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Well, whats everyones take on him so far. I can't label him a bust yet, although I never wanted them to draft him, but I would say if the right offer is there I'd trade him. On a side note, lets say were picking #4 or so next year, you think we could package Jay and the 4 for Lebron? Me, I'd make a trade.

Just wanted to quickly Say GO HAWKEYES. I was shocked to see them pull the upset. Alford is a heck of a head coach (I think he's one of the best in all of college basketball) and he's doing an amazing job so far with a less then perfect squad. Go Hawks Go!!!!!!!

i wonder what mr showtime has to say. i may have missed his comments yesterday, since he been right the last several yrs. Ya...its easy for a pessimist to be right when he talks about the Sox. I do know he's excited for this trade. Somewhere on the board he started a thread with his take. And optimistics like me, were usually wrong but NOT this year!!!

maybe that was why i couldn't log in this morning for about 1 hr. Thats probably the case. I know it was supposed to happen in the morning and then they would be making minor changes to it the rest of the day, ones that we shouldn't even notice.

As far as your post. I love the idea of getting Palmerio and Pudge and calling it quits. One thing, if I recall Rios signed his deal for like 300 k or something along those lines and as far as Flash goes, look for a mill, maybe some incentives that could bring it to 1.5 mill. Remember, since the Sox were never obligated to these players, they can offer them any % of a pay cut. Those terms only apply if you offer a player arbitration or something along those lines. Don't quote me on this though..I ain't a rules expert. when is the draft? i would wait until the draft is over and then go out and get some other fa's. Draft isn't till like June or something like that.

I'm hoping he's one of those guys like Ryan and Clemens that can keep it up for a long time. I think he's got an amazingly strong arm. Of course Rocket and Nolan both stayed in phenomenal shape.

I'm raising my HAND!!!!!! I picked them to make the playoffs and when the series picks came out I picked them to win it all, I just had the number of games out!!! I was one of the few though. I didn't pick them to win it all at the beginning of the season, but I did say they would make the playoffs. Still, the Sox do have holes and I'm loving this idea of bringing the Pudgster in. By the way, great article Matt. It did a nice job putting things in perspective.

Just wanted to quickly inform you that the server that runs Soxtalk.com is undergoing some maitenance today. It shouldn't have much of an effect on things, other then the board may load a bit slower then usual. Once everything is done it should be running even faster.

As far as your post. I love the idea of getting Palmerio and Pudge and calling it quits. One thing, if I recall Rios signed his deal for like 300 k or something along those lines and as far as Flash goes, look for a mill, maybe some incentives that could bring it to 1.5 mill. Remember, since the Sox were never obligated to these players, they can offer them any % of a pay cut. Those terms only apply if you offer a player arbitration or something along those lines. Don't quote me on this though..I ain't a rules expert.

They still need to dump some payroll.

Mario...I didn't read your post, but it sure looks like I did, because what I said and what you said was like the same damn thing. I know one thing, remember when we got CJ late a couple years ago, well Pudge is way better then him, offensively and defensively and we could get him for a full year. Just one year, nothing more. He gets to play for a winning team and in this offense he'll have great protection for a monster season. The Sox can also ocassionally give him time at DH. Then Olivo, who hasn't ever played in AAA, can start the season there, eventually moving up when Alomar goes down. Once Alomar goes down, look for him to be signed up as a coach for the Sox next year (Just my hunch)

it didnt make sense to sign sandy but it does make sense to sign IROD even after signing sandy...im putting sandy's done for the year mark at may 15th...from that point on its olivo and paul......please tell me this rumor is true and we are after IROD...balt offered him in the 'hood of 6 million i believe...sox can afford that I'd give him a one year deal so he can test the market later. Then Olivo can learn under one of the masters. He could also adjust and get some time in AAA and then come up once Alomar goes down. I couldn't possibly believe this, but why would he possibly mention someone like Pudge, cause it isn't like Sox fans have really talked about him. We just figure we are going to go with Olivo. I'll say one thing, if we sign Pudge, put him in the 2 hole with Jimenez leading off. Pudge is a sweet 2 hitter, imo.

I can buy into that Michelle.

Colon is a real solid guy in the clubhouse and he's a damn good pitcher. I'm with Mario, I think they will learn from his actions. He's a real strong pitcher, that plays with heart and really just gets better as the game goes on.

Almonte is a Righty. Thanks for the feedback. From now on I'll make sure to include that info. I'll also put the age there.

What can I say...esp The real reason was, I didn't think of him as a key guying making the next step and I kind of wondered whether he would be coming up to AAA.

I'm not picking Halama over Suppan. Just saying it will likely come down to money. Suppan would be a real good pickup. I strongly believe Rauch will be a very sucessful five, but I like the idea of having 6 guys that can start. You can never have a problem with too much pitching.

Column: A Big Piece Added, But not the Last By Matt Michel Written January 16, 2003

I totally agree, the Bears need 3 real QBs, so why not start with one that has actually been to a Super Bowl and knows how this whole winning concept goes. Welcome Aboard Soxie Girl...I'd like to see 3 real qb's battling it out. One a draft pick of course and one of them can't be Chandler, Burris or Sauter. Get Kordell, draft a qb, keep Miller.

I like Halama. At worse he goes to AAA and can come up for Doubleheaders and if needed can come in and provide an extra lefty arm in the pen.

Thats what I'm saying. Not only do we have two aces, but we have a deep rotation. People can doubt Jon and Danny, but they throw innings, which takes stress of the bullpen and over the long haul, with this offense if our pitchers are keeping us in the games we will be real good. Last season we were able to go .500 despite the fact we had Ritchie and Glover who couldn't get past the 5th inning.

Michelle. I know you don't buy KW did this, but Cashman himself is quoted as saying that Williams came to him with the proposed 3 way deal.

but buehrle has said he wants to go elsewhere..to st louis kw needs to mend this fence and get buehrle signed long term Well, if they don't want to discuss a deal for the time being, I don't see a flaw in that. If you keep trying to milk it (The Sox) then you could really harm things. Sometimes its best to break things off and go year by year, then talk to him in another year and see if his thoughts are different. If you keep trying to jam something down his throat, you could really tick him off. I also know that plenty of players have said they want to play here or there, it doesn't mean its going to happen. Has he ever said he's not happy in a Sox uni? I haven't heard it, he also said that(Whole St Louis Thing) just once.

I think we just took him off the 40, but I can't verify thats all we did. I'm thinking he'll be in AAA next year. I do know he's pitching in the Winter League.

jim i disagree....our bullpen is weak...with osuna gone almost every arm in the had a plus 4 era last year..and i wasnt even a big fan of osuna but we did need him and need to replace him...... with colon this might be a one year shot...we need to win now or what was the purpose of trading for him?? another name i saw on the free agent list..graeme lloyd...solid lefty Marte's era was excellent. Glover's era as a reliever is excellent. Koch's era is good. Then you have Flash whose era was in the low 3's. You also have Wunsch who I think found himself into the high 3's late in the season, but he did excell down the stretch as he got healthier. Thats more then many teams out there. Someone can check my stats, cause I'm going off the top of my head, but thats what I call a heck of a bullpen. Oh ya..we also have Munoz, Sanders, Stewart, and Almonte all ready.