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Jared Mitchell would be lucky to hit above .200 in Triple A

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Howard to the Lakers in a four team trade. Lakers gave up Bynum and a first rounder. They are f***ing getting steals everywhere this summer.

Red Sox and the ESPN hype machine. It seems every story involving that team is newsworthy. Today one headline on ESPN was that Bobby V felt that the Red Sox are a playoff team! No s***! Which manager with a working brain wouldn't say that?! But for us, Paulie, and actual player, suffering a concussion is nowhere to be found

That's a bunch of crap. That's Nick Cafardo the Red Sox beat writer reporting this. I doubt any members of Sox would tell a Red Sox writer that we are not bringing a guy back, a guy who is crucial to our playoff run. It will only bring down his moral knowing that no matter how well he performs, we are not bringing him back. While we will probably not see Youk back next season, I don't think a decision has been made yet, and we are not spilling the beans to a Red Sox writer.

Caufield hates Saladino, constantly downplays any work Saladino has done while constantly overstating Jared Mitchell's ability. I hope it makes him feel better.

I live 5 minutes from the ball park, I can tell yall that the rain is all gone, the sky is cleared up, we should have a regular game time

Our lefty starting options next year: Sale, Dank, Liriano, Quintana, Santiago. Crazy. By my calculation, Bristol has been postponed 12 times this past month. What is crazy is that half of those games are on the road.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 04:36 PM) I didn't watch a pitch of the game today. I'll tell you one thing ... this is nitpicking about Reed cause when you look at the box score you see a save in a 1-inning appearance. This is a results business only and Reed got the save. Congrats and move on. Who cares that they got one hit? When I look at the box score, I nod in happiness over what I saw from Peavy and Reed. Do you pay attention to the games at all? This is like the third straight save opportunity for Reed where he has stranded a man in scoring position to end the game. It actually happens quite often throughout the season. Do you think he will be able to close out games consistently if he constantly allows man in scoring position? If you are a closer and you get hit around constantly in a tight game situation, you will blow many saves down the stretch. It's not just nitpicking his stat line, it's questioning whether he can save games down the stretch and in postseason.

My first choice is to sign him to a 2-3 year deal at the $13-$15 mil per range, if not I am not oppose to picking up his option at all, because it will be his contract year next year. He has throw a lot of pitches this year, but nothing in his performance suggests that he couldn't handle the workload and his velocity is consistent. Last off season we let Mark walk and many of you still want him back. Peavy is a legit ace, if he demands Buehrle type money, I will give it to him.

It seems that it's been a long ass time since Reed had a 1-2-3 inning. His control is good, doesn't walk a lot of people, but he seems extremely hittable out there. 35 hits in 38 innings against him, that's not the typical peripheral for a young closer who throws hard.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) Way too early to say that. There are a lot of 1 week samples that make Dunn look much worse Way too early to say what? That he's not ready for Triple A? He's hit like .220 the last two and a half months, striking out once every 2.5 ABs. It's not just a one week sample, but it's been the trend for half a season now. 3 more K's in 4 AB for him tonight. That ratio is more palatable if he is a power hitter, but he's not. I don't want to poop all over him, but there is a glaring hole in his game, and it's hard to have much faith in him at this point.

Mitchell isn't anywhere close to putting up nice numbers in Triple A. So far, he's putting up a .250 BA and .650 OPS, and striking out almost 50% of the time, which is almost impossible for a non power hitter. He's clearly not ready for this league.

Bulls are close to signing Nate Robinson for 1 year vet minimum. Out goes Asik and Brewer, in comes Radmanovic, Mohammed and Robinson, I think we are giving on defense next year as well.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) You've already seen his arbitration figures? That's incredible, actually. - Jim Bowden. Not my favorite analyst, but he couldn't be wrong about this. http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/the-gms-office/post?id=4692

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) Yeah, but I'd much rather have Pence over De Aza. Pence hasn't played CF in the past 5 years, and isn't an ideal lead off hitter. His defense in the past 2 years, according to Fangraphs, is terrible. You are only getting marginal upgrade over De Aza when all things considered, if that. You are not going to pull a trade for a guy who is only a marginal upgrade over the player you are replacing, when the player you are replacing is an above average player, and the player you are trading for is due for $13 million next season.

The tread title says "Sox Acquire Pence." At first I thought someone was being smart about a Red Sox trade. Either way, our starting outfield is set. I much rather have Rios at RF than Pence.

Is there anything wrong with Thornton? He's thrown 12 pitches and only 3 FBs so far. In past years, it would be 10/12 FBs

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 05:23 PM) $56 Million and a number 1 pick for a DH is high. There is a difference between overpaying and buying high. Did we overpay for Dunn? Maybe, but just a tad bit. How many player you know in this league who can hit 40 HRs, drive in 100 runs and has a OPS greater than .900 makes less than $14 million a year? Buying high essentially is paying for a player who had a great stretch, we are paying a premium, but we aren't sure if he can keep up the level of play. But Dunn was one of the most consistent power hitters in baseball the year we got him. And at 30 years old, no one was expecting him to decline in value any time soon.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) Nick Swisher Swisher is interesting, but I wouldn't consider buying high . We got Swisher after a year he hit 13 less home runs and had less RBI's than the previous year in Oakland. I think his value was higher the year before got him. I think when we got him, we was actually hoping he would rediscover his power in his 35 HR season and hit 40 HRs at the Cell. The package we put together for him wasn't exactly overwhelming either, considering the numbers he put up before and after the Sox days. Sweeney was a only decent prospect, and few people thought Gio was capable of pitching at this level at the time of the trade.

We didn't buy high on Dunn. We didn't get him after he played considerably better than previous years, and his salary is consistent with the numbers he put up in previous years.

It's obvious but it's true. When was the last time Kenny has bought high on a guy through trade or free agency?

De Aza needs to stop playing so deep. That was a routine pop up.

Both Walker and Smith are doing very well after promoted from a extreme pitcher's park to a notorious hitters park. I hope that Smith has a good last month and a half and start off next season in B-Ham

This has gotta be the slowest combination of runners ever put on base at the same time