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I am not too big of a Rogers fan. I'd rather have someone like Daal. Rogers doesn't really have too good of stuff and a lot of the time it looks like he lucks through things. Still he would be better then nothing.

It ain't like were going to be meeting up with the Cubs too often. If they went after Randa they'd be fools.

I wouldn't pay Suppan 3 million bucks. I'd take him over JB though.

JB is a great guy, but he's very inconsistent and has never proved a thing at the majors. This guy had one decent season, everything else has been pretty bad.

That was an awesome quote though.

All I know is I'd take the Tribune any day of the week over Jr.

Well if Colon goes to the Marlins, look for the marlins to move him. That move just wouldn't make sense. It would be a real good move by the Expos. I think this is just the Expos trying to make it look like their is still a market. Maybe, just maybe, we can luck up and get one of those two at a good rate.

Sammy Sosa is the 2nd best offensive player in the majors. Say what you want, but the Sox would be nuts if they didnt' want his production and moved him to left. Maggs is amazing too and Maggs is developing, its also hard to go against Sammy. I do think the Cubs would be best off by trading him if he will always continue to tell management what to do.

He always produced well in Texas, I never knew why they didn't ever let him start for a full season, it ain't like they were going anywhere.

St. Louis does a great job getting guys. Their are one of the rare teams that has soley found a way to build itself via trades and free agency, almost nothing from their own system. Of course, you can ocassionally get away with those things when you have a nice high payroll. If the Cards want Buerhle, then I'll ask for Matt Morris and call it a done deal

I still like Ritchie, and I like Daal too. Especially at a one year deal. One year, we can't go wrong with Daal unless we pay him some ridiculous amount.

So they didn't offer him arbitration because they could sign him cheaper. He will be back folks. It has something to do with the fact he wasn't supposed to be a free agent. Guy like Lieber, they were free agents, but the Sox had the rights to Ritchie cause he didn't have enough major league experience. I'm assuming now that they didn't offer him arbitration that other teams could bid on him (Something that couldn't happen before)

I'll do it for ya, give me a day.

I've ripped Mcnair a lot, but he should of been their.

McNabb is gifted, but he is over-hyped. He still has a ways to go when it comes to running a pass attack, but his heart and knack for the play making makes up for it.

So are you saying the Sox have talked with Clemens? Michelle, do you know if the Sox can sign him before May?

Helling or Suppan would both be solid pickups.

Fick would be a starter, imo. Well, he couldn't start cause he can't play center, but if we had Fick, I'd be all for dealing Konerko or lee cause Fick would provide a quality left handed stick.

I do think I could do a decent job of it. The area I woul fail in is developing the minor leagues. I'd basically have to just hire the best scouts out their and let them do the majority of the scouting for me. Then they could pick some of the guys that are really impressive or that they like a lot, and those would be the guys I'd personally scout.

Person and Valdes will probably last a while. Daal may too as he's out their and hasn't recieved much interest other then from the Sox. Oh ya, let me just go on the record as saying that rotation is ugly. Our bullpen will be killed. You have to go into the season expecting Rauch to have plenty of short starts, and we know Biddle can't go deep into games(Until he proves it, then I see it that way). Wright and Garland are pretty good at battling so you can figure 6 innings a game for them and 7 or so from Buerhle, but for pete sake, maybe you only get a combined 9 innings a game from Rauch and Biddle. What does that do to this pen? It KILLS it. They need a guy in here that can throw the innings for sure.

As far as I know we can't sign him to the beginning of May (Ritchie). Still, I Would of figured I could find something to verify this. I know now that he hasn't accepted arbitration he can go elsewhere and the Sox can offer him less, its just not for a long time. Also, did the Sox actually make him an offer at the max discoutn they could get? The stuff I've read make it seem like they did, but Ritchie would of been nuts to turn something like that down, so I'm assuming the Sox decided to look in another direction.

Well, if we lose Paul were still hopeless. We need 3 catchers that can handle the major league duties if necessary. First off, we dont know what happens with Olivo. Secondly, Alomar is a great pickup cause it gives us a good veteran that the pitching staff likes that can help Olivo. The problem is, Alomar does get injured, so you know someone else is going to be their, so who will the Sox turn to now, if Paul can't make it to AAA. We better look to pick up someone to a minor league deal.

Paul will be the 26th man. If Alomar goes down then he will be up. The Sox can't really deal him unless they pick up some other minor leaguer thats decent enough to handle the catching duties.

They said they offered Buerhle a real good contract and he turned it down. I'm sorry, but Zito is better then Buerhle, imo and he was offered more money. Allegedly of course.

Well, according to KW, they gave him an offer that would be more then Zito, Sabathia, etc. Don't know how true it is, but maybe they are trying. Also, I was pretty upset yesterday. I know their are still options out their, and i guess millwood is due to make 10 mill, but I just hate giving up a ton for someone like Colon if we could of gotten a pretty good pitcher for nothing. Oh ya, it looks like it will be Daal or Valdes.