Davis' peripherals other than an inflated BABIP are pretty much in line with his career numbers. He's still striking out in nearly 30% of his at bats. What he's improved in massively is his outside-swing%. That can help explain a lot about his improvement.
For the record, Davis came out and said that he's been tested three times this year in an interview, passing all three times. Sources have confirmed this.
Well the numbers are there for everyone to see. After his lights-outs start to the season, he's been rather pedestrian for a while now. It's the nature of the beast.
So it's a fact that Rodriguez wasn't juicing during his 2007 season with the Yankees, or any point during which he claimed he wasn't juicing? Do you know what a fact is? I don't think you do.
Lucchino is more powerful within the organization than the GM. That's the main reason Theo negotiated Lucchino's position (President of baseball operations) with the Cubs instead of GM
You said it right there "opinion". And as a possible closer, Rubby has tremendous value anyway. And for a team that besides those two has Ranaudo, Barnes, Owens, Workman and just drafted Ball and Stankiewicz, that opinion is most likely dead wrong.
The nice thing about Doubront is that even when he's out after 4-5 innings, he's not really a "complete meltdown" kind of guy. You'll usually see him exiting after giving up two-three runs but having thrown close to 100 pitches.
Sox really haven't had that many really good prospects in the past couple of years. However, their farm is currently stacked and they should pick and choose who they trade.