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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 25, 2006 -> 04:43 PM) It would be on different than any fantasy team you've ever had where you take a bunch of young players with potential and go on to finish in the cellar (or apparently kind of how you run your DPPL team or whatever its called). Jason, I know you would strongly disagree with me on this, but I don't think for a second that a Milledge/Anderson/Dye OF would be conceding. For all intents and purposes, we got nothing out of our left-fielder this season. He provided virtually no power, he didn't get on-base, and he didn't do a whole lot defensively either. Let's take Dye out of the equation here, and just talk about Anderson and Milledge. I think you have one of the most reasonable opinions about Anderson's potential. Some people talk about Anderson like he can be a future All-Star at the plate. That's terribly unreasonable. I believe he has the potential (I should say peak) to be a slightly above average hitter (I'm thinking .275/.330/.450, pretty much Torii Hunter's line through his age 27-29 seasons), with the obvious plus of being a good-to-great defender at a premium defensive position. Unfortunately, I still think we're in for another year of 'getting to that potential' from BA. I'd guess something like .250/.320/.425, which is similar to his ZiPS projection for 2007 (.247/.312/.392). That being said, I strongly believe you can put up with a line like that so long as the defense is there. The only two positions I'll say that for are SS and CF, with catcher coming in at a close third. The question is, how is Milledge going to perform next season? He seems to be a much superior offensive talent to Brian Anderson, so I don't think he'd struggle as much as BA did last season. What would you project from Milledge for 2007? And, is that better or worse than Sweeney? Wrapping it all up, the main objective for Kenny this winter is getting the pitching back to its 2005 level. That includes remembering that, if you are going to replace Uribe or Anderson, you're likely to have a defensive downgrade at two really important spots (there are some obvious exceptions, like Mike Cameron). And, although defense in LF isn't as important as CF, it would be nice to have a LFer who could get the ball to homeplate on a fly.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 24, 2006 -> 03:47 PM) Very few of the lower payroll teams are getting extra draft picks so really the system tends to just give one high payroll team extra picks while another high payroll team loses the picks (that would be the high payroll team that is losing a player it probably just acquired at the deadline from some crappy team). That, and the compensation picks were 'devaluing' having the the first overall pick. Not that it had much effect on the top half of the first round, but teams with top second round picks were getting screwed as more and more compensation picks piled up in that 'sandwich' round.

Anyone else watching the Minny/Seattle game? Childress just got lauded for his decision to challenge the non-catch by Jeremy Stevens. I mean, these announcers were absolutely praising the guy. I don't know why, really. Rather than a fourth-and-one, it gave Seattle a fourth-and-four. Either way, Seattle was going to kick the field goal. And now Childress has just one challenge the rest of the way. He made a similar decision against the Bears. IMO he's made some really poor choices with that red flag.

Look who's gracing the front page of SI's College Basketball section...

Cardinals = worst World Series team since...? Congrats, Tiger fans.

Anyone just see that play that Chavez just made? In the context of the game and its settings, that's one of the greatest plays I've ever seen.

LF - Carl Crawford (2.6) CF - Carlos Beltran (13.5) C - Joe Mauer (.4) 1B - Albert Pujols (14) DH - David Ortiz (6.5) RF - Jermaine Dye (5) SS - Carlos Guillen (5) 2B - Robinson Cano (.38) 3B - Ryan Zimmerman (.35) Salary of starters = $47.73M SP - Johan Santana (8.75) SP - Roy Halladay (12.75) SP - Justin Verlander (.98) SP - Brandon Webb (2.5) SP - Chris Carpenter (5) Salary of starting pitchers = $29.98M RP - J.J. Putz (.42) RP - Matt Thorton (.36) RP - Justin Duchscherer (.35) RP - Joel Zumaya (.33) RP - Jon Broxton (.35) RP - Taylor Tankersly (.35) Salary of relievers = $2.16M Bench - 1B/RF/LF - Nick Swisher (.34) OF - Milton Bradley (3) C - Russell Martin (.35) 3B/1B - Nomar Garciaparra (6) SS/2B - Jose Reyes (.4) Salary of bench = $10.09M Total salary = $89.96

Havlat! again.

QUOTE(beautox @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Youkilis is studly. But i'd rather the sox focus their attention on Melky Cabrea deal Cotts + Tracey to the Yankees for him, hes going to be a star provided he isn't put into a back up role next season. Cabrera is a 22yr old LFer, who's natural position is CF, hes got sterling defense and a good enough arm to make runners think twice about a hustle double or scoring from third on a bloop single to LF. Melky is a switch hitter who has great plate discipline and sprays the ball to all fields, his power is still developing, and hes got speed, he just hasn't quite mastered the art of stolen bases i could see him putting something like this up next year .285+/.365/.400 12-15HR, 15-20SB/6-8CS. What's wrong with this? Let's assume that's true, which I find quite funny considering his minor league OPS didn't even top .775. We're getting a future "star" for Neal Cotts + Sean Tracey? Damn, man, you sure they don't want Paulino Reynoso and Corwin Malone? Or is that too much? BTW, if Melky's defense is sterling, Ryan Sweeney must be God himself out there, because calling a guy "sterling" who's ZR was fifth to last out of all qualified LFers. Considering that TangoTiger's Fan Scouting Report had him a little bit better than average, I'd take a guess that he's probably around average in LF (maybe a little better or a little worse than average). So if sterling = average, then I guess you're right.

