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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 11:02 PM) That's surprising for a guy with a WHIP as high as his is, along with 3 blown saves and several near blown saves. Out of the 9 AL closers with 19+ saves this year Bobby has the 4th highest perfect outing % in save opps (40%) behind Mo and Rivera (50%+) and Brian Fuentes (44%). None of the other 5 are above 35%. Joe Nathan: 15/27 = 56% Mo Rivera: 15/28 = 54% Brian Fuentes: 14/32 = 44% Bobby Jenks: 10/25 = 40% George Sherrill: 8/23 = 35% David Aardsma: 8/24 = 33% Jon Papelbon: 8/26 = 31% Fernando Rodney: 6/20 = 30%

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 10:45 PM) Last 5 outings: 5.1 IP, 10 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP, 7 runs (6 earned) I understand everybody has the right to slump, but his WHIP and BAA are approaching 2006 levels, and his ERA has surpassed it. He was 41 for 45 in saves that year, and is a respectable 22 for 25 this year, but it seems like he's in trouble almost every outing, and every 92 MPH fastball he throws makes me more and more worried that he's on a downhill turn. If we trade him this winter, I can't blame the front office. Now 10 perfect outings out of his 25 save opportunities. He's allowed 2+ baserunners in 8 out of his 25 save opps.

The Rays have the 5th highest AVG and 3rd highest OPS vs left handed pitching in the AL this season.

Clayton Richard's average fastball this season is about 92 MPH. According to PitchFX he's topped out at about 95.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:41 PM) I figure that Baltimore and Atlanta wanted to see Josh Fields, thats why he was starting last night. Because if there's one thing the Braves need it's a bad 3B/1B/DH/corner OF type?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) Peavy came out of nowhere too. Granted, it didn't end up happening. If you're going to count that then the first Griffey deal, the one that involved Chris Young in 2005 needs to be counted as well. There were rumors floating around before the deal was presented to Reds ownership and subsequently nixed.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) Yeah but at the same time when was the last time KW made a blockbuster deal with us knowing there was a possibility of it happening? * Rowand for Thome caught us off guard. * Olivo and Reed for Garcia caught us off guard * Masset for Griffey * Loaiza for Contreras * Garland for Cabrera *And Most cecently: Poreda, Richards and 2 other prospects for Peavy. These are a few examples. Normally if we hear about something being tied to the Sox, for whatever reason it doesnt happen. The Thome rumors were there days before the deal went down. The were rumors before we acquired Vazquez. There are more.

Then you have Nick Masset who this season has seen his fastball velocity rise, horizontal movement drop and control rise. His WHIP is down 0.620 from last year and a full 1.040 from '07.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) Why haven't people caught on to the reason? The Sox take speed off of their pitchers to get them into a repeatable arm slot that still preserves their movement on their pitchers. It is why every single pitcher we get loses velocity here, and regains it elsewhere. It also seems to do wonders to prevent injuries, because when was the last Tommy John or shoulder surgery you remember a Sox major league pitcher getting? Andy Sisco.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 01:33 AM) I thought POCS = Picked off, CS. Or is it Pitch out, CS? Good call, didn't even see that. That would be a pickoff.

Cuddyer was very much safe. Terrible call. For anyone who didn't see it: Top 9, A's by 1. 1st and 2nd, 2 out, cuddyer at 2B. Wuertz throws a wild pitch that bounces off Kurt Suzuki and up in the air, the ball lands behind him but he can't find it, Cuddyer is racing around 3B and Suzuki finds it, throws home and Cuddyer was called out. Game over.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:08 AM) I'm don't know what's more surprising: Papelbon's high WHIP this season or Rivera putting up Nathan-like numbers at age 40. I love me some Jenks, but I still have a difficult time putting him in the same tier as those three. That's because he's not as good as them. Nathan and Rivera are in a stratosphere all their own. Mariano Rivera has walked 10 batters over his last 115 IP. He's become Dennis Eckersley only, older.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:01 AM) Awesome. He threw out Maggs and Sheffield. You're immense baseball prowess shows once again. If you really want to get crazy you can take a look at this. That's the only game of its kind during the Pierzynski era.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DE...200807250.shtml

