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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:54 PM) Lol, I don't know why I felt like I remembered him being a low-ceilinged guy that was surprising people by being rosterable last year, I must have had him mixed up with someone else. I just took a look at his numbers in the minors and was obviously mistaken. I mean, being a little guy seems to put a ceiling on you, but the production in the minors has been remarkable

As much as I'd love to see the Cubs get screwed in a Garza deal, we should root for them to get something that looks like a good return. The better they do, the higher the market is set for Peavy, who should fetch significantly more (by significant, I mean enough that you can tell that it is more) QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 10:28 AM) Because he only has 475 IP on the major league level. Only 53 career starts. I put his arm in the 25/26 age range. I want to put Sale at 21/22 (obviously, no minor league innings = less wear and tear), but I hesitate because of his gruesome throwing motion. You can't discount the minor leagues. Samardzija is what his age says he is. A guy that has pitched consistently through age 28. He doesn't get bonus points for not being good enough to glide through the minor leagues in 1-2 years.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:52 PM) Great post but AZ isn't moving Eaton. Kubel might be moved out to make room for Eaton. We'll see how badly they want an ace, then. Not that we can't work something equitable out without him, lots of good players in high minors for AZ which makes them especially attractive.

I think Wong is the lowest risk, lowest ceiling player of the bunch. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) Me either. Um I'm going to go ahead and try anyway 1. Reasonable suspicion is being black. Not officially, but in practice 2. Reasonable suspicion is communicating with known or suspected foreign terrorists There was something about algorithms being able to predict whether a given computer user was a foreigner with a very low certainty

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:45 PM) I read this and thought "I can't tell which one is supposed to have the reasonable suspicion and which one is supposed to have nothing at all". Is that defending the patriot act or stop and frisk? I literally cannot tell. I was just trying to figure out the same thing.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) Give me a link to Slate or The Atlantic or the study didn't happen. Not that I'm surprised, but that "study" (it's just numbers) reports a seasonal change. That's not analysis, that's just reading off numbers. If it's anything like the municipalities I've studied in my work, crimes usually go up significantly in the summertime anyway. Someone should have taken the time to look at these numbers over a longer span of time instead of just spewing out nonsense

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) He also rescued a black baby from an orphanage just before it collapsed and then because he had some extra time he rescued a black kitten from a tree. Fixed

Never forget!!!

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 02:45 PM) I don't understand all the love for Eaton. What's his upside? We already have Tekotte if we need good defense with no bat. Owings, though. Yeah. It might be the .350 batting average over 1300 MiLB ABs....or it could be the .450 OBP. Maybe, rather, it is the .950 OPS. The 46 doubles in AAA might be it....or maybe the love comes from the 38 SB. Why the love for Adam Eaton? No chance of any of those skills translating to the MLB from AAA ball. No way.

It seems pretty simple. End SAF and quit punishing large groups of people for sins of a few people. It's inefficient and even if it did make some dent in crime (as SS pointed out, it doesn't appear to even do this), it wouldn't be worth the costs anyway. The problem of crime isn't solved by simply removing SAF and doing nothing else, but the overall situation is improved by just ending SAF. As far as political will goes, I tend to think that SAF either is very unpopular with people who live in cities or it can certainly become unpopular with a little bit of effort.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) On July 18th. Mommy and baby are doing well. The most amazing experience in my life (sorry 2005)!!! In true kindness to daddy, she chose to be born on one of the rare days where none of the major professional sports had a game (which my dad pointed out). He then decided it was because she wanted to watch the open. Weak! Geoff Blum > baby

I guess, instead of making the baby, I'll just...."practice"

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 12:57 PM) You know who my first thought was... Addison Reed. I'm having trouble recalling who he's plunked, other than AJ... ...?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 22, 2013 -> 12:52 PM) The top 10: 10. CarGo 9. Goldschmidt 8. Stanton 7. Harvey 6. Posey 5. Longoria 4. McCutchen 3. Machado 2. Harper 1. Trout Hard to argue, though Posey's megadeal scares me off as a catcher (and megadeals are scary in general)

I continue to read the title as "Soxtalk has new hair"

I guess I need to get started on this....feeling left out

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) With morel being sent down after the game, leaves the Sox a little short in the infield. Gillaspie, ARam, Kepp, Phegley. That's it. Looks good to me

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 21, 2013 -> 09:05 PM) I think I said this earlier, but... would never have guessed during the offseason that Wilkins would be a guy being considered for a job in 2013 or 2014. Probably not Plan A, but, he's getting a look. That is something. He has been a guy, since he was drafted, where nobody would be totally surprised if he succeeds at a given level...but nobody would ever bet on it, either. He doesn't have super impressive tools so with every new challenge, he will have to prove that he is talented enough to be there. Lots of guys can fly through systems putting up worse numbers than Andy and still get a big league look, but those guys have better tools. Andy is making the most of his tools at this point, which means he will rightfully get a look in the bigs (it seems) but he won't be given the benefit of the doubt given to a top prospect. He's sort of like Phegley, where if he doesn't/didn't produce in AAA, nobody would think about him. Phegley produced and now he's here. If Andy continues to produce, he'll be in Chicago too. If he doesn't, we'll forget about him because his tools and draft status don't dictate that we should get disappointed if he fails.

His splits at both levels now say he hits lefties better than righties. A nice little asset for a left-handed hitter - oh and he's 3 for 4 so far in Charlotte's game. Holy crap is he hot right now.

At least we have Phegley!

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...ws&c_id=cws

Wilkins two hits so far, 1 2B. Single off the wall in right field off of Kevin Gausman, double that one hopped wall in LF against a LHP. Kid is hot.

Saw a Tigers fan on MotownSports say the only guy they should trade Castellanos for is Chris Sale. Good luck with that! Though I'm sure Castellanos for Reed would sound crazy to them, as it rightfully should. They're pretty divided on Avisail Garcia over there FWIW

We need to let this thread die, the other GMs are reading this!!