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I would say Rich Harden gets more credit than Darren O'Day. That's now 2 no-hitters in the past week that were lost after the starting pitcher exited.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) Let's not get crazy now on Heidenreich. Rookie ball numbers without some kind of track record or glowing scouting report are relatively meaningless. Hitters at that level will swing at anything, making the BB/9 a little less impressive, and hitters at that level will swing at anything, making the 6.85 K/9 completely unimpressive. Which is why I used such cautionary words like "think" and "possibility".

Wilkins went 1/4 with 2 BB. Blanke went 3/5, 3 RBI. He was a HR away from the cycle.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) Any Harder than believing that Laroche wasn't claimed at all? yes. I would think Damon has much more value than LaRoche does. That said, I am still surprised LaRoche wasn't claimed either.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) I'm predicting Manny will be on the White Sox for the "stretch!" run. Geez, going out on a limb much?

QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) Heidenreich has been on fire this year, honestly I think he probably has more upside than most, if not all, of our pitching prospects. (even more upside than Homberg, before he got traded away) I agree, but that's because, at least in my mind, he is only 19 years old and is showing such great command and strike-out ability. Rienzo is really impressing me, but Heidi is doing it at such a young age, it's exciting to think of him possibly making it to the bigs around age 22.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) Why bother with Damon, this team is done anyways. Yeah, if we don't add anyone we are done.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 03:19 PM) From my understanding there was only one claim placed, and it was the RedSox. I would find that hard to believe.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:47 PM) They get all the claims from all the teams at once and then sort it out. It's not like in this day and age they have to do 30 phone calls one by one. Right. Which means that the only teams that could have put in a claim were Tampa Bay, Minnesota, New York, and then the NL teams. Unless he is saying that NL teams with worse records could have claimed him too, but I don't see why that's relevant.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) Boston might have claimed him, but that doesn't mean they were necessarily the team with the worse record to claim him. How does it not? I mean, I guess they could have been the ONLY team to claim him.

Red Sox claimed Damon. SOAB.

Man, I never thought I would be rooting so hard AGAINST Hudson, but it looks like all your Jackson haters are making me wish bad starts towards Huddy.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) Has he moved into top 10 prospect position in our organization? Oh, I have no idea, but he is surely one of a handful of pitchers we have that exploded this year. We don't have many very encouraging hitters this year, but for the most part, pitching has been great from a lot of young guys.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:42 PM) Good days for Trayce, Dayan, and Heidenreich Don't forget Rienzo. He is dominating this year.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) Nope, sorry. Unfortunately ESPN can't do statistical analysis if the company depended on it. Here's the low down from a person who actually understands statistics instead of a bunch of brodogs at Bristol who just REALLY LOVE SPORTS: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/08/esp...blows-call.html I don't agree with that article at all. It's too subjective of a thing to say they are right, or to say they are wrong. No one will have a perfect definition of a "close" play. Let's see these guys do a study over a 2 week, 184 game span and let me see what they get, and then right an article damning them for being stupid.

Honestly, we should all be fortunate enough that they gave us 6-7 great weeks of outstanding ball. This team could very well be a 4th or 5th place team right now, and we would have stopped watching 2 months ago, but I am glad they at least gave us reason to watch. I feel like since our insane run, we have been playing with house money.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) Oh, then it's completely different. For close plays other than balls and strikes, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they were only right 66% of the time. I am not surprised either, but that doesn't meant it's an acceptable number. If umpires can't get the calls right at least 80-85% of the time on close calls, then we need to have some replay review system.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:44 PM) I thought Questech or whatever says the average umpire is right on calls 95% of the time? I believe that QuesTec judges balls and strikes. The ESPN study I am referring to did everything BUT balls and strikes. And of those plays, only 66% of the time did the umpires make the obvious right call.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) The average umpire has a 5% error. West was at 8.7% today and that's kind of a guesstimate. Actually, ESPN did a study during a 2 week period, and then discovered that umpires made the right call only 66% of the time. They reviewed every close call of all the games over that 2 weeks. It was like 184 games or something.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 02:07 PM) I'll stick with my 7 percent odds, also considering the home team has a great advantage to begin with. We currently have a 42% chance to win this game.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 12:58 AM) Alright I missed the last two innings cause I was talking to this chick who offered me a crazy deal (and no not THAT kind....yet) but how did the Royals tie it? And who was/were the pitcher(s) for us? Well, we had a lead late in the game, and that's how they tied it.

Morel was 1/3 with a 3B, and a BB.

Becks! I knew it was a good thing to wear my black Beckham jersey today! I was not sure if WGN Sox games would be playing here in Muncie, but they are, so I am pretty excited I get to see the Sox right now. Screw going out to parties tonight!

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) Well excuse me...you can't afford to lose games now! Season. Over. Well, Ozzie DOES have a point, but I still think we baby the s*** out of pitchers (not just Sox, the whole league) so much. He threw 7 pitches yesterday. Yeah, I understand he had a warmup, but they have bullpen sessions during the week too. How much more of a workload could that be over the normal side sessions?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) I think Kenny is targeting Manny and he's gonna try and get him soon: Per mlb.com: If Manny does get by all NL clubs on waivers, the American League clubs who could potentially benefit this summer from Ramirez with reasonable shots at the playoffs probably include -- in order of claim priority as of today -- Chicago, Texas, Boston, Minnesota, New York, and Tampa Bay. If multiple AL clubs were to place claims, the one with the worst win-loss record would have the prevailing claim. Here's where it can be a little tricky: The standings are viewed for the purposes of claim priority as of the time the claim window closes, which is two days after the player is placed on waivers, not when the window opens. In other words, Los Angeles wouldn't necessarily be able to time the waiver request to steer Ramirez to the team it wants to deal with. Who will want Ramirez? If Ramirez does go unclaimed in the National League, the White Sox may very well make the prevailing claim. Recall that Chicago reportedly made a run at Ramirez on July 31 (after failing to get Washington to part with Adam Dunn) but got nowhere with its demand not only that it wouldn't give up any player of consequence but also that Los Angeles would have to cover all but $1 million of Ramirez's remaining salary. Ramirez earns $20 million in 2010, the final year of a two-year, $45 million contract he signed in March 2009. Of the $20 million owed for 2010, only $5 million is actually payable this year, with the remaining $15 million deferred without interest ($3.33 million due in June 2011; $3.33 million due in June 2012; and $8.33 million due in June 2013). Deferred compensation would be prorated based on when the dollars are earned (not when payable), and so any team picking Ramirez up for what amounts to the final fifth of the season would be obligated to him for about $1 million over the remainder of the season, and about $3 million more spread out over the next three seasons (with the Dodgers on the hook for the rest of the deferred portion). But in the event of a trade, those allocations could be negotiable. The point of the dollars discussion is that the money shouldn't be a major impediment. So if Chicago decided not to put in a claim, then Texas, Boston (surely only to block), Minnesota, New York, and Tampa Bay might find reasons not to do so themselves, but probably not fiscal ones. And again: If Ramirez were to go fully unclaimed, Los Angeles would be free to discuss a trade with any club. So I guess RME JICO was wrong when he told me this when I asked that question a few weeks ago..... QUOTE (RME JICO @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 02:18 AM) It can't be variable and change within the 48 hours, so it has to be when the player is actually put on waivers. That is the order of precedence that teams can acquire them. So the start of the 48 hour time period.