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Raburn is having a bad day today.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:11 PM) Serious question. Knowing what you know now and with how LaRoche is playing -- would you rather have had Dunn on a one year deal, or this LaRoche on a two year deal? Dunn. K and BB numbers would be the same but Dunn would hit for more power.

Salazar is afraid of Saladino.

I like how Saladino works the count.

Garcia and LaRoche are useless right now.

Suck it Raburn

No walks through 5. Besides the 3rd inning, Rodon's control is looking good.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 08:29 PM) He's at 48 career fWAR and 60.7 bWAR (fangraphs always underestimated him IMO because he doens't striek people out). For the Baseball Reference numbers that already puts him right in the range where he's in the discussion. End of the year he'll be next to guys named Drysdale, Marichal, Vance, Eckersley. B-R says that in their numbers the average pitching HOF has 70. Fangraphs he's a bit farther away but with a legit shot remaining. Fangraphs underestimates guys like Buehrle because he consistently outperforms his FIP due to his fielding and outstanding ability to hold runners on base.

Damn, Melky hit that hard

Sanchez is smoking the ball lately.

Struck out Brantley twice. Awesome.

Johnson doesn't need to dominate, just show enough to be relied on as a back-end rotation pitcher.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) I like how Fowler was arguing with the ump after taking a fastball right down the middle. I wonder if his wife will tweet about it.

How many times has Madden been no-hit now? He was there when the Rays were getting no-hit every year.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) That ball that Ross hit was absolutely killed. Wind blowing in saved that one.

Hamels 3 outs away from no-hitting the Cubs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) Behind Colon and Niese? Ha. I could see him being the #4 in that rotation , but let's not get crazy. He was saying he'd be behind a healthy Wheeler and Matz too.

I'm currently arguing with some Mets fan on Reddit who claims Quintana wouldn't come close to making the Mets rotation. Will the guy ever get any love outside Chicago?

I was just looking up park factors and I noticed that in 46 home games this year the Sox have scored 145 runs. The Cubs have also played 46 home games, and in them they've scored... 145 runs. The Cubs are 5th in baseball in runs scored on the road at 4.56 runs per game, but they've been completely punchless at Wrigley. That seems unusual, has the wind been blowing in a lot more than usual this year?

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) Wouldn't the Sox' horrible offense contribute to the Cell playing "bigger" this year. I mean half of the total ABs in our park come from our putrid offense. Seems almost like a completely meaningless statistic when you look at it that way. That's not how park factor works. It compares how offenses do in our park versus how they do in other parks. Our offense is horrible, but it scores 3.15 runs at home (funnily enough, exactly the same as the Cubs do at Wrigley) and 3.72 runs on the road. Meanwhile, our pitching has a 4.47 ERA on the road and a 3.21 ERA at home. Our offense could theoretically score 1 run per game, and if we got shut out every game on the road but scored 2 runs per game at home then the Cell would likely rate as one of the top hitter parks due to the difference. The ineptness of our offense is controlled for through this stat, we're comparing the offense to itself, not to other offenses.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 12:58 PM) It would be nice if things worked out like the Cubs with Hammel. Trade Jeff, then sign him in the off season. Maybe if we could just get him for two years like the Cubs did with Hammel. I don't really want Jeff for 5-6 years for the money he's going to ask for.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Why would you send Avi down??? He is not blocking anyone ready to come up from AAA. At that same time, it is not like he is not getting to play at the ML level and just sitting on the bench. This is a lost season and ultimately losses are better than wins for the next draft. Avi won't learn anything in AAA that he can't learn in the majors. By the end of this season you can decide if he can play RF or is he destined to be a DH( and do the Sox want him in that role). That was his point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1h1 hour ago Exec on market: “If you’ve got a hitter, you’ve got gold. If you’ve got a pitcher, you’ve got a hot potato.” Surplus of pitchers available. So much for that seller's market. Damn Tigers.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) But in the playoffs, pitching is what wins you championships. When was the last team to win the World Series without at least one lockdown starting pitcher (like this year's Royals lack)? Usually you need at least two (Bumgarner last year pretty much counted as two by himself).

Even if we win all the remaining games until the trade deadline and the Twins fall back down to earth, we should still trade Samardzija. Rather than pin our hopes on a slim chance at the playoffs, we really need to evaluate Erik Johnson for next year. I'll be extremely disappointed if he stays in the minors the whole season.