Percentage of perfect innings of work in save situations this season among AL saves leaders: Joe Nathan: 15/27 = 56% Mo Rivera: 15/28 = 54% Brian Fuentes: 14/32 = 44% Bobby Jenks: 10/25 = 40% George Sherrill: 8/23 = 35% David Aardsma: 8/24 = 33% Jon Papelbon: 8/26 = 31% Fernando Rodney: 6/20 = 30%

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 10:57 PM) false advertising. Only one person inquired and he did not leave disappointed.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) I'm amazed at how many people haven't bothered to look at Linebrink's contract. No GM in his right mind would trade for him, especially with his bad shoulder. If I'm Kenny, I don't deal Dotel as long as the Sox are competitive. If Contreras gets hurt again, the bullpen is going to get a serious workout down the stretch. Not to mention the fact that he has a f***ing full no trade clause.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 06:59 PM) Ozzie just said that the primary reason they kept “DeWine” (yes, that how he pronounces it) is because he can steal bases. Ozzie, how the hell can Wise steal a base when he can’t get on base? A two out walk to Thome in the bottom of the 9th with the Sox down a run and Konerko on deck.

Kalapse will be making an appearance in the Soxtalk chat between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm on Monday July 20th. This will be his first live appearance in 6 weeks so don't f***ing miss it. Autographs will not be given but surprise sex will be available to all those who attend. Applicable fees may apply.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 03:50 AM) You need to go to a different gaming place then, there is no reason for them not to take just the system.. they have a ton of used PS2 controllers that barely anyone needs these days. Old PS2 controller + Smartjoy = PS3 Controller - bluetooth + ~$30

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 06:14 PM) And that is per John Heyman's twitter Thank you.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 06:04 PM) His arm is strong and his fundementals are also. Listen to even opposing announcers and they say Dye might have lost a step with age but he has made up for it with his experience and the fact he can still cover ground with the best of them. Then they're full of s***. Just watch him, count how many times he gets behind and runs through the ball putting himself in position to make a good throw, he relies on pure arm strength which isn't going to work. And no, he doesn't cover ground with the best of them, I don't care how good his reads are, being the slowest everyday outfielder in the game of baseball is keeping him from getting to a lot of balls. Just watch JD Drew (not even Ichiro, Upton or Werth) move around in RF, he's standing under balls that Dye has trouble getting to.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) Dotel was a nightmare last season when he filled in for Jenks. I'm not sure I'd want to see that again. Now, saying that, even though he is a bit erratic at times, he also can dominate as well, and he doesn have good numbers. If the Sox are looking clear salary, and bring in a decent prospect, Dotel has been a productive relief pitcher for the Sox so there would be interest in him. I highly doubt the Sox take on Rolen or any other hitter's big salary unless that team is paying a giant chunk of the contract. I also wonder, if the Blue Jays trade Rolen and Halladay (especially him obviously), aren't they shedding payroll and going young? I know they are stuck with the contracts of Rios and Wells, but they can shed around those guys and fill in in with younger, cheaper player so I'm not sure Jenks would fall into that category. Last year Jenks was out from the beginning of July to the 18th. Over that time span Octavio Dotel allowed 3 base runners in 5.2 IP and stranded 4 out of 5 inherited runners. He entered 8 games total, 5 with the Sox ahead and 3 with them ahead by 3 runs or less, in those 3 outings he pitched 2.2 INN allowed 1 BB, 0 H and 5 K. His 1 truly poor outings was entering the a tied game in the bottom of the 8th against KC, with one out and a runner on 2nd he got a pop out followed by a run scoring double, he then left the game and Boone Logan promptly served up a 2 run inside the park HR to Mark Teahen. (this is not a typical closer's outing) Only 1 of the 8 total outings during Jenks' absence was a 9th inning save situation, that was against the Royals with a 1 run lead, he struck out the side on 10 pitches.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 04:32 PM) What I have noticed about Wise, though, is his insane ability to be 0-2 in every at-bat. How does he do that? I thought the same thing so I looked it up and it's true. Wise has 106 PA this year and 14 in which he hit into a play on the first pitch so I'll discount those. In PA in which he's seen more than 1 pitch he's fallen behind 0-2 25 times or 27%. He's gone 2-0 16% of the time. In 53 of those 92 plate appearances he fell into a 2 strike count and made it to 3 balls only 9 times. That's 58% with 2 strikes and 10% with 3 balls. He's worked the count full only 4 times. Looking at his splits it's stunning just how often he falls behind in the count.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) GRINDER /thread The thing is he's not, at all. He's a very bad small ball player.