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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 09:22 AM) I don't want to be a wet blanket, but this 7-0 run has come against two really, really awful teams. I want to see the Sox take a series from Tampa or NY before I get too excited. The Phillies and Rockies are really, really awful teams, I wouldn't put Cleveland on that level, they were 45-48 when we started playing them. Also even the worst teams in baseball win ~40% of their games, it's really hard to win seven games in a row against anyone, and we're kicking the s*** out of both these teams. Boston's pitching is s*** but Cleveland has a great pitching staff and we pounded their pitchers too.

This game feels like as close to a guaranteed win as you can get in baseball, we can't afford to blow this.

I'd like Bruce too, but I'm not sure we'd get him at a reasonable price. He'd likely cost a decent amount in prospects.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:49 PM) Man the Sox are on fire. They have to be the best baseball team of the past week. It should be an interesting deadline but I would not want to be in a GM shoes. Personally I'd white flag the s*** out of this. You'd white flag a season when we're 2.5 GB of a playoff spot (2 in the loss column) and have by far the best pitching of any team we're competing with for that spot? Who are you going to sell off besides Samardzija? Is it worth giving up on this season just to get a couple B prospects?

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:34 PM) Why does everyone assume buying means emptying the farm or "selling out"? You can make a trade without giving up a boat load of prospects Plus there are options that can help beyond just this season.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) Why is the baseball prospectus playoff probability still so low? It says 8% It's based a lot on run differential. So while we're +35 over this winning streak the overall number is still crappy. I wouldn't put too much stock into that number, considering we were putting up that horrible run differential when we couldn't hit s*** and our defense was awful. Both have improved, which the formula doesn't account for.

Lucky he didn't walk 3 there.

How the hell do you walk 2 with a 7-run lead?

Again with this 9th inning bulls***?

I know Boston sucks a lot but they just came off a 3-game series against a powerful Detroit offense (5th in runs scored in MLB) and held them to just 7 runs over 3 games. What we're doing is impressive.

Haha the Red Sox look like us earlier in the year. What a joke of a team.

I was starting to get worried about Melky. It had been a while since he had an extra-base hit.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:06 PM) And why is that? If pitch framing data is as reliable as some here seem to believe, why would WAR exclude it from its valuation of catcher defense? Because it's complicated. Framing helps pitchers (which probably increases their WAR), and if you include it for catchers then you're double-counting WAR.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) even if you believe the framing stats as gospel he's not "one of the best". He's above average. http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php Your own link shows him as 5th best, how does that not qualify as "one of the best"? BP has him ranked third.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) I'm not sure I understand why Texas wants him. Why not? He's not a rental. He can help them more than just this year.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) His defense is in the negative and he ranks 39th out of all catchers via WAR. Soto is much higher. WAR doesn't account for pitch framing though.

Q coming out now.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) Ship AR out while he is hot. We're getting back into the race and you want to do this why?

I don't see a lot of reason to think Ross got pulled because he was traded. It's not like it was the 3rd inning.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 08:25 PM) People are going crazy when someone is pulled from a game lol DANG Melky almost hit it out That was Abreu. Melky struck out on a questionable call.

Saladino is suddenly a walk machine.

Alexei has really turned it around with the glove.

I thought he looked out.

He's definitely out.

Q walked someone?