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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 20, 2014 -> 10:46 AM)

 

Rasmus is an asshole, but come on now. I honestly cannot find fault in what Rasmus did. It wasn't a no hitter he was breaking up, they weren't blowing out the Rangers, it was an insurance run and Rasmus saw an opportunity

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 20, 2014 -> 05:51 PM)
That is easily the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I already find some unwritten rules annoying, but that is just ridiculous, it makes zero sense.

 

Yes this is ridiculous. Is this truly one of the unwritten rules? If I am a hitter and somebody has a ridiculous shift like that on me, I'd learn how to pop a bunt over toward third and do it every time they shifted on me. Is a hitter supposed to hit into the shift without fighting it at all? What has the regular print media said about this one?

There's nothing more ridiculous than seeing a guy like Dunn make an out right into the shift. If there's nobody on the leftside of the infield, bunt the fricking ball that way every single time.

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Lewis has no right to be upset about that. Deadspin has been taking a more in-depth and critical look at some of the unwritten rules of baseball this year, and while I disagree with some of them - a pitcher has the right to the inside part of the plate and a guy crowding and reaching out needs to watch his rib cage - some of them really are ridiculous. Baseball players are big babies quite a bit of the time.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 11:01 AM)
Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 5h

 

The average distance of the fly balls pulled by Ryan Braun this season is down 42 feet,from 302 to 260. More about that in the column today.

Steroids work!

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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 12:27 PM)
Remember when Chase Headley was going to cost your entire minor league system?

 

This is a pretty good example of why you try to trade guys coming off good years while you are relatively non-competitive.

Trade Sale, trade Q, trade Abreu. Headley was a one year wonder apparently. But constantly trading good players just because you aren't going to win in a year or two usually means you will remain non-competitive for a lot longer than that.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 10:58 AM)
Trade Sale, trade Q, trade Abreu. Headley was a one year wonder apparently. But constantly trading good players just because you aren't going to win in a year or two usually means you will remain non-competitive for a lot longer than that.

I agree; I think you trade good players when they don't fit into your long-term rebuilding plans, not just because they had a good year. You look at your scouting and think, is this a fluke, etc, and can we get peak value now, and what is the horizon of cotending and where will he fit, how will he fit financially, and do they have contracts and seem willing to come back and be around during that horizon. Good franchises I think are smart and know when to trade and who to trade, but also know who to lock up, etc.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 12:58 PM)
Trade Sale, trade Q, trade Abreu. Headley was a one year wonder apparently. But constantly trading good players just because you aren't going to win in a year or two usually means you will remain non-competitive for a lot longer than that.

 

You don't trade guys with team friendly contracts for the next 5 to 6 years. But if a good player is not too far from free agency and doesn't appear to be in your future budget, then you trade him when the iron's hot.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 01:17 PM)
You don't trade guys with team friendly contracts for the next 5 to 6 years. But if a good player is not too far from free agency and doesn't appear to be in your future budget, then you trade him when the iron's hot.

If Headley showed his one year was definitely not a fluke, maybe SD talked big extension with him. I understand trading guys that are going to go away anyway, but a lot of guys like to stay where they are comfortable and years can make up for a million here or there per.

 

It's hard to project performance 4 or 5 years from now. We would like to think Sale, Abreu, Q...will be just as effective as they are now. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. To me, if you want to strike while the iron is hot, it's time to add talent and try to go on a run while these guys are in their prime. Wasting a couple more years, not only closes your window with them at least a little bit, it may close it entirely.

 

I understand stepping back for a season, but I don't think the White Sox are going to do it again next unless a catastrophic injury occurs to Sale or Abreu. You just can't afford to waste their big seasons because you never know how long it will last.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 12:58 PM)
Trade Sale, trade Q, trade Abreu. Headley was a one year wonder apparently. But constantly trading good players just because you aren't going to win in a year or two usually means you will remain non-competitive for a lot longer than that.

 

I'm talking about trading guys like Peavy. It's a case by case basis, but in 3 years, if the Sox have a bad team with no real shot to contend in the next two years, I would advocate trading Sale.

 

I think we've seen as fans that the Sox are fairly close to competitiveness.

 

 

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