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Given the difference in what it would take to acquire each pitcher, why not Jon Niese over Jeff S? Yes, Jeff has a higher ceiling, but Niese is two years younger and under team control for 2-4 more years. Please don't say it's because he's a lefty. The best starters are the best starters. There is no such thing as too many lefties.

OPS is a rate stat, not a counting stat, so the differential in at bats doesn't really matter.

I believe it will be in the $87-95M range.

It's 10-15 degrees warmer here than in Chicago, so this summer was perfect for me. Previous two summers damn near killed me.

20 home runs is very hollow when the rest of your offense is so bad that you're still a below average LF and that's before even considering defense. Even worse is that the platoon splits he had earlier in his career are now gone. There was only a 10 point OPS difference between lefty and righty pitchers in 2014. I know it won't happen, but the Sox really ought to non-tender him if they haven't found a taker for him yet.

There is no pick involved, Orange Bowl is obligated to take the highest ranked team. I agree that it's a longshot, but there is at least some chance it happens. In any case, the point was about Louisville fans not wanting to root for FSU because of Winston's character issues. I was so stunned when people said that I couldn't even respond.

Matt Joyce is 3rd year arbitration-eligible and can be a free agent after 2015.

GT = 16, Lou = 22, it's not impossible for GT to fall behind Lou with a loss, especially if it ends up not being close.

So Louisville has a chance to go to the Orange Bowl, but only if FSU beats Georgia Tech. I've had at least two friends who are Louisville fans tell me that they don't like having to root for a team with somebody as slimy as Winston. Yes, these are fans of Louisville, whose coach is Bobby Petrino.

Well, I'm hoping for a BJ . . .

Also remember that if the Sox trade for Jeff and fail to re-sign him, they will get a draft pick for him, so you need to figure that into the value of the deal.

Based on what you've heard + your own instincts, what player would you say the Sox are most likely to sign/acquire next?

The only way the Sox even think about giving up Alexei for Jeff is if there is a negotiated extension for Jeff, and even then they may not do it.

Royals once acquired Grudzielanek and Minentkiewicz within a day or so of each other. I hear the clubhouse uniform guy quit the next day.

It's late enough in the season he may have a hard time proving collusion if he isn't signed yet this year, but if he isn't on a roster fairly early in the offseason it's going to become an issue.

Has nothing to do with ND, so f*** you!

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MLB does not give out the award, Rawlings does. Jeter was barely good enough defensively in his prime to win one gg award but kept winning it just because he's Derek Jeter, so yet, the award is mostly a joke. However, in the past couple years, the award does seem to be going to deserving players for the most part. I know advanced metrics have been down on Alexei the past couple years, but there is an awful lot of year to year variance in the defensive metrics of a lot of players so I think we are putting too much weight on them. Alexei is in the top third of MLB shortstops both offensively and defensively and signed to a contract that is well below what he would get on the open market, so any trade in which the Sox would consider giving him up would have to be very one-sided, which as I've said before I doubt any team is willing to do despite the shortage of good shortstops available via free agency or trade.

An eligible free agent who is clearly good enough to play not getting signed would bring a collusion lawsuit from the union pretty quickly.

Western Kentucky and Marshall kicking off the second half after combining for 91 points in the first half.

I believe Danks has an option left, so he can be sent to AAA if he does not win the 4th OF job.

My normal route to work at 7am takes me past a Meijer and a Kohl's, plus several other stores/restaurants. I Intentionally took a different route this morning to avoid that area, so I don't know how busy it was then.

That would be pretty bad. I would guess LaRoche would fare better at 3B than Abreu or Votto.

I realize that this is already a hypothetical that will never happen, but the Sox have two 1B/DH already under contract for the next two years.

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