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Yeah, but if you turn him into a spot starter/middle reliever for the first 55 games it could seriously screw him up. The way i see it he's the best 5th starter we have, but only if he get's to start every 5th (or 6th) day. Other then that he's better off in AAA until we can give him that 5th spot every time out.

Every day it seems like one of the veterans will get the job. JM keeps saying that the 5th starter needs to be both a reliever and a starter, this being the reason i don't think Rauch really has a chance, he's too big of a prospect to be messed around in that way. I'll say its a 90% chance Rauch starts the season in AAA. After the 55 games if Rauch is throwing well or if who ever is pitching sucks we'll see Rauch back up in the majors.

Remember this, Crede was in ST before even one pitcher reported, he's been working really hard to make sure he puts up good numbers. I think he can...

106-52

For Crede i'll say .275, 28 HR's, 90 RBI's with 120 K's and 15 BB's

Taking all stats aside, for some reason the Sox's just play better with Jose at short, better lucky the good.

Lets hope those numbers carry over. If you look over the last 3 season, the Sox's have been a very good team with Jose at short and he's put up much better numbers at short... Hopefully this trend continues...

lol, you gotta love the British...

When Kip win 20 games, i'll be sure to bring this subject back up

This is good, i want a pissed off Frank, maybe he'll hit 50 if they piss him off enough.

Lebron James is a freak, anyone that know's anything about basketball know's he's gonna be a special player. You just don't find 18 year olds that can do what he does.

Maybe in was in 2001, but i know i've seen a ST press conference with big Frank.

Yeah, i've heard the Rangers aren't that interested, I hope you can speak Japanese Kenny

He always has a press conference on his first or second day of ST, every year. I think i even watched the one he had last season.

He's not retiring, he has one of these every year.

Rangers aren't as interested now, he gets 2 mil tops and not a penny more. If he goes to Japen he could get more, but who wants to play in Japan...

Japan. The Sox's (Both of them) are done talking with him.

Take a good look at what country you live in, because we have more stuck up self serving snobs then the entire world combined.

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First off, if you have any minor league team win a championship you should get some extra respect and i think we had two of them (Birmingham and Bristol, no?)

BOOOO!!! I say were about 15-18, but with all the young talent we have we'll be back in the top five with in 3 years.

According to Channel 7's ST report from Tucson, it's 7 years. It's number inflation in the negative column Then Channel 7 need's to lay off the pipe, cause there's no way that could be true.

I think its 7 month's, not year's.

For those with ESPNEWS, Frank Thomas will be having a live news conference on Saturday. Not sure what time, but it should be in the morning.

That doesn't even begin to describe it, if Krause would have made a trade he would have been raped. The only guy he had a chance at was Desmon Mason, but the Sonics didn't want to deal him because of a deal they already had in place.