahen LF Pierre That's a pretty good lineup from 1-5. Pierre would make a hell of a #9 hitter.

It's sad it took people this long to realize that Carlos Quentin can't play the OF.

And you'd be f***ing with Jenks' mind if you took him out of the closer's role. He'd be like dead weight on this team if you start pitching him as a middle reliever or a setup man.

Bobby didn't even get a blown save for yesterday. You have to actually be in the game when you give up the lead to get a blown save. So in reality, Santos got the blown save yesterday while Jenks got the loss. What a crappy stat the save is.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) Anybody think Alexei might have a shot at a GG? Jeter will get it because the award sucks. But he should definitely get it. Best UZR among all MLB shortstops.

Our 1-2 hitters are just so bad at hitting. It might be time to think about moving Gordon back up to the two hole.

6-3! Breakin' it open!

Setting up the DP.