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QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 03:46 PM) Cubano is back! I'm on board with any of the Cuban players really. They're just smarter it seems, they know the game better from playing competitively. And some of the athletes over there are just awesome. If Rusney is a legit top end athlete who knows the game and plays it well... f*** the lefty/righty crap, just sign him. Probably will be pretty expensive though. I think it's less about them being "smarter" in general and more about the fact that it's the cream of the crop that leaves to come over here. I have no problem compiling talent regardless of type, but if the price is painful, Hahn's comments make more sense. Sure, we'd add another right-handed CF type and be happy, but he becomes less of a fit if it's money that could be spent on a player-type that we need more.

Mariners acquire Kendry Morales, give up Stephen Pryor: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/mari...ys-morales.html Seems to effectively eliminate possibility of Viciedo going to SEA.

Mariners acquire Kendry Morales for Stephen Pryor. Confusing

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 07:31 AM) Trick question, the answer is always Lyle Mouton. ALWAYS

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 03:48 PM) Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 24m Source: Sergio Santos accepted outright assignment to AAA Buffalo instead of electing free agency. #BlueJays Another case study for why we shouldn't fret about trading away good-not-great relievers. Whether due to injury or loss of effectiveness, they simply don't usually last long.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) What is round B? Is that like in between 1st and 2nd or in between 2nd and 3rd or something? Correct, between the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

His extension was such a HUGE move for Hahn.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 03:05 PM) Hawk saying Trout does not have good plate coverage put the pipe down. lol, seriously.

I hate the Royals, man. Let's show them they suck.

I truly believe that if we move Danks, we're all going to be disappointed with the return. Unless moving his contract will truly open up the door to a big acquisition, I think he's more valuable to us as a relatively stable back-end rotation piece (in a rotation that includes Scott Carroll) than he is to any other team as a rotation plug. Trades are fun, but if I'm being honest with myself, I think we should just keep him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 11:14 AM) Beckham is bound to rebound at least a little bit. If someone picks him up for nothing and the Sox take on some money, they will get a bargain. Yeah, but "rebounding" to his career rates puts him at .246/.309/.378 (84 wRC+). Anyone can get hot, but Beckham is simply not a good ML baseball player.

I don' think anyone thinks we should GET Barney, I think Chisoxfn was just pointing out that there probably isn't anyone who would give up value for Beckham than just pick up Barney for free. Maybe Beckham is a bit better, but not nearly enough better to justify giving up real value when Barney costs nothing.

Just keep in mind, guys, that we're either going to get (1) tons of salary relief or (2) a couple decent prospects. It won't be both.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 10:01 AM) I think there is a difference between foot speed and baserunning. Yes, he is inherently slow and that means he will clog the bases, however, does that mean he gets bad reads / jumps, etc? No, no necessary correlation there. These stats are pretty much completely worthless and obvious. I disagree strongly. Yes, we didn't need the metric to tell us that Konerko was slow, but we DO need the metric to help us quantify just how much his slowness hurts the team. Even if you don't believe in the context neutral run value, you at least now have a common denominator and can say "player X is substantially worse on the basepaths than player Y." As for being able to break it down to speed vs. reads and jumps: no, you can't separate the two with these metrics, but you also capture both of them combined. If a guy's speed "plays up" due to instincts, this metric will show it.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) No, but a .236/.372/.471/.843 and a 132 wRC+ against RHP surely will. The guy is a platoon player at this point in his career, but some team should find his bat useful in about the 5th or 6th slot in the lineup against RHP. Frankly, this seems like a Beane sort of move. This. Dunn has value, it's just as a very specialized role player. There may not be a team with the right needs out there at the moment, but he can definitely be useful in the right situation.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 09:29 AM) I honestly don't believe that. I think you might see a Semien bat as well as Alexei, but he won't provide anywhere near the defense. None of them will. The one guy in the system who has that kind of glove can't hit to save his life. I don't disagree with you, I'm just saying that he's declining, so we're going to lose that advantage from him soon anyway. To me, there's no question we're going to miss his glove as soon as he's gone. If given the choice to enjoy the better defense over the next season or two versus sell as high as possible to get some more contributors for when we can compete, though, I'd choose the latter.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 09:16 AM) I still think the Yankees make more sense than anywhere else. I agree 100%. If I'm Hahn, I'm already trying to talk to Cashman about it. If nothing else, so I can try to compare the offers I'm getting now with what I think Cashman might give me in the offseason.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 08:58 AM) I don't think so, at least in my regard. He's a good hitter, but he's primarily a singles hitter. That's not a bad thing. His defense is also starting to slip a little bit and it's not likely to rebound at this point in his career. This is my own belief, but I'd like to see what Sanchez and Semien can do at SS too. To take you one step further: He's actually NOT a good hitter -- he's a good hitter "for a SS." That's still valuable, and if he was younger, I'd be clamoring to extend him rather than move him. But he's not. He's 32 and already showing noticeable signs of decline. Offensively, he had a nice hot start, but even now he's already down to 94 wRC+ for the year. He's definitely a solid, positive contributor, but he won't be for much longer, and he need our SS to be productive in a couple years. We'd be better off getting one of the 4 guys in AAA some time to develop, and grab a couple nice prospects on top.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 08:54 AM) With the dearth of talent in the majors at the major league level at the position of SS, Alexei is a hugely valuable commodity. People are looking WAY too much at his batting stats instead of the whole package. He a valuable commodity, but he's not a commodity worth Pederson + Urias + more. You can hold him if you want, but if you think that he'll be better than our farm guys in his age 34 season, you're gambling. And even if you're confident he WILL be better, you have to admit he likely won't be MUCH better. And the return doesn't have to be Pederson or garbage. There are plenty of solid B type prospects that would be very nice to have.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) This is a good new wrinkle - what's more relevant: the accumulation of runs lost on the bases or the runs lost per time spent on base? PK isn't quite the worst when you're looking at a per-baserunning situation. The correct denominator is an interesting question. I'm thinking total bases. Because if you just go by games or PA, you have to factor OBP somehow. Bengie Molina becomes even more impressively bad when you realize that he accumulated all that negative value against a .307 OBP. So, UBR/TB? There's almost certainly a more sophisticated and accurate way to do it, but that might be a good shorthand.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 06:01 AM) If Hanley wrist is broken, dodgers might then be interested in Alexi. Prospects galore in that system That would be a very interesting situation since he's a pending FA that everyone assumed they'd extend.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) I actually think it's a very valid question - is Konerko the worst baserunner of all time or just one of the worst? Well, he's the worst. UBR is a counting stat, though. If you really wanted to find the worst, you'd have to divide it by games or something.

I forgot about him.

Hawk Harrelson: "That serves a double-edged purpose there."