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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 06:46 PM) you think she is stepping out on her husband for Rongey? lol After everything that has happened with McNair's murder (where the prime suspect is the girl's jealous ex-boyfriend apparently), I would think TWICE TIMES TWO about getting involved with a married person these days.

The only pitchers on are team with legit FB's at 96-97-98 are Jenks and Thornton at times...Thornton's more consistently at 96-97 and Jenks is the only one who can reach 98/99. Poreda and Richard might both touch 96, but they're a tick or two slower by all accounts, 92-95.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 07:11 PM) KW has to be looking at CF or one of the top end starters. I'm sure the Sox aren't completely comfortable with Podsednik roaming CF. I think there could still be plenty of AB's for him on a rotating basis by giving CQ,JD,JT, and PK occasional days off. As for top end starting pitchers, if KW obtained any of the afore mentioned pitchers, the Sox would become immediate threats to win the AL. Let's say Halliday is acquired. A rotation of him, MB, Danks,Floyd, and Contreras (especially if he keeps pitching the way he has)would be the best in the AL,maybe all of baseball. On top of that, you have the best bullpen in the AL. Then,you'd hopefully add a healthy Quentin for the second half and the Sox are as legit as it gets. I don't think Dye is going anyhwere. He's just too valuable right now. I wonder if Walt Jocketty goes to bed every night kicking himself for not making the Dye for Bailey trade. The Reds,in my opinion, would have a comfortable lead in that division if they had a right handed bat the caliber of JD in that lineup. All because they were too cheap to take on Dye's salary at the expense of Homer freakin" Bailey,who has started to show some life but is far from a finished product. Thank you Walt. Always those incompleted deals (Peavy, Garland for Erstad, Contreras/Dye/Buehrle not being dumped at different times in their Sox careers, now Bailey/Dickerson for Dye not being completed) that have broken KW's way about 90% of the time in the second half of his GM tenure.

Yeah, 6-6...I double-checked it. STILL...not so good, but the Royals actually looked like a legit contender the first two months of the season. And, it seems like we've faced Greinke every time (4 or 5 starts) and Gil Meche almost every time we've faced them. Pretty surprising our 99 win team in 2000 had a losing record against them, but that was b4 the 18 game overweighted against the division schedule started.

By my count, we're now 5-7 against them this season, with 6 more to go at USCF. I would be pretty shocked if they had won the head-to-head season match-up with us more than once or twice since the late 80's. Hopefully we'll got 4-2 or 5-1 to finish out the season against them, but it's hard to imagine sweeping the remaining six at home with the inconsistency this team has had for most of the season.

Don't count out Matt Wieters having a huge 2nd half surge, either. He has the huge name recognition, along with Porcello. Almost nobody outside of Canada/AL East cities without a roto team knows much about Romero...good "stealth" candidate.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 05:18 PM) That is simply silly. Richard doesn't have 1/5th the celing that Danks or Floyd did as they developed, and he doesn't have 1/5th the ceiling that Aaron Poreda does either. Richard is at best a 4th or 5th starter and more likely a long relief arm. He shouldn't be in the rotation right now, especially since Poreda is on the major league club and double especially since this team is in contention. Richard has a very good fastball (especially for a lefty), decent/above average change-up, decent slider and so-so curveball. A lot of teams see any young lefty throwing 92-96, they salivate and think they can take the time to develop him further and improve the crispness of his secondary stuff...versus someone like Sisco who was pretty much a one-pitch thrower.

Bringing in someone like Yadel Marti would be great, potentially he could have a Takatsu-like impact against teams unfamiliar with his stuff...pair with Contreras/Ramirez/Viciedo and give us yet another bargaining chip with young Mr. Chapman. Cubano, what's the latest with his visa/immigration/residency status?

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 04:45 PM) I wonder if the Angels might be willing to move Howie Kendrick in the offseason. While he is loaded with talent, he's been very frustrating for them. He's shown sparks and showed why some think one day he might be a batting champion, but he hasn't been able to stay healthy and this year he's really struggling for them. I would love it if we could buy low on him. Look how long they've held onto Wood, Morales and Kendrick. Before that, they were very stubborn about parting with either McPherson or Kotchmann. And they could have gotten at least something for Willits when he had his one statistically anomalous season at the big league level.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) Which Aybar are we talking about here? Willy? If so, I'd love to get him, but don't know why TB would trade him. I mean the Rays' Aybar, must have been thinking of a former Cardinals' pitching prospect. Definitely not Erick from the Angels...not for 3B. Kouzmanoff has a reputation as a better offensive than defensive player, but his offense has actually turned out to be somewhat disappointing (going into the NL) and his defense has been okay from what I've read. Chase Headley? Of all the names I threw out, the one that would really improve us the most for 2009 would be a healthy Melvin Mora.

The Rays might end up being the best team, but it's really hard for me to bet against the Red Sox winning that division...although they've had mixed results with their slew of bargain signings like Saito, Kotsay, Penny, Smoltz and Baldelli. They are supposedly really interested in Escobar from the Braves. Would like to see Escobar at SS, Ramirez at 2B and Beckham at 3B to finish out this season...we might have to take Francouer's contract and his 600+ OPS to get it done, but that would be a much more talented infield and far better defensively than what we have now up the middle as a DP combination.

