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It seems that it's been a long ass time since Reed had a 1-2-3 inning. His control is good, doesn't walk a lot of people, but he seems extremely hittable out there. 35 hits in 38 innings against him, that's not the typical peripheral for a young closer who throws hard.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) Way too early to say that. There are a lot of 1 week samples that make Dunn look much worse Way too early to say what? That he's not ready for Triple A? He's hit like .220 the last two and a half months, striking out once every 2.5 ABs. It's not just a one week sample, but it's been the trend for half a season now. 3 more K's in 4 AB for him tonight. That ratio is more palatable if he is a power hitter, but he's not. I don't want to poop all over him, but there is a glaring hole in his game, and it's hard to have much faith in him at this point.

Mitchell isn't anywhere close to putting up nice numbers in Triple A. So far, he's putting up a .250 BA and .650 OPS, and striking out almost 50% of the time, which is almost impossible for a non power hitter. He's clearly not ready for this league.

Bulls are close to signing Nate Robinson for 1 year vet minimum. Out goes Asik and Brewer, in comes Radmanovic, Mohammed and Robinson, I think we are giving on defense next year as well.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) You've already seen his arbitration figures? That's incredible, actually. - Jim Bowden. Not my favorite analyst, but he couldn't be wrong about this. http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/the-gms-office/post?id=4692

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) Yeah, but I'd much rather have Pence over De Aza. Pence hasn't played CF in the past 5 years, and isn't an ideal lead off hitter. His defense in the past 2 years, according to Fangraphs, is terrible. You are only getting marginal upgrade over De Aza when all things considered, if that. You are not going to pull a trade for a guy who is only a marginal upgrade over the player you are replacing, when the player you are replacing is an above average player, and the player you are trading for is due for $13 million next season.

The tread title says "Sox Acquire Pence." At first I thought someone was being smart about a Red Sox trade. Either way, our starting outfield is set. I much rather have Rios at RF than Pence.

Is there anything wrong with Thornton? He's thrown 12 pitches and only 3 FBs so far. In past years, it would be 10/12 FBs

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 05:23 PM) $56 Million and a number 1 pick for a DH is high. There is a difference between overpaying and buying high. Did we overpay for Dunn? Maybe, but just a tad bit. How many player you know in this league who can hit 40 HRs, drive in 100 runs and has a OPS greater than .900 makes less than $14 million a year? Buying high essentially is paying for a player who had a great stretch, we are paying a premium, but we aren't sure if he can keep up the level of play. But Dunn was one of the most consistent power hitters in baseball the year we got him. And at 30 years old, no one was expecting him to decline in value any time soon.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) Nick Swisher Swisher is interesting, but I wouldn't consider buying high . We got Swisher after a year he hit 13 less home runs and had less RBI's than the previous year in Oakland. I think his value was higher the year before got him. I think when we got him, we was actually hoping he would rediscover his power in his 35 HR season and hit 40 HRs at the Cell. The package we put together for him wasn't exactly overwhelming either, considering the numbers he put up before and after the Sox days. Sweeney was a only decent prospect, and few people thought Gio was capable of pitching at this level at the time of the trade.

We didn't buy high on Dunn. We didn't get him after he played considerably better than previous years, and his salary is consistent with the numbers he put up in previous years.

It's obvious but it's true. When was the last time Kenny has bought high on a guy through trade or free agency?

De Aza needs to stop playing so deep. That was a routine pop up.

Both Walker and Smith are doing very well after promoted from a extreme pitcher's park to a notorious hitters park. I hope that Smith has a good last month and a half and start off next season in B-Ham

This has gotta be the slowest combination of runners ever put on base at the same time

Watch Moneyball

If you are comparing Lee to Bogans, then you haven't watch Lee play or you forgot how terrible Bogans was. Lee is a decent defender in his own right and a very reliable three point shooter. The main difference is Bogans was so worthless on offense besides taking a corner three, and he wasn't even a good three point shooter to begin with. Lee is actually a pretty good player in transition because he is a good athlete and he finishes. He's not a great half court player, but definitely a lot better than Bogans.

Apparently, the Bulls are going to sign Radmanovic tomorrow. Something bad inside me just threw up.

With all the attention on Youk, I seriously didn't remember he was on the team. It's like he just vanished, and no one noticed.

If Knicks didn't match Jeremy Lin's offer, it sounds pretty silly for us to match Asik's contract given it would cost us over $30 million including the luxury tax in the third year. At the end of the day. Lin is still a starter caliber point guard, and his influence and marketability off the court is even greater than his performance, yet the Knicks opt to get creative and found a cheaper option instead. It's the New York f***ING Knicks we are talking about, it makes no sense for us spend money the Knicks wouldn't even spend for a lesser player on and off the court. I really hope Gar Forman was bluffing about matching the offer. Asik is a great fit for our team, and I couldn't imagine the team publicly telling other teams they are not going to match him before he even receive a formal offer. The Knicks were even firm about matching Lin's offer right after he got the offer. I hope the Bulls are just using the same tactic.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 10:20 AM) Bleh. I'm less interested in how good the Mavs look and more interested in how bad WE look. The inability to even have a meeting with Mayo is a huge black stain on this FO. If details come out of this signing and it turns out they gave him equal amount of money we would have been able to give him, there's no excuse for this failure The Bulls DID meet with Mayo in Vegas. And D Rose reached out to Mayo as well. We did try as a team, but it just didn't work out due to other factors.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 15, 2012 -> 12:21 PM) BJax has an even more alarming K rate and plays in a ridiculous hitter's league, whereas Mitchell is doing it in pitcher-friendly B'Ham. Jackson only have 10 or so more strikeouts than Mitchell. Mitchell's home and away strikeout ratio is almost identical. And you can't ignore past seasons where Mitchell struck out 183 times while Jackson strikes out in the 130 range. Mitchell hasn't hit over .250 in a full season, while Jackson has hit .290 and .270. There is really no debate who is the better contact hitter of the two as of now.

The Cubs already have a slightly better version of Jared Mitchell. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=571804 http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=502200

SEVEN Rookie arms pitched out of the bullpen last night. Eight rookie pitchers if counting Quintana. That's gotta be a record if anyone can confirm. Even when the team is healthy, we only have two veteran pitchers on the team in Thornton and Crain. I will be shocked if KW doesn't get a veteran arm by the trade deadline or waver deadline.

I am glad JFP didn't pitch in the ASG. We need him to go at least 8 tomorrow.