Picked the wrong week to quit huffing.

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Dutton's latest goes through our options at 2B in his latest article. He says White Sox are asking a lot, as Beckham is young, controllable beyond this season and has been their best player. Wha? He's hitting .302. Yipee. His Babip is an unsustainable .340. Beyond that, his OPS this season is .730, which is with that inflated BA. His OPS the last two years was .668 and .633. Why would we want to give up anything valuable for this guy? Oh yeah, he has 2 home runs this season.

Dutton also references Rickie Weeks' batting average when evaluating his performance. I thought Dutton was smarter than that?

He's not. In fact, he starts getting pretty testy when pushed with new school, statistical, "magic," which he understands only slightly better than DM.

Dutton will just state facts, i wouldn't expect much speculation

That's what a reporter does, hopefully.

I agree actually. Duffy is a unique talent. Left, throws upper 90s when he wants to. Good stuff. BUT, the guy pitched 3/4 of a season and had a 5.64 ERA. And as you said, who knows if his mind is in it or if he has the control. If you put a gun to my head if I had to pick Ventura or Duffy it would be really, really close. I'd go back and forth depending on the day.

From mlb.com trade buzz:

Howie Kendrick and Erick Aybar appear to be the most likely to be traded, given how solid they’ve been on both sides of the field and the team-friendly extensions they signed last year. The Royals — with Chris Getz, Elliot Johnson and Miguel Tejada — are looking for a second baseman with offense and would be willing to include veteran starter Bruce Chen or Luke Hochevar, who’s been effective out of the bullpen but hasn’t started all year, in a deal. They also have two top guys in the Minors in Danny Duffy and Yordano Ventura, but Royals reporter Dick Kaegel doesn’t believe they’ll be included in a deal.

http://mlb.mlblogs.com/2013/07/30/an...f-phone-calls/

Colon would most likely be worse than Chris Getz, both offensively and defensively. He could possibly be that bad. But I don't even care, cuz you never know. We know Chris Getz sucks. Let anybody with a pulse give it a shot at 2b

Who's starting the game thread?

I thought SPChief might take it. He won the last.

Chen or Hoch for Kendrick would be theft.
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Duffy has the stuff to beat MLB hitters consistently, he has a lot of Scott kazmir in him if he can locate

Am at a BBQ and on my phone

And that is his issue without a doubt. He did not locate his pitches in the strike zone very well during his time up here. He's gotten hit because of it... But his "stuff" is nasty.