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I wouldn't mind the guy. I didn't think he was great with the Sox, but hey, he's not too bad.

Only if you throw tons of money at it. You can go last to first or near last to first if you spend the money.

I'd demand a no trade also, except to the Cubs. You are right, if he's going to come back, what's to stop them from trading him again?

I would tend to agree. As far as going all young, there are no guarantees the "young players" will blossom and make a team competitive in 3 years.

How bout Contreras and some Class A stiff for Bob Howry?

I have a sneaky feeling Crisp will be a White Sox. I hope he can return to his glory days. He was pretty pathetic at times last season. I fear a Crede for Crisp deal.

We need to get Miggy somehow. He'd be our version of the Cubs landing Soriano.

What are the odds of Brian Anderson starting for the Sox next year? What are the odds of Anderson being a productive hitter in the bigs in the next five years? You think he is another Borchard flameout type or a stud in the making? I would say he ain't going to make it because of that horrible batting stance of his in which he appears about as aggressive as a .190 hitting NL pitcher.

How many times are we going to have to face Garland per season? Just once or twice? You know he's going to be another ex Sox who will mow our lineup down, unless Jimmy Thome or AJP take him deep.

Our starting rotation is KC Royals-like right now. Assuming Jose will continue his decline as he approaches his 50th birthday, we've got Mark B, and Vaz, plus Jose and 2 young guys who will likely be 5-inning pitchers max. I don't know how to get such pitcher but we need a Paul Byrd/Tim Wakefield/Kenny Rogers type guy to put in there. We need another dependable veteran not named Jose Contreras. Also obviously Linebrink must be good. I'm hopeful there. I hope I never see MacDougal again, but I could stomach giving him a chance more than Sisco, Masset and Thornton. I guess I could stomach Thornton being a specialist pitching to one lefty batter. KW has a lot of work still to do. IMO ... Our rotation is very weak right now.

Just a question, not a flame. How come so many fans at the Cell love Rowand and he gets a lot of hate on here? Is it because the fans here are very negative or the Cell fans are idiots? I am not dying to get Rowand, but wouldn't mind it at all.

Rowand will go wherever he gets the best deal. That's always the case. The only exception is with guys currently on a team like Mark B. might give the Sox a "hometown discount" rather than to go through free agency. It's funny, but the talk after we won it in 05 was we'd be a dynasty. The pitching staff was supposed to be good forever. We were supposed to keep winning.

Man, you are a knowledgeable poster and if you think all those players wouldn't bring Cabrera I am really worried about our future. Some of those guys are going to be counted on heavily.

I thought it would be Thome or Jenks. I went with Thome cause I just sense him needing just one punch to knock the s*** out of somebody.

I agree with you, that it sheds bad light on the guys Rowand left behind. At the same time, who knows what it takes to bring these multi millionaires together as a team? Rowand apparently is a true chemistry guy. Maybe he was the Sox's Thurman Munson. OK, rip away. Since Rowand was a White Sox player and we always bury our own on here, blast me for comparing Rowand to Munson. Blast away.

Great comment. I tend to think there are too many stats in baseball. My god. Just do the job.

Cabrera would be an exciting acquisition. My guess is we get Crisp. p.s. Did the Sox ever let Erstad go? Didn't they have an option on him? I missed it if they let him go as well as Pods.

Great take. He'd have fried Rex for that. IamShack and infohawk also had excellent takes I thought. This thread was worth reading.

Tell that to the Orioles and Royals. Team can stink for a long time. It's all about the players.

Obviously it could backfire. Myers was acquired and was horrible. MacDougal and Sisco were disgracefully bad. But at least for now it's another guy Oz can try. The money is ridiculous, but they just dumped Garland's salary. I would hate to see the Sox trot Macdougal out there ever again. All he does is allow runs to score. Hope Linebrink is the answer.

Welcome back to Chicago, Mr. Rowand.

I like Josh. Hope he keeps hitting as he did last year.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Get rid of that guy ASAP please!!!

It wasn't a trade, it's just money so I'm happy. Hopefully he will catch fire next year and be an effective reliever. The Brews once traded 3 guys to get this guy.

Not to mention Chris Young. He looks pretty good right now as well.