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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2009 -> 05:23 PM) Anderson? Absolutely. You wouldn't find many GM's out there that would trade Sweeney for Anderson. I'm not saying Sweeney has ridiculous value, but Sweeney is a much better player than Brian Anderson. Anderson is better defensively and I know you'll throw out Andersons stats but there is more to the eye than stats but I hope BA proves me wrong cause I love the guy. I keep hoping Fields proves me wrong too cause he's another guy that looks bad whenever I see him hit.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ May 12, 2009 -> 05:19 PM) Sweeney, talented...Wise, talentless. You may not like Sweeney, whatever, but he's a hell of a better option that the trash the Sox have trotted out in CF this year. That's not debatable. A lot better.

I'm interested to see what Edwards can do coming back from surgery. This guy was pretty well thought of by some of the guys in the previous regime when they drafted him. Than again, they aren't the previous regime for nothing.

Infante has cooled down a bit in his last two starts, but he seems like a guy that has potential upside and is a very good person to keep an eye on. And by cool down I mean he's had one solid start and one poor start.

I expect him to start turning things around at the tail-end of this month and go on to have a pretty good season in Bham. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked to see him in Chicago come August (thats because I have little faith in Josh Fields).

I love Jordan Danks

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2009 -> 05:29 AM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb Article hyping him as possibly the best pitching prospect ever (kiss of death!) at MLB.com He is without a doubt the best pitching prospect to come out of the draft. Better than Van Poppel, Prior, etc. However, there is a difference between being the best pitching prospect and the best major leauge pitcher. Basically put that his skill-set right now is tops of any prior pitcher at the point that they enter the draft and that I would agree with. Only other guy I could compare him to is Prior, who was filthy in his own right.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 13, 2009 -> 06:13 AM) Stan Van Gundy being called out big time this morning. If he loses, he is most likely gawn. He's an excellent coach and would be a signficant upgrade over VDN. SVG is a better three letter acronym anyway.

Ducks-Wings goes seven.

Damn, I love Floyd but it looks like he's in deep doodo.

QUOTE (iguchi=dank @ May 12, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) Of course this is my luck. I'm in Nashville and have been planning a trip on the 16th to Jackson to see our boys play and I won't get to see Slayer. Upset.. yes. But there are plenty of guys I still want to see and Danks is a nice surprise if I can't see Gordon. I just knew something like this was gonna happen. Anybody else heading to Jackson on Sat? Would be nice to see some sox fans. You might be in luck. He'll be eligible to come off the DL by Saturday, I believe.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 12, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) Then why promote Danks? For just 7 days? Seems like a weird move. I think we see Cook, or possibly Gartrell, sent to Charlotte. What does promoting Danks have to do with Beckham. They play other positions so I'd imagine long term the Barons will be moving Cook up to AAA. Danks will be getting the AB's and barring a failure will be sticking in AA for the rest of the season (or a collasal success which has him promoted to Chicago, but I'd be hard pressed to see him doing anything but spend all season in Bham).

He's down in extended spring training and will be until short season begins.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 12, 2009 -> 05:47 AM) Wow, where did Stefan Gartrell come from all of a sudden? Not sure if its the protection he gets in that lineup, but... he's now got a 1.016 OPS, and he's hit 7 home runs in just 92 at bats in a tough HR ballpark (that's about twice his rate from last year). OBP over .400. I realize he's 25 and repeating AA (sounds a bit like Cook a couple years ago), but he was highly touted at one time. Maybe he's ready for that kind of consideration again? Gartrell came from the same college as Poreda and always was thought of as a rather toolsy player. He's starting to put things together.

Remember, minor league Dl is just 7 days as opposed to the 15 day DL that the major leagues is.

Guys, Danks is not a leadoff hitter. Get that idea out of your heads. He strikes out far more than a leadoff hitter should. He's a much better fit to be an ideal #3 hitter. Ie, good speed, average, hopefully a good OBP, solid power (not amazing, but 20HR power). Maybe a two hole hitter as well, but not a leadoff hitter. He'll always strike out a good amount, we just have to hope he learns to draw walks at a high rate

IT doesn't matter, offensively he has a pretty good idea and he'll be a very solid, Twins like ball-player.

Evan, you interested in doing any interviews or anything? If so, I could probably set something up for you.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2009 -> 05:04 PM) I believe Manny's deal next year is a player option right? Yep, he might not opt out anymore but the initial thought was that he was going to probably opt out at the end of the season. He probably won't have that sort of leverage though.

