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Ya he's had a rough year, but he has a .935 OPS since the ASB. Also Patterson and Hermida don't hit at all so I'd take my chances

The AAA OF of Nava-Kalish-Reddick would be a significant upgrade over Hermida-Patterson-McDonald

Where the hell is Cameron? Just because Patterson is on the roster does not mean you need to use him. Also we have the day off tomorrow, Papelbon and Bard should absolutely be available to pitch tonight. f***ing A Tito...

Hermida sucks so much, get him off the roster and recall Nava

Agreed. Nothing earth shattering but has had to fill in the leadoff job and has a respectable OBP and among the league leaders in P/PA. Also has been an above average defender according to UZR.

Lowell is 3-4 tonight with 3 HRs, can only help his trade stock

Martinez is definitely part of the future already (at least the next 3+ years). I can't see them not resigning him. Beltre's future with the team is questionable but he's one of the best hitters on the team and we need him to make a run this year.

Another Francisco Rodriguez on the Angels? wut

Phil Hughes does not throw 97, maybe he could touch that on a pitch or two in the bullpen

It really depends on how long the Red Sox think Martinez can remain at catcher. If he can stay there for the next 3-4 years then the Red Sox have the flexibility to resign Martinez and then keep Youk at 1B and resign Beltre or move Youk to 3B and acquire a franchise hitter like Fielder or Gonzalez to man 1B. Also I can't see any team offering Ortiz big money, so probably a 2/20 deal should be enough like Dunn got a couple years ago.

Pretty sure that's just Jacko trying to justify the Yankees losing out on Lee AND Haren. We all know the Yankees are giving Lee 24 mil a year this offseason

That's ridiculous, 6 IP and one ER is a very good start and should have been plenty to beat the Mariners.

Chone Figgins got 4/36 after a big year last year, I'd give Beltre that.

WHY THE f*** IS BARD NOT PITCHING

Article says D-Backs want A+ package and then mention Nova? That seems unlikely

getting two all-star hitters back might help a bit too, and eventually our leadoff hitter too

seems alright to me :dunno:

And as for the pitchers: Kelly, 20 (AA) 79.3 IP, 98 hits, 70 K, 31 BB, 5.11 ERA. Despite some struggles this year Kelly is still a blue-chipper. One of the youngest players in AA, only his second season in the minors and K numbers way up from last year. Pimentel, 20 (A+) 87.0 IP, 88 hits, 61 K, 27 BB, 4.45 ERA. Modest season from Pimentel this year. Was selected for the futures game. Others such as Doubrout and Bowden have pitched well in AAA and in limited time in the majors. System is heavily hitting dominated right now but signing top draftees Workman and Ranuado will add some very high upside pitchers to the mix. One more hitter I want to mention: Vincio 17, (GCL) .300/.333/.429/.762. SS international signing that got a 2mil bonus, just turned 17 and is already hitting well. Could certainly rise up the rankings quickly. Excited to see what Ibarra can do also.

Top hitting prospects doing well (in no particular order): Kalish, 22 (AAA), .314/.391/.461/.852. Having a really great year and certainly a rising prospect Rizzo, 20 (AA), .254/.307/.448/.754. Very young for AA, has an .864 OPS in 75 AB in July Anderson, 22 (AAA) .256/.348/.423/.770. On fire this month with 1.000 OPS in 60 AB Lavarnway, 22 (AA) picking up right where he left off in AA with a 1.022 OPS in his first 18 AB Vitek, 21 (SS-A) .286/.393/.411/.803, top draft pick this year, nice start to his young career in Lowell Tejeda, 20 (A+) .315/.343/.469/.812 having a great rebound year. Great tools but needs to work on plate discipline. Still very young Fuentes, 19 (A) .262/.318/.369/.687. First season in the minors and doing decently enough, was the top draft pick in 09. Having a terrible July but on the season is 28/30 in SB attempts Middlebrooks, 21 (A+) .294/.354/.461/.815. Fairly disappointing first year in the bigs, was decent last year and is finally starting to put it together. Huge potential, I think he might be the next big prospect in the system

Hermida should absolutely be the one to go, he has proved nothing this year with the bat while Nava has. He's had three years to turn back into the stud prospect and it hasn't happened. Fool me once (Kotchman) shame on you, fool me twice (Hermida) shame on me.

Lets be real here, Brackman is almost 25 and has never posted an ERA under 4.50. Ranuado is going to be a senior so while he may be pitching fine now (in a VERY pitcher friendly league though) but if he gets another injury he's screwed.

I have a bad feeling that at the end of the day Patterson will still be starting at 2B