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Now I just want to know that Wright is HEALTHY

For all his tantrums Knight is still a kick butt head coach.

They definately did the noble thing and took themselves out of post-season play. Harrick is an amazing coach and does a great job building programs, but I got a feeling he's going to be s*** out of luck after he gets canned in the offseason. Now if he somehow turns out innocent, then he'll be fine.

Week Three Spring Training Report By Mario Scalise March 10, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In older news SN Report: Sox and Buehrle Stay Year-To-Year By Mario Scalise March 10, 2003

I'm in, here's a link http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men Oh ya, Alex, you may want to post this on the offtopic board as well.

Shut the f*** up. trade MB that is the stupidest thing ive ever heard on this board.(not counting what i say) Not only that, but STL would laugh there ass off at that deal... laugh their asses off.. no they would be first in line to get mark.......then when they had him they would laugh their asses off........all the way to the world series im sure......... I must be the only one that sees that as a very fair deal. Pujols is a stud while Morris is an awesome pitcher as well. I'd definately miss Buerhle, but if we were too lose him this would be an amazing deal for the Sox, actually I'd probably do it right now. I love Buerhle though and hope he's pitching with the Sox a long long time.

how you figure royce is better than miles .. miles is outhitting him and surely is better defensivly .... royce hasnt got the range factor miles has.. surely you saw that this past week........and the back factor plays in here too.. its been acting up on royce so its only a matter of time before it puts him out.....im sorry i disagree with you here on this one ... miles is by far the better productive player....... i stand firm on that........ Jimenez has a stronger arm and better range. There is a reason he can play shortstop. Spring training number wise, look at Jimenez's obp. He's been spectacular. Look at the fact that Jimenez last season with the Sox put up a very impressive obp. Then in his first full season with the Padres he was also very impressive, especially since he was a rookie.

I'm speaking of actions too -- the action of getting on base. D'Angelo showed us a glimpse of what he's capable of late last season, and so far this spring it has continued. Numbers are overrated -- but sometimes you can't argue with them. And the reason I say I'm "rational" in this "debate" is because I'm saying to go with the guy who has proved himself in a short time in the majors (and particularly, with the Sox) over the younger, lesser experienced player. Elementary, my dear Watson. One thing, Miles is older then Jimenez. Jimenez has way higher career numbers then him. In AAA a few years back Jimenez hit .322 or so with a ton of steals, etc and a very high obp. This kid is damn good. Miles has had one good year so far, last year. Now injuries have effected him, but Jimenez had a broken neck that he had to come back from.

I see it this way. MB wanted an extra year. If you put in the extra year it counts around 4 mill a year avg over 4 seasons. I think he believes he can do way better then that in arbitration and he probably could. I'll throw out the 5th year option cause that is up to the Sox. Its definately at a fair price, but there is no promise it happens. Right now it looks like a 4 yr 16 mill or so deal. Well, the only guarantee is that its a 3 yr deal worth 8 mill. No one knows what happens with Buerhle. For all he knows he gets hurt or the Sox jack around his innings to save money. You never know. I'm not saying it happens but it could. What makes this deal go down is if the Sox make the 5th year option mutual and drop the option on the 4th year. The deal is very fair to Mark cause he has 16 mill guaranteed and its fair to the Sox cause they save in the long haul. Then the 5th year deal can be done by each team, but there would be some clauses for protection. Something like if Mark accepts the 5th year its less money and if the Sox do it then its 10 mill. You dont' want mark able to accept 10 mill if he's hurt or not as good. The Sox could have a buyout in this though. This is just my theory. Its a difficult deal, but one that gives Mark more money GUARANTEED and one that gives the Sox good savings over the long haul. I think the Sox prefer the 5th year as just an option year for them though and they'll probably do it that way.

Jimenez is/will and should be our starting second baseman. Offensively he has proven himself both at the major league level and definately at the minor league level. THis guy has a whole lot of ability, speed, power, and most importantly patience. He doesn't strike out much at all and has the potential to post a 400 OBP%, which would rank him as one of the top leadoff guys in the majors right there with Ichiro. I'm not saying he will do it this year, but if this guy hits .280 for the Sox, then his obp will be near 400, imo.

Awesome. Sounds like most everyon did good. Crede has been heating up and Rios played well while the pitching was great except for that bum Porzio. Thanks a whole lot Clujer

Diaz sure has been pitching sharply. Porzio blows....he'll never beat out someone like Munoz or even Sanders. I think he'll be cut as the Sox add Brian Daubach to the 40 man roster.

Interesting. I wasn't able to see Frank when I was there this weekend, but hopefully he's ripping the ball. I can't wait till the Sox get one of their games televised. Can anyone tell me when the Sox are broadcasting a spring training game?

Damn, I wish Sanders did better. I thought he looked pretty solid, but I don't see him beating out Wunsch. I don't think anyone will, but Munoz is damn good.

Sounds good so far. Your updates are kicking ass clujer!!!

So you listen to the art bell show or the formely known as Art Bell show? Also, if you are having trouble, just past the link of the picture or sig and I'll help you out.

Hell Ya; Alex, you want to set everything up?

Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd think it would be more important giving fringe players at bats then someone else. Maybe just let the teams decide. If they would rather work a pitcher they can do that or vice versa. It ain't a big deal either way though. With split squad games and such, its pretty easy to get varying players a good number of ab's.

Thanks for the update. Mark, Jon and Bartolo have all been looking great thus far in spring.

Ok; so I'm assuming this was before my time or something?

Alomar will walk less times than he will homer, does anyone know how patient Miguel is? Miguel is pretty good at drawing walks.

harris is still hitting the ball in the air and from watching him play CF against the cubs id rather have HSC out there in cf ...the dude is weak in cf...and his arm...weak weak weak...if rowand cant go and they send borchard down we got to come up with another option other than harris... Baggs, lets just say I agree with your assesment other then him hitting it in the air. From what I saw he was hitting it to first or 2nd every at bat, but it wasn't getting through. I lean towards Miles if Rios can play center.

Matthew. I agree with the idea of having Rauch our number 5, but if the Sox open the season using the #1-4 with the 5 pitching sporadically then I believe a veteran is better suited to handle the longer periods of rest, etc. Plus, Rauch can get regular action in the minors getting his stamina, etc up so he is ready once we go to the 5 full time. Plus, with Wright a ???(Injury) we don't know what will happen.

He just thinks if he waits he can get one more year guaranteed. I have a hunch he'll have signed a long term deal by opening day.

Who is he? Is he in our system?