mac9001

Hey, at least if we lose Colon and Sully if still get 7 draft picks(9 if we offer Everett arbitration) in the first 2 rounds. Hope this turns out to be a strong draft.

Ummm...no. He turned down a $15M/2 Year deal form the Fish. Last thing i read said he's looking for a raise over the $10 million he made this last season.

Raffy isn't coming to Chicago for 2-3 mi. He'll probably receive double that with the Yankees, Angels or Braves.

I'd be nice if we knew what the Sox's real budget is? Either way, if KW adds lots of pitching i'll call is a successful offseason.

I think KW will save every penny (and deal Koch) and try to use the money on one more starting pitcher (Colon, Ponson) and a reliever to replace Koch (Kerry Ligtenberg, Sullivan?). Pitching Pitching Pitching! That's the way to go.

The Sox's will probably try to deal Koch and after he's delt the budget should be fine.

...to the Braves for prospects. This was told to me by a friend of mine who is a big Twins fan. He said Tim Kurkjian is reporting such a deal on ESPN radio. Hope Tim is right, cause the Twins would be delivering the central right into out hands.

And apparently we can't spell damn either.

I don't know, what about people with split personalities and lets not forget the drunk and stoned; they seem to do a lot of talking to themselves.

Sorry to tell ya this, but Konerko isn't worth s***. We would have to give up a prospect just for someone to take him off our hands.

Yeah, but there's a big difference between the two. They both have huge power potential, but unlike Borchard, Crust takes A LOT of pitches. He might only hit .250-.260, but he'll take a 100+ walks every year and he should be good for 30-35 HR's.

I'd take a Jay Gibbons, Kurt Ainsworth and Jack Cust for Maggs deal (That's only if Colon, or another top-notch pitcher isn't signed). NO Freddy Garcia!

To be fair: Schoeneweis vs. RHers: .275 AVG, .703 OPS Buehrle vs. RHers: .285 AVG, .762 OPS Garland vs. RHers: .234 AVG, .708 OPS Colon vs. RHers: .246 AVG, .699 OPS Granted he faced way few hitters, given that sample i'd say he's pretty capable of getting righthanders out.

To be fair, Scheoneweis is more of a power pitcher than a finess pitcher.

Don't forget Kim.

The Cavs have been trying to trade both Davis and Big Z, if a deal would go down between the Cavs and Bulls it would probably involve Toronto too.

If Rose dosen't dress tomorrow, than a trade is imminent, but if he plays i can almost guarente that no trade goes down for a while.

Well, you can either pay him 2.3 mil or nontender him, which one would it be?

If they would have signed him to a muti-year deal they could have had him cheaper, 2.3 mil isn't that bad though.

Escobar's numbers as a starter: 12-8 (26 starts), 3.92 ERA. Not bad at all, but i think i read somewhere he's looking for something in the 15M/3 Year range. If the Sox's can get rid of Jose it could make financial sense.

I guess he means CF. BTW, i say give Aaron a shot.

I'm sure they'd be able find a way to unload Darren Dreifort (maybe pay half his salary, $6.5M out of $13M) and other big deals like Paul Shuey, Paul Quantrill, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hundley come off the books before the start of the 2005 season. So, money shoudn't be a issue if they want both Gagne and Nomar.

No way is Gagne going anywhere, that would be like Boston trading Pedro. I just can't see LA allowing another team to have him.

He's a bullpen guy and with Gange they might be willing to let a possible closer prospect go.

If KW can get Perez and Steve Colyer for PK and Borchard, i'd do it in a heartbeat.