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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 09:04 AM) Erik Bedard was released. I expect him to be signed in a couple of days. Wow. I still think I'd prefer Santiago/Humber/Axelrod instead. Bedard has tons of talent of course, but the NL has been destroying him this season, and there's not much time to get him turned around.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 09:00 AM) Would you rather have spent that elsewhere? of course. But it's not like paying Peyton Manning $30 million to be on IR and having that decimate your roster. That's not even comparable. That's a franchise QB who led you to the Super Bowl and multiple playoff appearances who happened to finally get injured one year after a long career of playing every single week.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 08:59 AM) King Felix with another outstanding start last night. The man is absolutely locked in right now. That was his 3rd 1-0 complete game victory this month. David Price go knocked around by the Rangers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 08:26 AM) $10 million is not a huge amount to blow on a QB. The franchise tag is 1.5x that. On a QB who never plays a snap?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 06:20 AM) If Ventura brought in a lefty, McLouth wouldn't have stayed in the game. The only righty on their bench was the backup C Teagarden. Other than that it was all lefties due to the lefty Sox starter.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 11:59 PM) Boston beats KC 3 of 4 after Tampa beat KC two of three. Yes, KC still sucks. Will the White Sox man up and beat them in a series next time?? Nope. The White Sox are never ever ever gonna win another series against KC. THey will be the laughing stock of Lawrence for all eternity!

QUOTE (Carter224 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) Matt Flynn got a 3 year deal for 26 million.. only 10 million of which was guaranteed.. its hardly a huge contract, if Wilson is the better man you have to go with him now.. if Wilson is legit, you can get rid of Flynn without any backbreaking problem That's still $10 million you spent on a QB who may never take a snap for your team. If Wilson is better, which remains to be seen, then you have to stick with him, but it is still awful roster/cap management.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 06:01 PM) Why did they do this? Why not?

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) Every team loses games they aren't supposed too, we won 7 of 8 vs Mariners... I'm pretty sure the Tigers have a losing record against them. Saying "We can't keep losing to a s***ty team" isn't telling anyone something they don't know. Sox went 8-1 vs. Seattle while Detroit went 1-5. And Kansas City has a winning record against Tampa, Oakland, & Texas.

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QUOTE (CyAcosta41 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) Is this based on Phil Rogers? Or some other source? I haven't heard any source other than Rogers (he IS right sometimes, but I think he's just barely adequate as a supposed baseball insider). Mark Gonzales, the Trib beat writer, tweeted that Peavy was pitching Friday. Humber or Santiago will get Peavy's Wednesday start in Baltimore.

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QUOTE (spiderman @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) I'm assuming he'll probably miss at least a start though? At least one start. Peavy is taking his start Friday vs. Detroit on two extra days rest. Santiago or Humber will start Wednesday vs. Baltimore

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 01:45 PM) This is entirely speculation, but I'm going to guess that most, if not all of the WCIU games are games that are the exact same time as Cubs games, meaning that the ratings expectation is quite a bit lower than for the average Sox game. CSN may have agreed to let WCIU buy the rights to those games, and in doing so, WCIU gets leverage in trying to get their station on more cable/satellite systems. Well the Cubs only have 8 WCIU games, as opposed to the 25 for the Sox. Maybe it's in the Cubs deal with WGN to have more games? I read today that the Sox have had higher TV ratings than the Cubs this year anyway.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 12:51 PM) "It's all good!" has a limited shelf life, though. That one will quickly get old...next season even. More like it got old a week ago

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QUOTE (CyAcosta41 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) Just talking about this last night with a fellow Sox fanatic (former minor league catcher and current scout and h.s. coach). With the assumption that Floyd is DL'd (obviously, still TBD), then we both think Axelrod is called up to take his slot. Axelrod doesn't necessarily have that high big league ceiling, but he's proven that he's not likely to get rocked completely, and he has the ability to string some 0's together. But, this is where it gets interesting ... Don't plug-in Axelrod on Floyd's spot of Friday in Detroit. Instead, assuming he's at all on schedule, let him pitch for Quintana on Thursday in Game #4 in Baltimore. That gives Quintana that extra day of rest (and fly him into Motown early). And that sets up pretty well for the weekend in Detroit: Quintana, Liriano, Sale. If you follow the schedule, you then stay in rotation for a bit until the Sunday, 9/9 Game #3 against the Royals where Peavy's turn would come up. On that day, skip Jake giving him a badly needed extra day of rest and having him available this time for Detroit, and choose one of the following for that Sunday game: (1) bring Axelrod back on short rest; (2) give a spot start to Santiago or Humber; or (3) give a spot start to a September call-up (maybe Leesman or Shirek). By doing so, you set up for that four-gamer here with Detroit with your best four: Peavy, Quintana, Liriano, and Sale. Neither of us are a fan of overdone rotation manipulation, but this manipulation is minor -- one extra day once for Quintana, one extra day once for Peavy -- and we set ourselves up in a really good way for the important 7 head-to-heads with the Kittie Kats! Then, if we've bought a little cushion, find a way to give a bit of a blow to Sale, Quintana, and Peavy (in that order of importance of "needing" a blow) to have them hitting (pitching) on all cylinders come the Playoffs! That actually sounds like a pretty good idea. And aren't the Tigers a worse hitting team vs. LHP, than RHP.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 08:46 AM) Carroll's job is to win games, and if he thinks Flynn is less likely to win games than Wilson, benching the money guy is the right move. If he has a 9-10 win season behind Wilson it creates Job Security even if Flynn is sitting on the bench the whole time. And if he is unable to make the playoffs, then you just wasted $7-$9 million sitting on your bench in a lost season. In a salary capped league, that's bad roster management. That is money that could have been used to put better players around Wilson to make a better team. Carroll is not just a head coach playing someone elses players, as executive VP he definitely has some say in the roster makeup.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 08:30 AM) Four closers, really. Santiago, Thornton, Sale and Reed. They did go through 3 closers in 2005. Just sayin'.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 12:12 AM) I usually give teams props to not play the expensive guy if the cheaper option is outperforming them.... but you just gave this guy a lot of money and not even going to let him play 1 regular season game to show his worth? It's been talked about before, but Carroll is running the team like he is back in college. If Wilson is better, then he should start, but you can't just throw money at players and then stick them on the bench. Is that five rookie QBs starting week 1? Luck, Griffin, Weeden, Wilson, & Tannehil?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 06:10 AM) The Jets seem destined for a spectacular season I think people tend to overreact a bit from preseason football, but zero touchdowns in 3 games? That is bad.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 06:50 AM) I don't mind Hawk's ranting, as long as he stops sooner rather than later. I don't want to keep hearing about it 6 innings later. Absolutely. On two occasions this season, a blown call cost the Sox a baserunner. Immediately after, they shook it off and scored a few runs to take the lead. Instead of acknowledging the team's resolve, Hawk just keeps b****ing "We should have one more!" Ugh.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) Is this actual injury or 'short leash' ? It's legit, he had a solid 2nd inning. It's the same elbow that had a tendinitis issue in July.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 08:42 PM) One of those two games was 3 outs from being a blowout True, but that 9th inning on Friday did happen

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 23, 2012 -> 07:42 PM) Where's J4L to pimp out the Orioles? He's probably too depressed about his dream woman having someone else's baby this week.