Fun. I can't wait til we sign him to a four year deal, and he's completely useless going into year three.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 04:10 AM) I didn't critize the defense, just their play on the last drive. So, why don't you STFU? HONSTLY. When you stop whining, I'll STFU. Kay? But that's expecting too much, so I probably shouldn't ask.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 04:00 AM) The defense is just allowing constant yards. It looks like they're just conceding these 5-8 yard plays. Yeah, I know, 14 points scored, three points allowed in the second half, those guys are awful. STFU. Honstly.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) C'mon -- the last thing he wants to do with his budget is waste $2 mil. It sounds like Macha just lost his team. Ditto. I think Macha lost the guys. I remember them talking about Swisher and him knocking heads multiple times and they somehow portrayed that in a good light (ie Swisher has that "energy" and "desire").

Well, I don't know how many people really care about Marquette basketball, but the UWM Panthers have backed out of a five year deal that would have them playing Marquette. UWM would have gotten something close to $180K out of the deal. So, while UWM more or less "called out" the Marquette basketball program, Crean had this to say (per the blog Cracked Sidewalks):

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 05:24 AM) Fewer home games would be a joke. I think an NFL type playoff scheme would be really interesting. Have 4 rounds - wild card round, divisional round, championship round, and world series. It would lengthen the baseball season and would allow for fewer messes like we've seen in this postseason, where there are 4 solid, but not spectacular, teams in the LCS. In that scenario this year, Minnesota and New York would have had first round byes, while the Tigers played the Sox and the Angels played the A's. I have no doubt in my mind the divisional series is completely different if that scenario occurred this year. First round is 5 games, ALDS is 7, and nothing changes beyond that. More teams? Bah... Baseball seems to be the only sport where, if you made the playoffs, you really earned it. Football comes in second, but you can usually pick out one team per year that really isn't that good, and is just a product of playing poor teams or having teams in its division suck real hard. BTW -- before anyone brings it up, the NL of 2006 (sans the Mets) is an exception, not the rule.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 04:48 AM) Huh? Frank has choked in every postseason series of his life except the Minny series with Oakland. That's simply proven fact. It is? Your brilliance continues to amaze me, 101. Awesome.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 04:25 AM) I guess we're mortal enemies now... Yeah.... apparently so... Is Marquette generally hated among DePaul fans? I'm just a freshman here, so I haven't quite picked up on who the rivals (other than the obvious Wisconsin Badgers) are and other little intracies like that.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 03:31 AM) So how about those Salukis? Anyone? Bueller? We are Marquette ! These Illini fans are boring, Rowand, seeing that their backcourt can't hold a candle to the group of Dominic James, Jerel McNeal, and Wes Matthews. (okay -- no more prickish comments from me)

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) Well if Juan had just shot like he threw last year, he probably would have casually shot at the guy after waiting 2 seconds too long, and the shots then would have went 10 feet over his head.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Oct 15, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) And so the Big Skirt So clever. How do you do it, Nuke? Just so freakin' intelligent.

QUOTE(SABR Sox @ Oct 14, 2006 -> 03:18 AM) I'm not a huge Matz fan, and stay away from Schmidt and Zito. How about Mike Mussina? Won't need a 5-year deal, great DIPS pitcher. He'd be my choice. I'd love to see the Sox grab Mussina. I really enjoyed watching him pitch for most of the season; pitched very effectively inside, did an awesome job of changing speeds. Still has some 'zip' on the fastball, too. If there was a scenario in which we could lock up Mussina on a two year deal (two years, $25 million), I'd look to trade two starters this offseason. Then obviously you could try and deal two starters this offseason (Garcia, and either Contreras or Buehrle), and you'd certainly do a pretty good job of restocking the farm by trading two of the above.

Marquette's "Midnight Madness" was tonight; I missed it for a hockey game (went to the Wiscy/North Dakota game). Apparently Lazar Hayward impressed. If he's cleared by the NCAA (he was cleared to practice, not to play), I'm pretty sure he'll start. The hockey game got me pumped for basketball season to start. The guy in front of me was talking about the Marquette/Wiscy game, talkin' s*** about Marquette; I decided not to get into it with him. Can't wait to get basketball season underway...

Yup; online gambling is just going to go underground. I really don't understand why the US doesn't regulate it; they'd make an absolute killing $$$ wise if they would just regulate it. Bastards...

It just has the feeling of Detroit going on to winning it all. Certain breaks going their way that seemingly went our way last year. Take tonight for example; Alexis Gomez is NOT a very good hitter, shown by a career .414 SLG% in the minors, and a .342 SLG% in the majors. Tonight? Four RBIs with a two run homer and a two run single.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 06:12 AM) You wouldnt, which is why if we traded fields for A-rod with an SP you would HAVE to sign Joe to a long term deal. Anyone who has mentioned trading Joe isnt thinking. If we get A-rod, he plays SS and Uribe is dealt for a bullpen piece. Since when is Wayne Krivsky our GM?