So what is going on?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 11, 2009 -> 04:13 PM) I stated the Angels as a team that could get desperate, and the Dodgers still have Manny for another year, so unless he gets traded (doubtful) I dont see them looking for a OF for another year. Hendry would have to perform another miracle to get rid of those two and their contracts. Giants are a viable team. I was talking more from the Sox perspective anyways, and what I would offer with the current economy and makeup of our team. Could my suggestion be ridiculous? Yup. Could it be what they are willing to pay? Yup. Could the Red Sox resign him for 5 years 75 mill? Pretty possible because they can afford it. My point as I said earlier, with the down market and the needs of the Sox I would offer him that much maybe a bit more, basically replacing one of Dye or Thomes contracts and a bit more, if he takes it then great. If not, we have alot of options to play around with. Oh, I would definately consider making 5yrs 75M and stated that much in an earlier post. I thought you were indicating that he'd be had for a deal similar to that of Dunn or Abreu's and that would be shocking since at the very least you'll have the Red Sox interested in bringing him back.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 11, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) The Sox just don't deal with Boras, PERIOD. They've already released their first Boras signing in forever, Ben Broussard, and that was just a minor league deal. The Sox and other teams wouldn't sign Porcello for what, $12 million? The Sox have a hard enough time trying to give out $50 million to their established players. But I won't lie, Porcello looks legit. He's still got a lot to learn, but his pure stuff is good enough that he'll be able to hang and develop at the major league level and it appears as if the Tigers are going to handle him right (ie, heavily limit his workload). You'll probably see them even piggy back him with Dontrelle or another starter from time to time this year to make sure he throws no more than 160-170IP's and I mean NO MORE than that.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 11, 2009 -> 04:04 PM) Tex: NYY CC: NYY Burnett: NYY Now he may have the suitors to get such a deal, but right now I dont see it. You can count on the Yanks, Mets, and Red Sox to be able to afford and be willing to offer larger contracts, but I still dont see many teams WILLING to spend that type of money. I could be wrong, but right now I dont see alot of teams offering that type of money, unless a team like the Angels get desperate to replace Vlad or something. And I could be wrong but I believe Bay has flaws too, he isnt a huge power machine, has had years where scouts were really down on him, and I believe his defense his shaky (again, this is off the top of my head, and could be wrong) Lets see. The Angels are still realing after losing out on Texeira and Vladdy is older, struggling and well not exactly the Vladdy of old. So clearly the Angels would be a team that would go balls out for Bay. Than you don't have to go much more North to identify the Dodgers as another option. Manny will probably be gone and the Dodgers could replace Manny's production with Bay. Plus the Red Sox would clearly be interested as well. So that right there is three large market teams that would be intersted in Bay. You also have to figure some other teams will come out of the wood-work as well and I could even see the Cubs having interset if they could find a way to get rid of Bradley/Fukodome's contracts. Giants could be looking for pop as well as they have a great young pitching staff and little offense whatsoever.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 11, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) Wait, I thought Swisher's contract was a deal for such a young player who put up a 120 OPS+ in a pitcher's park. The fact is we could've receieved a lot more for Swisher and would've still benefited if he was still on the team. I'm falling into that camp. I hate Swisher but the Sox got little value in that trade and that is coming from someone that doesn't like Betemeit a whole ton since he can't play defense and the Sox already have a zillion jurassic so called Dh's. Albeit, I don't exactly like our DH's, haha (but we won't debate that Santo). The Sox clearly wanted to dump Swishers contract this off-season but I think they could have gotten better value prospect wise. That said I loved getting Swisher and don't really miss him either but he'd be a s***ton better than what the Sox have been putting out in CF.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 11, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) The Sox just don't deal with Boras, PERIOD. They've already released their first Boras signing in forever, Ben Broussard, and that was just a minor league deal. The Sox and other teams wouldn't sign Porcello for what, $12 million? The Sox have a hard enough time trying to give out $50 million to their established players. I think its hard to compare Porcello and Strasburg, although I agree in theory that it works since Porcello fell strictly because of his demands but Porcello also had a lot more question-marks than Strasberg who is for the most part regarded as the top collegiate player ever available in the modern day version of the MLB amateur draft. Some would argue the best pitcher available. Obviously that puts a lot of pressure on Strasburg, but pure talent wise, I don't think there has ever been a pitcher entering the draft at the level he's playing at (doesn't mean he'll be the best ever, just stating that he's special).