Yeah, I loved Rooney and Wayne Hagen together, and that REALLY dates me. Rongey is a Cardinals fan and I would trade for the "pressure/stress" of that job in a minute...and no, I don't think it's paid HUGELY well, but I get by on little more than $1000 USD per month teaching in Thailand, so maybe it's a matter of the proper perspective. Of course, who the paycheck is signed by limits your criticism...it's the nature of working for the White Sox (see Hawk). If you are rich or an iconic figure, like Stone (or Santo), you can certainly afford to be a lot more objective and scathing at times. Because of the supply and demand with aspiring young broadcasters waiting to step in for virtually free, the economic downturn and advertising rates declining...if anything, there's a downward stress on salaries. I remember when I graduated with an MS in Sports Admin in 1993 and turning down any internship that was unpaid, even one with the Red Sox paying $200-300 per month. I would guess the salaries at the lower levels of major sports radio aren't incredibly different from working for a team and being lucky to make $2000-2500 per month in salary.

Tyler Wigginton, M. Aybar, Kouzmanoff...someone along those lines? Atkins? Melvin Mora? Figgins won't go anywhere now. Blalock and putting him back at 3B?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) Nice break we caught there on the blown 6-4-3 DP. Getz got lucky he didn't get called for interference. Callaspo was nowhere close to the bag. He was waiting on the umpire to make the "in the neighborhood/vicinity/area code" phantom call and held up instead of completing the DP. Gift run.

Ramirez has a bit of a "rangy/tall" frame for SS, there's no doubt about that. I just hope all those annointing Beckham as a "very good" SS are happy with what they get...just like Crede, I can't wait for the "Alexei would have gotten an out there" comments.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) Why does Alexei play so far up the middle when every pitch is a fastball on the inner half? It's beyond frustrating watching him be so clueless at SS this season. Well, Guillen defended him after the play yesterday, saying that playing deep in the hole was their traditional positioning against Guillen...although why you'd play someone that far away from the bag that you could never get there in time to turn a DP is beyond me.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) very similar to his start and turnaround last year 736 OPS, he was right around 800 last year despite the low walk totals....heading for 20+ homers and 75-85 RBI's again.

Clayton with a nice change-up with a full count against Olivo. That's encouraging to see that he has the confidence to go to that pitch at 3-2 and not just the FB. And he K's the side.

Well, at least Getz hit the ball really hard, nice approach up the middle....just the "at em" ball and a pretty luck "look what I found" snag by Callaspo. Fields, not so good.

Jeff Cox is about as good as our execution with 0/1 outs and a runner on 3rd base this year. Egregiously, mind-numbingly, inanely bad.

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) Is Clayton really getting up to 97mph? Royals' gun always has been 2-3 MPH fast. I think it dates back to the MacDougal days when he was routinely throwing a legit 97-99...fans love to see that 100-101 on the board, just like Tigers' fans with Zumaya. Clayton has been a legit 92-95 this season, sometimes touching 96.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) Moore really went the extra mile last year with all the money he spent on Hosmer and Melville (both struggling a bit this year, but seem to be coming around). Plus, you guys had a great draft this year with Crow and Myers, and Dwyer is pretty intriguing. I still can't get over how you guys got Myers in the 3rd round when he was a possibility for you guys in the first (you guys gonna spend the money to sign him though). Also, Crow is a stud, IMO. Moustakas has been struggling, and I'd say for the no. 2 overall pick in 07 and into his 3rd season in professional ball, you'd like to see him at least in AA by now. Also, when he is ready, does he stick at 3B? Or go to the OF? And I still have no idea why you guys are still running Mike Jacobs out there all the time. He has no business being in the American League. His best fit is as a pinch hitter and situational 1B in the NL, he just doesn't have the tools to be an everyday player. And why the hell is Ka'aihue still in AAA? Granted he is lighting the world on fire, but I'd say it's about time they gave him a shot. Also, Mitch Maier is a bad baseball player. How was he a 1st round draft pick? Maier and BA have very similar career statlines, in terms of overall OPS. Both first round disappointments.

Probably because they feel Poreda's been on the shelf long enough not starting that Richard would be the better bet, even pitching on 3 day's rest, over Aaron...to go 5 or 6 innings. However, if Clayton gets lit up in his start SUN afternoon against KC, they might change their tune again and at least give Poreda the spot start.

Yeah, forgot about the AFL... Kenny's private stomping/hunting grounds for like likes of Tyler Flowers, Gavin Floyd, Jeff Marquez and many others over the last decade.

A SS in the American League with an OPS of 700+ is not a "D" player, unless you're the '29-'31 Yankees. He's on pace for 20 errors, that's certainly not an exceptional amount by any stretch of the imagination, and far fewer than Jose Valentin committed consistently before being moved for Clayton. Is Valentin a clearly superior offensive player to Alexei? No way...especially against LHP. Could someone please also take into consideration the pending lawsuit which threatens to take away his family's security for the immediate and short-term future? Dotel is B-/B, Linebrink about the same. Danks and Floyd have both moved to the B-/B category, and Beckham deserves a A- at the VERY least. Colon doesn't deserve a D either, it's not his fault he's done, it's KW's. In fact, it's at least a B (compared to expectations, which were pretty low) that he even won as many games as he did with an 85-91 MPH fastball and no other pitches.