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Technically the Dbacks and Yanks may get antsy and let another team get involved to replace the Dodgers for a little less. Still, I'm not too excited anymore. I'd rather just get Perez or Clement and Pyrz.

I think its mainly the news of the deal. Gets a lot of long time readers to register as well as people tend to join the site a lot during this part of the offseason. Often times people have a lot more free time and make there way over. Word of mouth always helps too. Its always neat watching the site grow.

Beautiful....Hirnrich came out and did his job too after you motivated him qwerty, lol.

Ya didn't realize that until I checked through the end of the threads. Well I hope it goes down just for closure. Plus the Dbacks did a pretty damn good job from what I can tell. Actually I think they'll have a decent team thanks to the deal.

The deal is horrible for the Dodgers. I don't care how good Navarro is or however you spell his name. They save some money this year but in the long haul it costs them money. Green and Penny is at most 21 mill and they are acquiring 30 some old mill in Vazquez. Plus I wouldn't deal Penny straight up for Vazquez unless the Dodgers think his arm is going to fall off. Then they give up Green as well, which isn't all that bad, but Brazoban, gimme a break. They must be jumping into the JD Drew, Carlos Beltran or Carlos Delgado sweepstakes after this. Plus they still need pitching.

Could the media really be this far behind in the sense that this deal was done for Beltre? I mean he signed a while ago. Unless the Dodgers plan on getting a hold of him before he signs the dotted line, lol.

Green is from Orange County. When he came to LA it was like a welcome home. His parents are really nice and run a batting cage he owns down in my area that high school teams and little league teams go to a lot. He goes by and talks to the kids a lot too. Don't know if he still does all this, but he did a few years back. I'm sure he's really dissapointed to leave LA.

The guy was in AAA at 20 and held his own. I don't deal the guys in this deal for Navarro but he's a legit prospect considering his age. The thing is young catchers are a major risk.

Alright, someone may of talked this in another thread, but I am too lazy to go through and read through pages of RJ being dealt threads to catch up, lol. Anyway as someone who was long a proponent of getting Randy Johnson. I am glad that both him and Hudson are off the market. Think, if RJ was still out there or Hudson was still out there then Kenny probably wouldn't go gungho at Clement or Perez cause they weren't his first option. Instead those two guys would be off the market and the Sox would probably still be unable to lure either guy (whether they wanted Hudson or not, I don't know). With these two guys off the market, Kenny now is forced to focus in on the remaining pitchers and the trade front is closed. Considering he has money and has an up on Clement (since he wants to stay in Chicago) he should get a deal done. I'm hoping the Sox get the last call with a shot to match any offer. *crossing my fingers that Clement is a White Sox by tomorrow*

Ian, I can't stop laughing at the site of you getting all excited and then just picturing your response when you realized it wasn't the case, LOL. Hillarious. You'd be laughing right now...walked into the door tonight and my dad was asking me what the hell the Dodgers just did. I still have no clue why they did it. They are gaining payroll long term and giving up Brazoban, Penny, and Green for Vazquez who imo isn't better then Penny (if Penny is healthy).

Fingers Crossed that when I finish my final and head to the office that I'll log onto Soxtalk to see a deal has been made with the Sox

It specifically says 3 way talks though; So that doesn't necessarily mean that the Sox aren't talking directly about RJ but who knows. I'm not a patient person when the Sox have money and have a dire need for another starting pitcher.

Ya, but the Sox logo on the hat looks a little funny

Jon Garland.

Bruce Levine reports that the Sox are no longer in the running for a 3 way deal that would involve the Yanks and Dbacks but that the Dodgers, Yanks and Arizona are working on a deal that could involve as many as 10 players. They also once again mention that the Sox may target Pyrz.

Stats major ehhh. You want to help me. I'm lost trying to do production plans on excel. The solver I'm using in my template just isn't working for some reason.

Did some article just come out or something? personally I'd laugh my ass off. My dad brought up yesterday the point that maybe Arizona's new guys want to bankrupt the team and get MLB to buy them out and contract them. I don't know what the hell they are doing. Its as if they think they can win now. But they spent there money on the wrong guys.

Looking at a quote from Kenny in the Uribe column. He alludes to the fact that he's offered similar type of deals to some other players. I think Rowand is going to happen sometime this offseason. Going to get a little more money, but I don't know how much more, imo. Plus looking at what guys like Guzman, Renteria, and other shortstops have gotten this year, this is a good deal, imo.

- Talked about killing 62 deer on his property right now; Rick White, Ginter, Dan Wright used to go hunting with him, but none of the guys on the current club (I'm sure no one gives a crap, lol) - The Spod/Viz deal changes the team big time. Hopefully Pod gets on base and that it will be sad loosing Carlos but they are getting better speed and thankfully better defense in the outfield. - They ask him about the quotes in the Southtown yesterday; Says he just got done reading it and says there are no quotes from him and that Carlos was a great guy and that he'd love to hear him in the clubhouse and that is incorrect quote - Said some guys and maybe members of the coaching staff are happy that he's gone, but won't give names - Says certain guys on every team think this guy or that guy is selfish, not really a gap because Lee was a latin player - Wondered where Foulke's numbers were when he was with the Sox (They asked him about what it was like to see Keith not give up a run till the final game of the world series); Seems like everytime they have a closer they struggle with the Sox; Was at a couple of the games in St. Louis - Said Keith worried about the money issue a lot with the Sox and not as much about the production - They say he got pounded at times and that he's more like a 19 or 20 game winner; The Sox want to improve on cutting down the hits to around one per inning. Guys know he's going to attack the strike zone and swing early and he's not going to go out there falling behind in the count (Coop doesn't want him to fall behind the count that is); Laughs when they talk about his stats and says maybe I am a strikeout pitcher - Right now he thinks both Burke/Davis are backup catchers but that neither is going to catch 140 games - Ask about Pyrz; They say anyone that makes the team better will be a welcome acquisition and mention how there are some guys on the team from when he's with the Twinks and that if he comes to the southside hopefully he plays hard here - Ask about steroids; He thinks its bs how players are cheating and the guys that don't cheat get hosed in a sense, says its bad for the sport of baseball.

Coming on right now. Buehrle and others are at a toy drive in Chicago

Buehrle should be on momentarily.

Were they the only team bidding for Belle?

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Disgaree, I think Burke would be the backup and would be Buehrle's personal catcher and that they would non-tender Davis. I also thinking signing AJ is good, but the Sox need a 5th starter. They entered the offseason needing one and better start the season with one and there are no solutions to the problem on the current roster, imo.