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Gillaspie certainly a better hitter than Keppinger.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:48 PM) Makes me think trading Peavy at mid-season before he wears down in the 2nd half wouldn't be the worst possible thing in the world, because he gets the Sox the highest amount back in return. Especially a contending NL team, maybe the Rockies or DBacks, that need another veteran pitcher to get them over the hump. Nobody else would get much back. What do you think Peavy would bring in a trade in the next 30 days -- assuming he keeps pitching well in his next 5-6 starts? I don't mean specific names, of course, but what kind of prospects? Someone like what the Braves gaves us a few years ago, or someone who is ready to be brought up to majors? The Red Sox are in first place and are loaded with prospects who can hit (unlike us). Peavy should make the BoSox drool.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2013 -> 07:31 PM) Jeff Keppinger, you are terrible, sir. Wonder if he always had that open stance......

Unfortunately, our pick in 2014 will be much higher than our 2013 pick.

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 03:59 PM) All Earley seems to need is a chance to play. He hit all of last year and seemed to drive in a lot of big runs. Doing the same this past week. Right!! If Hawkins had numbers like that at W-S, FSB woould be going crazy.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 05:25 PM) How can one stand by their stance. If they are in a stance, then they are in fact standing, and cannot stand next to their stance. What comes first, standing or the stance?

You guys don't remember Gus Zernial.

How did he look in his one AB Tues nite?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2013 -> 06:13 PM) Teams do this all of the time. It is how a deal like Soptic for Gillaspie happens. Soptic, by the way, is struggling slightly with Giants' High A Team. Yes, I know it is early.

Rockies just DFA'd 3B Chris Nelson. Good ball player, Mr. Hahn.

Tampa 3B Longoria is a stud. Everytime I see him I think back to when he was drafted and the Colorado Rockies had a shot at him, but they passed and took some pitcher # 1, and he never panned out. When questioned about it a few years later, Rockie's GM Dan O'Dowd admitted his mistake and explained that he passed on Longoria so that he would not hurt the feelings of Ian Stewart, who was then a highly regarded prospect. Don't know how he (O'Dowd) kept his job. Tampa, of course, took Longoria on the very next pick.

If Hahn doesn't have the ovaries to get rid of Dunn, at least put him on the DL for 2-3 weeks and see what happens.

FWIW, The Cleve announcers said the Sox lead the majors in swings and misses.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 06:01 PM) There's not a lot of justification for some of these guys greatly improving right now. Dunn is basically a lost cause, even though his numbers will likely improve. Dunn is getting nowhere near a career average in anything important. Keppinger looks awful, hasn't walked yet either. Viciedo coming back from injury and swinging at everything that doesn't bounce (and some that do), Beckham same thing and not a good hitter when healthy unless he goes back in time. Just a bad lineup right now. Even if it improves a bit, which it will, it's still bad. Agreed. Plus Konerko and Alexi are obviously on the downside of their careers. This is one of the worst offensive teams in years. I hope they can draft somone who can make it to the majors in a year or two.

That ball four to Reynolds was a horrible pitch, then the defense turned it into a little league affair. At least they got the run down executed for the last out.

QUOTE (floridafan @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:06 PM) Hope to see Grabe playing soon. What's his status?

No one ever talks about Ryan Kussmaul at B'ham. He gets people out but soesn't seem to pitch more than once a week or so. Of course, I have never seen him pitch, and no other team drafted him last off-season when they could have.... ERA still at zero.

Sox need Calico Joe.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) I'd be fine with releasing Dunn. What a steaming pile of garbage. Our cleanup hiiter is now squarely on the "Dunn Line".

Stephen McCray has had some pretty good stats in his 2+ seasons of pro ball. What do the FSB execs have to say about him?

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 01:19 AM) And I sometimes also wish you would make more relevant comparisons. Last time you compared Richar Shelby and Harris to Micah Johnson, now you are comparing Santiago and Quintana's situation to Sanchez? Really? Let's have sanity check here, we all know Santiago became a whole new pitcher after he learned the screwball, and pitcher developments are not the same as hitter developments. And why are you even trying to construe a misleading analyze for Quintana's minor league track? First of all he did not spend 6 years in A ball or below. He only pitched 5 innings as a 17 year old and was suspended his entire age 18. So if you want to count it, that's 3 years in Rk - A+, which is totally typical for a pitcher. He's also been consistently good those 3 years, but scouts didn't view him as a big time prospect because he lacked the "stuff", which he still doesn't have, but he pitches with the poise of a veteran, which is giving him the edge so far. Again, totally irrelevant to a batter's development. Also, why are you comparing Viceido and Gordon's position switch to Sanchez's? For the record, Sanchez never officially switched positions, he keeps bouncing around between SS and 2B, while Viceido and Gordon's switch were long term changes. His situation is more like the Tyler Kuhn situation, where he can fill multiple positions, but not spectacular at a specific one. If the organization doesn't even have a defined position for him, I wouldn't trust your "sources" and label as a plus defender just yet. It's very simple, if the organization feels he's a plus defender, he will be playing one position full time. If he's blocked by someone at his current position or another position opens up, then they will have him permanently switch over to the other position. That was how the Viceido/Beckham situations were handled. Really, none of the comparisons you offered really applies to Carlos Sanchez. What happened to Tyler Kuhn?

Most baseball fans know the story of "The Mendoza Line". Maybe as Dunn hangs around the .100 BA level, it will become known as "The Dunn Line".

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 10:15 PM) Agreed, I liked the signing as it made perfect sense. I hated the signing from day 1. I remember watching him play against the Rockies when he was at Wash -- he was awful, clearly on the downside of his career. Then we did a 4 year deal? And gave up a #1 draft pick? It was insane. What I don't remember is whether other teams were trying to sign him. Regardless, Kenny was flat out-negotiated by his agent. If he goes 0 for the next 5, he is batting about .100.

I believe....that Hawkins will figure it out and thrive, that Carlos Sanchez will continue developing, and both will be solid ML ballplayers. Mitchell and Thompson, not so much.