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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:47 PM)
ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 50m50 minutes ago

Marcus Semien: MLB-leading 28th error of the season leads to 2 unearned runs for the Yankees.

He has 8 more errors than anyone else in MLB.

 

Is that because he is playing out of position?

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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 06:37 PM)
Is that because he is playing out of position?

The White Sox never believed in him as a SS and even when Saladino went down with an injury at AAA last year they didn't play Semien there as an everyday player. The Sox treated him as a utility player throughout his time in the minors, so he never really got to work on "be the best SS you can be". The White Sox may well have been correct in that assessment and Semien may simply not have the physical tools to be an adequate SS, the A's might give up and move him somewhere else in a year or two. OTOH, the A's also seem to believe he can handle that position, so they clearly seem to feel he can improve there given time. Basically, if Semien would never be able to be a good SS, he'd be struggling there this much, and if Semien needed practice to not be a terrible SS, he'd be struggling there this much.

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QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 01:02 PM)
Buehrle gave up a quick first inning run, but 23 pitches in 3 innings.

 

Hope he gets his 10th win today in KC, even though we should probably be rooting for KC in the game.

Just 47 pitches through 5 innings.

 

Dude is aging well. Hell, let's get him back in the offseason.

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QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 08:24 PM)
Just 47 pitches through 5 innings.

 

Dude is aging well. Hell, let's get him back in the offseason.

He's got the win in the bag. Add him to the all star roster NOW.

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One of the worst calls you will see all year in the Pirates/Cardinals game 10 minutes ago.

 

2 strikes on Mark Reynolds. Burnett strikes Reynolds out swinging on a breaking ball with 2 outs. Inning is over. Ump rules that there is a foul tip. Replay clearly shows there is no foul tip. Ball never changes direction, no change in sound, absolutely terrible call, the bat misses the ball by an inch or more.

 

Argument, no challenge.

 

Reynolds homers on the next pitch. Free run for the division leading Cardinals. Should have been inning over with no extra pitch.

 

Cervelli thrown out quickly, Hurdle thrown out after about a minute.

 

Handed the Cardinals a cheap 1-0 lead. Obnoxious. Terrible, terrible, terrible call.

 

I'm glad that didn't happen to Chris today because you'd have heard me B****ing about that in November.

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Pirates are looking for OF bench bats. Wonder if the Sox could talk them into Boni since Boni's style of play fits the NL. Could help the Pirates on the infield while Harrison is down. Boni would cost less to acquire than Revere or Francour.

 

Not something I'm counting on, just throwing it out there.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/pira...-francoeur.html

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QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 01:00 PM)
Pirates are looking for OF bench bats. Wonder if the Sox could talk them into Boni since Boni's style of play fits the NL. Could help the Pirates on the infield while Harrison is down. Boni would cost less to acquire than Revere or Francour.

 

Not something I'm counting on, just throwing it out there.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/pira...-francoeur.html

I'm sure they could get him on the waiver wire in August for basically just money if that's what they wanted to do.

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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 02:15 PM)
They could do that right now

White Sox would have to actually put him on waivers. The way it would work right now IIRC they'd be on the hook for his full salary if he passed through waivers unclaimed.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 01:22 PM)
White Sox would have to actually put him on waivers. The way it would work right now IIRC they'd be on the hook for his full salary if he passed through waivers unclaimed.

I just mean the sox would trade him for "cash".

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QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 03:07 PM)
If we tried to dump his salary, why would another team give us more money on top of it?

Hence the quotes around cash. They announce it like that or give us a 25 year old A baller. Point is the sox would be willing to dump him for nothing now.

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QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 12:00 PM)
Pirates are looking for OF bench bats. Wonder if the Sox could talk them into Boni since Boni's style of play fits the NL. Could help the Pirates on the infield while Harrison is down. Boni would cost less to acquire than Revere or Francour.

 

Not something I'm counting on, just throwing it out there.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/pira...-francoeur.html

 

Even if we sent him there, we would pick up money, and get nothing for him.`

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 13, 2015 -> 05:43 PM)
OK, may be a stupid question, but here goes. WHy do players take BP with a pitcher throwing like 50 mph or so instead of someone throwing game speed?

 

You're usually working on your swing mechanics, getting loose, etc. When the pitches are coming in at game speed, it's too difficult to be thinking about the minutiae of what you are doing while also managing to make contact. I'd also mention that the BP pitches usually are thrown from a lot closer than game pitches. So while it isn't a direct translation to MLB speeds, it is a bit more difficult than hitting a ~70mph (that's a normal BP speed) pitch from 60 feet. But the main thing is just that it isn't meant to help players work on pitch recognition or anything like that.

 

Of course there is also the practical concern that you would need several pro-level pitchers to hang around and throw every day yet also not be good enough to need to be throwing in the pros and also not have their arms fall off from the effort.

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