Jose Abreu

Damn. Well, only a handful of games left anyway.

I don't think there's a catcher available for us to spend lots of money on. It's such a weak position. I do think we trade for a 3B, though. edit- I know there's Wieters, but he's overrated and injury-prone

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) My thoughts exactly. I expected Cabrera to have high RBIs but not homeruns. Same here. I expected 80-90 RBIs from him, and he's given 76. Not bad.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 03:17 PM) Or Cabrera? Melky Cabrera? You thought he would be a 35 HR hitter?

He has been stuck on 29 HR for a while...

Eaton's power has to be one of the most surprising aspects of the Sox season.

74-83. 5 left

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 08:10 PM) What does the "D" stand for? Dariel I'm assuming? Yes

RBI 98 for JDA

I heard Hawk say "you can put it on the board!" in excitement, then walked over to the TV five minutes later to see it 0-0. Rewound and saw his s*** call on the Cain catch. Jeez.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 06:59 PM) Care to expand why? Devers is a top 20 prospect according to most outlets. Owens was consensus top 50 before he lost his eligibility this year. Benintendi will very likely become a top 50 prospect as he rose his stock more than any other player in the 2015 draft. I don't think the Sox want to go in the direction of prospects, but if they did, this would do it. The Red Sox would be the team that wouldn't think about it. Yeah, I know who they are. And perhaps "historic" was a poor choice of words. But if the Sox are going to trade Quintana, I expect it to be for MLB talent, such as Puig. While these are three solid prospects, I still don't think it's enough for the 7th best pitcher in baseball on such a cheap contract.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 01:42 PM) Quintana to the Red Sox for Rafael Devers, Henry Owens and Andrew Benintendi That would be a historic steal for the Red Sox.

Have none of you watched Semien play defense this year? edit- saw the link to the article about it. but it still sucks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) 1. I think this was long suspected, so the likely answer is no. The Phoenix lander in 2007 observed water ice just below the surface of Mars at its landing site and we flew an instrument called a Gamma Ray spectrometer around Mars that was able to detect that there is significant water in some form within the upper 10s of centimeters across much of the planet. That water could be locked up in minerals or frozen as actual water ice, but it's not unexpected that there is water ice frozen near Mars's surface. After the undergrad discovered these RSL features in 2011, I think most Mars scientists suspected their likelist cause was water. In fact, Mars researchers have been putting out papers for years analyzing the change in freezing point of water associated with expected common salts on Mars to try to understand which salts might be present in those flows if they were brine water. This paper verifies that it is. However, this specific find doesn't change the full calculus for me - we thought there was water near the surface frozen as ice, we knew there were locations where it could become liquid, that's what needs to be present for there to be life, but this is so short-lived that it might not even be a habitable environment this year - it could freeze completely in the winter. Furthermore, the type of salts likely present are caustic to life as we know it, making it an extremely rough environment. There remains a better chance of melted water at depth, warmed by the heat of the planet, representing a habitable environment, but I'm still skeptical of that because there's so little evidence of the kinds of ecological changes caused by life that we see on Earth today. Can't rule it out, but this doesn't change that assessment, at least to me. Good science, but not unexpected is my short summary. 2. No I don't. I think we could but I don't think the money is there. We've spent 7-8 years now basically with the entire exploration program locked in a budget crisis and I don't see that changing any time soon. Unless that changes, we're still building a giant rocket with no where to go because the costs are so daunting. It will require a decade+ of substantial, sustained money committed well beyond what is being spent on NASA right now, and we can barely get robotic missions funded in this environment - we're launching at about 1/2 the pace we were a decade ago. I also don't see any private organization being able to come up with that level of funding either because it is so high and the potential return is so low. Thank you!

typical recovery is 4-6 weeks, which for him is 6-8 weeks.

are you f***ing kidding me

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 12:26 PM) Or we can trade from our strength (Quintana/Fulmer/Montas) and sign a starter to fill the hole. I know Montas/Fulmer aren't in the rotation now but there's no reason the Sox can't spend money in the one area they have a track record in. I'm all for trading Montas. I believe his future is as a closer or reliever, as I don't think he has the endurance to be a starter. However, other teams may believe that he can start, which I think would increase his trade value. The return for him, however, would be nowhere near the return for Quintana.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) You want to chat about it, you've got someone pretty close to an official expert right here. Any Q's? Not specifically about the water, but 1. Does this change beliefs on whether or not there is life of any kind on Mars? 2. Do you think a human being will walk on Mars in the next 20 years?

QUOTE (bjm676 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) I keep thinking that the Cubs would be a good trade partner this offseason. Sox has surplus of pitching (Beck, Danish, etc.) Cubs have surplus of infielders. Trade pitching to Cubs for Baez or Castro or even LaStella. If the White Sox trade for Starlin Castro, I will seriously question whether Rick Hahn/KW/whoever made the trade should keep his job. Castro sucks, as does his contract. If we're trading for him, LaRoche and Danks better be going back in the deal, i.e. it's not happening.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) The upgrade offensively at catcher from flowers to average is just not as exciting to me as other positions. Agreed. The upgrade is very minor. We have bigger problems.

Starting pitching is the #1 available position in free agency. Just our luck, as we have the best starting pitching in baseball. I think we'll make our big moves via trades rather than free agency.

So, water on mars...

QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 09:38 PM) it is really simple. the sox will ask for a pkg and if the other teams kind of balks.... then the sox will walk away. i wish i remember 1 or the posters came up with a call example that was extremely funny on something like this. damn from now on, i am going to do a cut and paste. does anyone remember who was the poster??? If this is what you're referring to, then it was me

Bostic's deflating and spying skills surely will improve. His other skills, I'm not so sure.