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QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Dec 10, 2008 -> 08:31 AM) Hopefully he dodges and weaves us a proven starting pitcher and lead off hitting centerfielder. I won't hold my breath. I agree. My main reason thinking is that our name has been linked to no one. It is incredibly hard these days, if not impossible, to keep out of the media who is interested in who. Let's hope KW is just that good, but either the agent or someone in the Sox organization usually lets the cat out of the bag and says we are going after someone. We better make some moves or else there is no way we win the division. The twins by standing pat get better because of the their youngsters in the rotation maturing, the Indians are making some moves, the Royals are getting competitive and the Tigers still have plenty of all-stars. This is our division with three or four moves, with one or two big ones, but as in, we are going to just suffer through another one of those years where we are competitive until the end, may win the division, may not, but it won't matter because we can't compete with the other teams outside the Central,.

QUOTE (tommy @ Dec 9, 2008 -> 07:46 PM) and some more from Cowley: Josh Fields has requested to work out with Ozzie and Joey Cora starting in Jan. down in Miami. The goal is to improve his defense. I like that attitude, although I wouldn't expect any different from a former QB. Say what you will about Fields and his defense and his high strikeout totals, he is a hard worker.

One final: Philosophy of History at 8:00 AM a week from tomorrow. Bad time, but luckily only one.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 9, 2008 -> 06:09 PM) Well, MLB has him rated ahead of Poreda, Beckham and Viciedo...they have no idea what they are talking about, at all. Clueless. Well he has a better overall package of pitches than Poreda, is younger than Poreda and spent the entire year in AA. The numbers while better overall for Poreda, were not that dissimilar. Cortes also has a solid fastball. Beckham hasn't had a full season in the minors and Viciedo has never played American ball. Based on all of this, it is fair to rate Cortes higher. And no offense, these people have probably seen more of the prospects than any of us, so it is also fair to say they have a more educated opinion. Not saying I agree with it, but it isn't ludicrous.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2008 -> 06:35 PM) They have really developed a strong chemistry. I still wish Carmen and Silvy were on, but I really enjoy Waddle and Silvy. But show ever. Seriously, they were perfect together. Carmen = Sox fan and relaxed. Silvy = Cubs fan and uptight. They had so many great shows and great pop culture references. Why did they get canned? I know they probably only appealed to the 16-35 age range, but they were favorite show ever. I actually played against Silvy a couple times this summer in softball. He actually is pretty good.

QUOTE (YahtzeeSox @ Dec 8, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) How about signing Garland to a contract? Apparently he is looking for only 2 or 3 years. I was thinking about this, he is average, but he eats innings and I love Jon. We need another solid starter, or at least one that will eat innings like Jon can. I would be willing to sign him to a 2-year deal worth $18 million, or even a 1-year deal like Lohse had.

And if we weren't cheap, we could have the No. 4 prospect in baseball. No offense to Poreda who will be ML ready sooner than Porcello, but I would rather take the risk with his talent than have drafted Poreda.

7-0!

Nice start for the Hawks. 4-0 after period one. Ladd with three assists already. Toews another goal.

Second base is not a place of need for us right now, we have plenty of options. So we don't need a $10 million second baseman when we have cheap options that are solid.

And another SO lost. We need to find a way to win these close games by playoff time.

Please don't trade Jenks. His ERA is getting better every year and he is becoming a more complete pitcher. The reason his hits totals are going up and strike outs are going down is that he is pitching to contact and not throwing all out every pitch. He is going to have a longer career for this. Closers are the most underrated players, IMO. When you don't have a good one, it is the most frustrating thing ever. See Billy Koch.

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Dec 5, 2008 -> 11:09 AM) Cole Armstrong expendable? Flowers will never wear a catcher's mask in a White Sox uniform so what the hell is Stark talkin' about? KW seems to think that Flowers will be an all-star catcher...

Telling quote from KW: So I guess our payroll will be significantly smaller than last year.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 07:25 PM) I think Rock is trying to cryptically tell us that he has heard more information on whats going down, but that he just is not at liberty to talk about it. Almost as if the Sox already have some one that they want to sign with the money, but they needed to get the deals done first... If a deal was that close, we'd would have whispers about it by now. There is no way to keep stuff like this on the quiet anymore. I don't think we are close with anyone, but I don't think any team is close to signing anyone now. Maybe KW is trying to get a bargain because there are some good FAs out there, but the money is not out to there to pay them all. Maybe he is is collecting money in a buyer's market.

This is from a recent MILB.com article (also mentions Beckham and Poreda) about the AFL. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb

Our new prospect!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 07:19 PM) Interesting, it now sounds like the Sox are getting up to 4 players. The other two are Chipper Jones and Brian McCann

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 07:10 PM) The money saved on Swish and Javy is not going to sit and be wasted. I hope but the "experts" (Rogers and Rosenthal) says the Sox are trimming payroll. Maybe I am misinterpreting this as next year's payroll is going to be significantly smaller when really it's that we are freeing money to go after players.

The question I have is who Vaz's money turns into? Hopefully it's like the C-Lee/Pods deal where we got a couple of extra pieces with the $$. Unfortunately, I think the money sits and gets wasted.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 06:53 PM) at very best boone logan will be a Lefty specialist in the majors...therefore im saying Morton for Logan part of this deal is at worst a wash....which leaves Javy for Flowers and Lillibridge which is a very even deal...sox got their stud position prospect in flowers and another young major league ready guy who will at least be a utility guy in the bigs along with salary relief...so if the idea was to get younger and cheaper and land talent in return...id say KW did a solid job...that said im not sure who will be our 4 and 5 starters but the offseason is still young There is clearly going to be one move made for a ML starting pitcher whether via FA or a trade. But KW values SP more than anything else and will not go into the season with two question marks in the rotation. I agree with you though, this is a solid deal and Flowers gives us our new catcher when AJ's deal is up in a couple years. Our farm system has been upgraded a ton without getting much worse at the ML level. We are probably 4-5 wins worse right now than last year's team, but there are still moves to be made.

Anyone think Morton sounds like Nick Masset? We all know how he turned out...

We better be using the this freed up money from Vazquez to improve the ballclub otherwise I will be pissed.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 06:17 PM) I have used an electric shaver my whole life. I have never once shaved with a razor.Go ahead and call me a sissy but I consider myself lucky that I never had the need to. And you can shave your neck fine with a electric? I have always had that problem. I had an electric, but my neck would never get a good shave.