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At this point he's worth a shot. It's going to be really hard for them to get an impact bat any other way than offseason trades, and even those will likely be prospects that have a chance to fail. Taking Puig and having him put up even last years numbers are an upgrade over Avi/Shuck/Coats. Of course there's a lot of risk here, but the Sox put themselves in a position where they need to take chances like this or they're going to be stuck in mediocrity for a while.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 05:07 PM) Saladino has a higher WAR than Bruce, who can only realistically DH on a contending club.That's because of Tyler's defense. Bruce is way better on offense. But you're right, the AL is probably the only viable destination for him. I still don't think the Reds are going to let him go for what the Sox would offer because there's no reason for them to. He's got another option year on his contract so they can likely pick that up (why not) and see what his market is in the offseason if no one blows them away at the deadline.

If the Dodgers don't want too much for him (Hawkins? Adams?), and I don't think they can ask for too much, given his reputation and numbers the last two years, he's a guy I'd take a chance on for sure. He's cooled off a bit lately, but over the last month he's hitting .317/.417/.467/.883. If you assume he'll bounce back even to last year's numbers (OPS+ 110), he's still miles better than Avi or one of our many 4th outfielders. I think Bruce and Cargo are pipe dreams at this point, so the Sox are in the position where they need to look at moves like this. No one's going to just give us currently productive players for nothing, we don't have much trade ammo left at all , and there isn't much on the free agent market next year.

A friend of mine is the director of video production for the Knights. I'll see if he's doing anything for tonight's game.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 5, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Reds pitching be like "HIT THIS. HIT ALL OF THIS"The Reds announcers were talking about Russell and said something like "you can't just fire a fastball down the middle against him, you need to pitch on the corners and let up a little". Next pitch? Fastball fired right down the middle blasted for a 2-run HR.

I don't think the Royals would trade him to a divisional opponent directly, so you'd probably have to do something like we did with Frazier. They'd also have to talk to Shields to figure out if he'd be worth it, assuming Shields could help keep him under control, and see if the rest of the team actually wanted to play with him. I wouldn't be opposed to giving Ventura a shot, given we don't give up much of value in a trade. I just don't know if he'll ever be able to keep himself from being a total s***bag.

Shoulda started Rollins

QUOTE (Jake @ May 28, 2016 -> 04:43 PM) If you're focused on Robin, you're focusing too hard. Pulling Robo and then putting in Kahnle was *very* questionable, but when you're in the position to make those decisions you're beyond the point where managing is your main problemYeah. Probably not the best idea to put Robinson in there, but WTF how can your CLOSER not hold a 6 run lead in 1 inning of work? The bullpen is just horrible right now.

Two meltdowns two days in a row. Unbelievable.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 28, 2016 -> 04:30 PM) This game is over, there's no way Sox win this game.Not with the Royals bullpen.

Tied. Wow.

Never easy with the Royals man. Thank god that wasn't out.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 26, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) I don't have any good study on that. You could spend a ton of time in the minors either way. If you count college, it probably equates pretty close to the same amount of overall years. Yes, there is the rare high schooler who is up at a super young age (drafted with minimal time in the minors) but it tends to be pretty rare. Usually guys get to the big leagues around similar ages, high school draft picks who make the show in general probably have a slightly younger age than the college equivalent but also a differing risk profile (and of course there are potential to strengthen / hurt your draft stock if you take the college path). Advice I'd give if it were my kid, unless it is a high draft choice, go to college and keep more of your options open (you still haven't closed off your potential for playing professional ball, but you also aren't hindering / setting back your potential for succeeding in other non-baseball professions if that path doesn't work. It seems like the only players to make it up at a very young age are the ones with projected hall of fame talent.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 24, 2016 -> 03:22 PM) I think he gets 3 more wins than number of starts he has. We need to start putting him in the late innings of tie games.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 23, 2016 -> 04:44 PM) "Michael doesn't do anything any one thing well," Steve stone...then proceeds to doubleLow and in is just a terrible pitch to a lefty.

Oh Alexei.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 11, 2016 -> 02:46 PM) Beltre's been on the cusp of hitting one out this entire series. Latos is basically living on pure BABIP luck right now.Not on that one

Hawk said it looked like his teeth went through his lip but it doesn't look like there are any broken bones or anything.

QUOTE (Yoda @ May 11, 2016 -> 02:25 PM) Who replaced Frazier at 3B? Work is blocking GameDay for whatever reason.Sanchez

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ May 11, 2016 -> 02:17 PM) How? I have no tv at work.Went into the stands to make a catch and it looked like he hit his mouth or face off the back of a seat.

Saladino doesn't look like he has a chance against Hamels.

QUOTE (aryzner @ May 11, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) Farmer and DJ both said he definitely was hit by that pitch. Was he? Hawk said it did too. I have a mediocre quality feed so I couldn't tell.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 10, 2016 -> 10:00 PM) Avi should kill a softy leftyYou are correct!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2016 -> 01:14 PM) MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 3h3 hours ago Blue Jays Release Michael Bourn http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/05/blue...hael-bourn.html … Could be a nice left-handed 4th OF option for the Sox.