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If he doesn't choke up, he can get to the outside pitches and flip the ball into left field.

Looks like they edited the story.

The outfield in AAA is too thin to deal Quentin. Dump Teahen's contract for a LOOGy. Buy a better reliever with the cash.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) Ronnie Maybe it was wishful thinking.

Ah, I was thinking Chris Pine.

Neither does Corey Brewer, nor CJ Watson.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) Wow, Captain Kirk got huge. That's a different actor, I believe.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 08:12 PM) Again, why would the Rays want Carlos Quentin, especially for Garza? If they are going to bring in a guy who plays no defense, they'll bring him in from outside the organization and they'll almost certainly do it for less than $5 million. I also don't know why the Rangers would give up prospects for Matt Garza when #1 - they are still very much in the running for Cliff Lee #2 - if they trade for a starting pitcher, I think it's much more likely to be Greinke than Garza Quentin can play left field if needed, or DH. Tampa has flexibility there. The Rangers will probably lose out on Lee to New York, and Garza would be much a cheaper option in a trade than Greinke.

3 way deal... Sox trade Carlos Quentin to Tampa Bay Tampa Bay sends Matt Garza to Texas Texas sends Michael Kirkman, Alexi Ogando and Miguel De Los Santos to Sox

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) Now how many of these guys have produced well enough over the past 2 seasons to justify the contract? Uehara? That's really all I got. That's the top 18 free agent relievers over 2 seasons and maybe 1-3 of them have panned out and that may be pushing it. I agree with you. Downs is worth 5 mil for 2011. Whether he's worth 5 mil in 2012 and 2013 is the main problem with expensive relievers.

I shudder to think of Viciedo's range in RF, though. Especially because he turned down a chance to go play winter ball and perhaps work on his outfield skills.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 06:31 PM) KW gave Dotel and Linebrink more than $5 million per in recent years. They were worth $5 mil going into year 1. They just weren't worth 5 mil in all of he other years of the contract. In fact, I'd offer Dotel a cheap contract and bring him back if we could.

$5 mil isn't a lot for a quality reliever if he stays quality through the length of the deal. That's the main issue; reliever turnover due to regression.

If Garry Templeton, Milton Bradley, Dmitri and Delmon Young, and Carl Everett hear about this, they'll be slightly upset.

Barry Bonds don't wanna talk about no Matt Garza.

Ever?

Off by 5 points. Oh well. The Titans still covered.

"The head is taboo, Bob."

"His problem is that he gets too high."

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Do you have the sports almanac from Back to the Future? Should I bet on that exact box score right now??? Hey, you're the Pick to Click winner. As an aside, I did get 13 of 16 right with the spread last week.

I can see this: QTR 1 2 3 4 IND 13 7 0 10 TEN 3 7 17 6

The plan is to have Flaxx and Hogan give info on them that I will include in each category. Then, I will post honorable mentions, i.e. beers that were voted top 5 individually but didn't receive enough votes overall.

NOT TWO DAYS!!!!

Titans passing D absolutely blows, and Indy has given up a lot of offense in the second half this year. I can see a high score tonight.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) Dale Mollenhauer was a good guy and worked hard all year to improve, wish him well. Jake Rasner flopped in B'ham and was demoted mid year, no loss. Ricky Brooks is injury prone and has the most disturbingly thin ankles I've ever seen. Hey, you don't get insider info from BA like THAT!