BigHurt3515

Dunn and Viciedo back to back in the line up is going to kill a lot of rallies

Is Dunn any good?

Abreu!!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 08:25 PM) Don't like that call but it worked 18 DPs for Alexei so I feel like it needed to happen

Loaded for Abreu..

Eaton stole a base! Nice!

Have we heard of any of our players being placed on waivers yet?

And then a home run..... Its like clockwork

Not a good feed from Abreu but Noesi should still catch it

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 07:55 PM) His 18th of the year......Jeez am I slow with these stats. Sox really don't have a #2 hitter. At the very least looking at Beckhams double play numbers, he doesn't do it that often. Even in his worst year, 2011, he only grounded into 6 DPs. Really hope Semien can fill that void. With who is on the roster right now I would have Gillaspie bat 2nd against RH and Beckham against LH.. If Semien comes up I would have him bat 2nd against both probably

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 07:50 PM) The perfect guy to bat behind Eaton and in front of Abreu. f***ing Conor 2nd against RHP it's so damn simple. It's too simple.. Abreu gets a hit and Dunn K's

And Alexei grounds into another DP after Eaton gets on base

Eaton is still a stud

game started.. Noesi let up a run.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 05:07 PM) Adam Dunn of 2011 fits in at -3.0, the 11th worst season of all time. Mike Caruso's -2.7 in 1999 is the 18th worst. He sucks!!

Oh and he is hitting .317 Man he sucks

Mr. Not top 25 hit his 9th home run and 31st double and 2 more RBI to make 57 on the year

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 05:44 PM) I would imagine there are more "good" starters, but the problem is the need for five of them. In this scenario you are only replacing Sale. Not the whole rotation

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) Sale, easily. 25 years old versus 27 years old. Starting pitcher vs first baseman - another easy choice. Getting a good first baseman is fairly easy. Getting a good starting pitcher is always difficult. The nature of projecting a pitcher versus a young hitter. There was rarely ever a doubt that Sale would be good because his stuff is so evidently great. He can throw 100 with a funky motion and has deceptive, nasty off-speed pitches. Everything thrown for strikes. Abreu has all the tools to be a great hitter but lots of guys do. Lots of guys hit like a great hitter for a long stretch of time and then fall off the wagon. Track record. Sale has been consistently a top 5 pitcher in his position in the major leagues for three seasons now. We have 90-some games for Abreu, total. Not even a minor league track record to fall back on. Abreu is as easy to project as Adrian Nieto is. While picking Sale over Abreu risks the possibility that Abreu is the next Frank Thomas, the risk of Abreu's talent upside is minimal because you're choosing one of, if not the best pitcher in baseball over him. Injury risk. Sale clearly loses here, but at this point he's done enough to make me feel comfortable that it at least is not a foregone conclusion that he has a big problem. The fact that his little bouts of soreness have been in the elbow are also encouraging because I'd be much more worried about major shoulder surgery. Don't forget that Abreu has teased us with foot troubles himself, the sort of injury that plagued guys like Big Hurt. Sale's age plays in here, too, because he could go down with TJS tomorrow and still be up and running at 26 or 27 years old. A lost season for Abreu cuts out some extremely valuable prime years, while Sale arguably hasn't even reached that stage of his career yet. Luckily, my team has both of them for a long time and on decent contracts. Question with bold; How many good starting pitchers are out there and how many good 1B are there?? I am pretty sure there are way more good SP then 1B Obviously there aren't many on the level of Sale or Abreu

Probably Abreu. It is easier to find an ace then it is a hitter like Abreu IMO. It is tough to find either of them but I think finding an ace pitcher to replace Sale would be easier to find then finding a 1B that hits like Abreu. Luckily we don't have to choose though

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 04:15 PM) Now that is a topic. Probably Abreu. It is easy to find an ace then it is a hitter like Abreu IMO. It is tough to find either of them but I think finding an ace pitcher to replace Sale would be easy to find then finding a 1B that hits like Abreu. Luckily we don't have to choose though

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 03:28 PM) Game threads aren't official until you start complaining! I will be at the game tonight. Sitting first row in section 145. Hey! It's Beckham and Robin's fault...

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) Sox: Eaton 8, Ramirez 6, Abreu 3, Dunn DH, Viciedo 9, Gillaspie 5, Beckham 4, DeAza 7, Flowers 2; Noesi 1 Beckham out of the 2 hole finally but still on the team....

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 4, 2014 -> 01:04 PM) Cleto called up Maybe he fixed something...... or maybe not.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 09:40 PM) Wonder if they get reallly aggresive and call up Jarrett Casey who has been fantastic at 3 different levels so far. Only 7 innings in AAA though. On the year he has a 1.59 ERA with a BAA of .189. Only 2 HRs given up in 56 innings....Kind of a nobody his previous 4 years. Sounds good to me. Bring it