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Anthopoulos trying to stockpile draft picks again?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 07:03 PM) Its gotta be Rios. You know whats funny. Even casual baseball fans can understand that he sucks. I was watching the game with my gf and she was remarking how f***ed up his batting stance is. DL? Bad contract trade? Jerry wouldn't just eat his contract.

MikeSolarte Mike Solarte Folks with @KnightsBaseball say DeAza being recalled to big club. Reason not known, but good for him. Was hitting .322 in CLT #WhiteSox 7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) From what I've heard it's very common. As far as I know most college juniors get that last year of college paid for almost all the time. The high schoolers probably get it less often, but I think most do. And now that I think about it this explains Kevan Smith's "promotion" to Great Falls. They needed to open up some at-bats at catcher for Mosier. I'm wondering if the ship has sailed entirely on Gardeck, and thus they start floating some over-slot deals on the latter prep players to compensate.

Kevan Smith to Great Falls.

cst_Cowley "Hollywood" Williams says maybe this is the opportune time to "turn the roster over" and get young, exciting player aboard. 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 08:00 PM) In my mind, to hell with that. We're 100 games in and we're below .500. Yeah, anything can happen in the playoffs. I get that. But if we somehow do get there, the chances of us getting to the World Series are extremely remote. At some point this franchise has to legitimately look at long-term success. Not selling out every year in a futile attempt to win this crappy division. Because obviously it hasn't worked. I'm in favor of long-term success over an at best 50% chance of winning a s***ty division. This. I'm praying for some pieces to be sold off.

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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 11:30 PM) Why would they waste any of their limited resources in bringing in someone to play that position when they have one of the highest ranked prospects at the position ready to contribute? From the sound of it, they're going to get another outfielder in next week and possibly another starter. This man gets it.

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman al scout calls kipnis promotion by #indians a "blockbuster deadline trade.'' says "will provide a helluva in-season jolt.'' 7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Big Kipnis fan. Excited to see him this weekend.

For clarity's sake: Derisory: Laughably small or inadequate; derisive; laughable; ridiculous

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 08:01 PM) Smith needs to be pushed to A-Ball. He is way too good for Rookie Ball. Way too good. EDIT: Smith goes deep AGAIN. Promote this man. A college senior need not be destroying rookie ball.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 12:27 PM) I don't know much about Sabermetrics, but even I know you don't live and die by scouting info this day and age. Did you just completely ignore what I wrote? I'll make it more simple...pitchers like throwing to him, he calls a good game. I have watched him play a lot and I haven't been overly concerned about what I saw. I certainly read what you wrote. I just don't put much stock in it. Generalized statements such as "pitchers like throwing to him" do not negate his defensive faults.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 10:58 AM) If they want a righty reliever they should really just give Infante or Reed a shot at it This.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 01:35 AM) No he's not. He did well from what I saw of him. The only concern would be passed balls, but that's easy to work on. The pitchers seem to like his game calling. I haven't heard many scouts that think Phegley will be able to remain at catcher. His defense has been the knock since drafted. Though of course it doesn't really matter if he continues to not hit.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 10:52 PM) Only a few games, but Phegley holding his own in AAA so far. My AAP Remenowsky putting up unusual numbers for him. 1:1 K:BB ratio, striking out less than a guy an inning... but, hitters aren't hitting him either. I wonder if they have him working on something that is changing his approach, or if the hitters are that different, or what. I wish Phegley was actually a decent catcher. By all accounts he's pretty awful behind the plate.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 17, 2011 -> 06:09 PM) I think the team is trying to forget he ever existed. He will be in Charlotte on a rehab assignment in the immediate future.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 17, 2011 -> 03:40 PM) I hope they start fielding calls for Ramirez. Sell high before being stuck with another bad contract. wat

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 11:31 AM) Tyler Kuhn helium watch over. I don't think the organization views him that highly. I'm still not sold.

Sounds like another AL Central top prospect to get the call soon.

I'll be pretty disappointed if they don't sign Gardeck. One of my favorite selections.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jul 14, 2011 -> 04:14 PM) So that means we went over slot on 2 of our top 3 picks... Nice Very slightly, but yes. I'll be more impressed if they sign some of the prep players they took later on. Especially Freese.