ThunderBolt

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 07:15 PM) F-Mart is a much bigger prospect than Danks, and Parnell's at least shown some big league success. Yep, i realized that pretty quickly and updated my post. Feel a bit dumb, because i know a lot about these Mets prospects, and pulled the trigger on my post to quick

QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 07:08 PM) Mets just rejected a trade for Roy Halladay proposed by the jays; per MLBN Halladay for F-mart, Tejada, Parnell, Neise For us that's about Jordan Danks, Hudson, Richard, Dex Carter, and Nevin Griffith. With maybe Poreda thrown in near the back

QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 07:08 PM) Mets just rejected a trade for Roy Halladay proposed by the jays; per MLBN Halladay for F-mart, Tejada, Parnell, Neise, Hmmm... suprised the Mets didn't take this one. They're not known for restraint. Looks like the Jays want a lot.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:50 PM) Yeah, I know they couldn't include everything and obviously haven't in the other movies. But The director felt that the would render the one in Film seven rather pointless. I for one think he has a point.

I'm not seeing much promise in Colon here. If anything, it might force KW's hand to make a roster move.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:51 PM) I thought the same thing so I looked it up and it's true. Wise has 106 PA this year and 14 in which he hit into a play on the first pitch so I'll discount those. In PA in which he's seen more than 1 pitch he's fallen behind 0-2 25 times or 27%. He's gone 2-0 16% of the time. In 53 of those 92 plate appearances he fell into a 2 strike count and made it to 3 balls only 9 times. That's 58% with 2 strikes and 10% with 3 balls. He's worked the count full only 4 times. Looking at his splits it's stunning just how often he falls behind in the count. You think we can email these numbers to Rick Hahn, or just hope like hell someone in the organization is aware of this.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:49 PM) Per Cowley's Twitter: I call bull on this one. I'd love to hear his Wise justification.

Our lineup is really pretty tonight. If we take pitches, looking at you AJ, Price is very beatable.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:37 PM) Actually, I think that in half of the remaining 25% of games, we'll see Nix in LF against lefties. Lefty or righty doesn't matter too much with Q, so resting him vs. a lefty is no biggie. coughPutGetzorFieldsinLFandNixat2bcough. Sorry, weird coughing fit.

You know what’s horrifying? Wises’ career OBP is .252. In baseball, the average OBP should be about about 350, an adequate OBP being about .303, but .252? MY God.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:24 PM) Come one Soxtalk! Couldn't one of us got wind of this in advance so I could have activated TCQ for my fantasy teams tonight. We need to infiltrate the club house. Sorry, i was too busy updating my team. So damn excited to have him back. Means i have to bench Beckham though.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 05:11 PM) No he doesn't. Yes, he does. He drives it into the ground, right to the fielder, often right into home plate and immediately to the catcher.

This only facilitates the “Ozzie hates BA” argument too. This move serves only to make the organization look like fools.

Ozzie sees two weeks last july and then it's all a blur.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 11:50 AM) I guess Kyle McCulloch has been moved out of the rotation after all. About time. I'd also promote him to AAA at this point.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 04:00 PM) I just hope that Quentin's foot doesn't bother him to the extent that it robs him of his power. Otherwise he will be a base clogging singles hitter, which is still an improvement over BA/Wise in the lineup. I think we're going to see Q hit a lot like the Josh Fields of the first two weeks of the season. He's not going to have all of his power back, but he'll be a fairly consistent doubles hitters. PS. So damn happy to have TCQ back.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 03:05 PM) So good news and mediocre news. Wise should have been sent packing. There’s no rationale for having Wise over BA on this team. Honestly, I don’t give a damn about this option business. This isn’t a business thing, this isn’t a team-oriented thing, and this is all on Ozzie and his affinity for Wise. Break it down this way: What does Wise offer to this team that BA doesn’t? Speed? Hardly. Defense? Not even close. Hitting? Push. Patience? Not a chance. This is bulls***, and almost unforgivable, there’s not another team in this league that would carry Dewayne Wise, but the Chicago f***ing White Sox. I love this team, but sometimes it’s hard to understand just what’s going on these peoples head’s

There's a strong case to be made for Dan Haren too. Tough question though. Let me do some research

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 08:25 PM) How have their drafts been under his reign? For a team like that, that's really all that matters. Can anyone legitimately say that they have talent progressing at the lower levels or reaching AA around now? His drafts have been really nice. He’s a decent scout and evaluator, but he’s absolutely horrible at assembling a cohesive team, he's not statistically-inclined, and relies too much on gut instinct.

It's not like Brandon Allen was our best 1b prospect and could have competed for the starting job next september. Right? Right? I'm still bitter, and i really hated this trade. I like Pena's arm, but he was not a worthy return.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 06:58 PM) Plus, he has a hot wife: http://www.nationalspride.com/columnists/i...7/02/img002.jpg Cherish this moment, Bear Sox. I believe we just agreed on something.

They still need pitching, not of the Halladay variety, but a guy like Harang would be a decent pickup for them .

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 04:41 PM) 1) Howie Kendrick is a 2B and will save runs that Swisher won't because he is involved in more plays and plays a tougher position 2) Nick Swisher is an average at best player at a position where you want your best hitters 3) Basehits score runs if men are on base 4) Batting average doesn't need to take any other stat into account other than batting average - it's not hard to look at several different stats each in the appropriate context 5) Swisher's OBP only matters if others are driving him in, and for most teams, where he'd hit in the lineup is not in front of the sluggers, but behind them 6) Swisher's home runs are great, but he doesn't hit enough of them to overshadow the rest of his faults; he shouldn't be compared to players like Kendrick, he should be compared to 1B, DH, LF, and RF'ers 1) I used Kendrick not from defensive positional value, but as a distinctive contact hitter, whereas Swisher had a patience and drive approach. They both have two distinctive approaches at the plate, thus allowing us to compare and contrast the value of each apporach. 2) Where? CF? RF? LF? 1b? 3) One can get on base via a walk, HBP or a hit. Getting on base puts you in the position to score, making yourself an asset to the team. 4) Batting Average takes two things into account. Hits per AB, ultimately it doesn't allow for anything outside of those two categories and is thus less valuable then the overarching OBP and OPS categories 5) No. Swisher's OBP matters in that he is getting on base. Whether he gets driven in (runs) had no bearing in this debate 6) Swisher averages 25 hr's and 88's RBI that's more than adequate for a guy who can play RF, CF, LF and 1b.

Brewers just got Felipe Lopez for Two prospects. Fantastic pickup by the Brew Crew.

Did i just read a proposal where we lose our closer, 5th starter, future 3b, 3 prospects, cash and a good SS in Reid Brignac for Roy Halladay?