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How about a WTF? thread.

If you look at Peavy's career stats he's no #54. Note to Kenny-no more $$$ on NL talent.

Peter Gammons -key to the rest of the season is Sale and Cy so long ago Peavy. The latter needs to step up and shut up.

Day baseball. No more Sunday night crap. Leave it to the NFL and Nascar. No more Tigers stadium. It's a new day. Go Indians!!! BTW the AL East is going to be interesting this week along with the Central.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 01:14 AM) .255 batting average 19 hrs and 58 ribbies. Yuck. His OBP is .291. He's having a blah season, folks. Nineteen homers isn't horrendous, but since he's trying to hit a home run every at bat like Dunn, he ought to have at least 25 with all those at bats. The verdict is out on this guy ... sadly. I really was hoping for superstardom. Wow! Where's the rationality in this? He's a rookie. People think transitioning from the minors/college to MLB is llike college to the NFL. I guess they should have gave up on De Aza a long time ago. Where you expecting him to be the Big Hurt? I thought this guy would kill the Sox on defense. I have no complaints about him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 06:45 PM) Unless he decides to walk away, it sure is. If he didn't get canned last year, there is no way he's getting canned this year. They have exceeded their own expectations. He wanted to last season. Jerry talked him out of it.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 11:01 AM) I see greg's point here as well as knightni's. The issue with Viciedo is indeed perplexing. Ramirez made it to the bigs and performed right away. It has taken Viciedo something like 3-4 years. I think he is enamored with the home run and that's what I see wrong right now. I think that hared long swing he is taking trying to hit every ball amile is the problem. He needs to cut down on the swing and make contact more up the middle and to right. He can do it and looks pretty good when he tries that approach, but usually it's hard and harder with his swings and he wants to pull everything. A bit more major league experience can help. He is young, can learn through good coaching and I think worth keeping. What kid with power isn't? So is our GM usually at the expense of defense and fundamentals.

Switch hitter-nice.

It seems like the Sox are good at developing pitchers and OF. What are the catcher and 3b prospects like? These seem like a major area of need.

I like the work you've done. It looks like both teams struggle with Baltimore.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 11:16 AM) Oh I know it'll never happen, because they want teams to finish "First" so they can print t-shirts and have less travel. But let's not kid ourselves--the AL Central is a f***ing joke, and the playoff format is more flawed than ever. And you're just wrong about the parity in baseball. But whatever. I see you figured that out. Your idea is very logical and would be great with a shorten regular season but the owners wouldn't buy into it. In a MLB model Indianapolis doesn't keep a Peyton Manning for long. Also early draft position doesn't improve a team dramatically. If the Buffalo Bills have a great player, no one says "soon to be a Patriot" but when it comes to baseball it's "soon to be a Yankee".

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 06:57 PM) We've moved from 29th in future power ratings to 21st in a single season. That seems like progress to me. Last offseason, you might have argued the Astros were the only franchise in worse shape. What changes did the Sox organization make? They must have done something since it doesn't appear as doom and gloom.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 06:38 PM) I'm not disagreeing with you, but unless they lose the last 33 games of the season, KW will be back next year, guaranteed. I think he would still be back. He's Jerry's boy. Guillen tested that last year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 06:23 PM) That's your argument for firing KW this off-season? It's not going to fly. You might as well rest until the end of 2013...and make another set of arguments. Everyone knew Dayan was a work in progress when we first signed him. The fact that he's been forced to play 3B, 1B, RF and then LF should be enough testament to his defensive development track alone. They just need to let him play. Nobody knows about Danks...and Nathan Jones overall compared to where he was 1-2 years ago in the minors, nobody expected him to make the impact he has. If he went on the waiver wire tomorrow, every team in the majors would claim him. I have no complaints with Viciedo this season. There was unrealistic expectations starting last year that he was going to save the season. I thought he was going to be a butcher in the outfield and he's done quite well and a helluva arm.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 09:16 PM) Yep, like Flowers trying to steal Still can't believe the lack of bunting. It will be interesting if Hawk/Stone comment on it tomorrow. That ball almost went into CF. Too bad he's slow and didn't get the best jump. The old grindy Twins in the baggie dome would probably give the current Tiger's team fits. They would beat the ball in the ground and capitalize on poor defense.

I actually liked the line up. There was more speed. If they get on it exposes that Tiger D. But you have to get on base.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 09:07 PM) What were the Sox 2-3-4-5 hitters this series as compared to the Tigers? That was the difference this weekend. and for the season with 3 and 4.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) Hudson hit the ball pretty hard. But in the wrong place.

I really don't want to see Orlando Hudson anymore.

Lucky Valverde only has to face the Sox for an inning.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 08:53 PM) AJ is not going to react well if he's the last out and Valverde is dancing on the mound. AJ needs to go away for about a week.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 08:44 PM) I just remembered, Breaking Bad is on right now. This night just got so much better, f*** baseball. I like Hell on Wheels, Mad Men. I haven't got into Breaking Bad yet. They ruin Sunday with that Small Town Security.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 08:47 PM) My thought is that there is hardly a more important game in which we are losing...so if they think Brett is the best chance for us to stay close and win, I'm not mad about it. Just don't do it against the Twins tomorrow. It's called surrender.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) Kenny has a particular hard on for this type of pitcher. We have had two of his clones on his team picked up by Kenny. He also has bad luck with quality NL talent transitioning to the AL.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 08:44 PM) Detroit isn't 41-26 at home for no reason (about to be 42-26)..they're a great home team. The Sox are a .500 road team but terrible at Comerica. I'm not sure how expectations could have been anything but a sweep, perhaps 1 of 3, considering we were facing Verlander and a hot Scherzer in this series (I predicted they'd win Fri night). I'm not sweating this sweep too much...it is what it is. While winning a game or two would have done wonders for the Sox, the odds were greatly against them. We've proven we're a good team and will bounce back from his dreadful road trip. Peavy managed to prove he's not worth the money won a CY in an off year for pitchers.