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QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 05:51 PM) Right after I posted that, I thought "who's pitching for them?" and looked up their depth chart... fugly doesn't even quite describe how laughable it is. I like their offense though, especially if Adam Jones reverts to 2009 form and Mark Reynolds can get his strike outs under control. 1 2B Brian Roberts 2 CF Adam Jones 3 RF Nick Markakis 4 DH Vladimir Guerrero 5 LF Luke Scott 6 1B Derrek Lee 7 3B Mark Reynolds 8 C Matt Wieters 9 SS J.J. Hardy They need Markakis to revert back to his '08 form and for Wieters to start to live up to the Strasburg-like hype he generated going into '09. Matt was supposed to be what Posey is for the Giants by now, maybe even better. A healthy Roberts would be nice, too.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 05:28 PM) Somehow the Orioles look like a legitimate team now.. Too bad they're in the AL East Not with their rotation. Their offense should be nice. But after Matusz, their SP is fugly.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) Normally I'd say something smart like "I doubt the market for a 37 year old who spent a year away from the game is a big one", but then again, Jim Edmonds found work last year and dat mof*cka was 40. Jim Edmonds lives in the world of reality. JD still thinks it's 2006.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 01:10 PM) That has nothing to do with vomiting and killing animals. ie. Overreaction. Forgive me if you took that post literally. But I'm not a fan of adding bad baseball players to my favorite baseball team. Nothing personal against Cantu. I'd feel the same if somebody suggested players like Jeff Francouer, Yuniesky Betancourt, or Jason Kendall.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 02:11 AM) Overreacting much? No. He's a bad player. Complete butcher in the field with a below average bat. QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 02:18 AM) youre sayin youd rather have brent morel and mark teahen over a guy making $850,000 whos averaged 18/83/37(doubles).274 the last 3 years( the team ranks from last year would put him tied for 5th with lexi in HR, 4th in RBIs, 1st in doubles by 7, and one point behind pierre for 4th in BA) and thats including last season where he only played 127 games...yes he'll strike out 100 times more than likely but with that kind of production coming from a guy whos making so little and would bat 7th or 8th i think itd be foolish to say he wouldnt make this team a lot better....i just read that fangraphs article on lexi...talk about underrated Do you have any idea how bad Cantu is defensively? Think Josh Fields. I know Teahen sucks but he's not going anywhere. You've closed the book on Morel already? Well I haven't. Not even close. I'd much rather give Morel a shot over a 4 WAR player the last three years combined. You say he's getting $850K? Well that's for a reason. When you're going into your 8th season at 29 and that's what you're making it's usually because you're not that good. QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 02:21 AM) and underrating man i really love when i get in the mood to post on here You can't underrate bad.

QUOTE (whitesox91403 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 12:12 AM) Cantu signed with San Diego. Whew! All the small animals of the world are safe.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:34 PM) I would not be surprised to see Jorge Cantu sign a one year deal with the Sox. Also think he underperformed in Texas and could be a good utility player for us. DFA Teahen ;-) And I'll throw up in my mouth over and over and over again. Then I will proceed to kill every small animal I come across for the next year. Cantu is terrible.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:14 PM) He had major league offers last year,probably more than one. His own fault he is being forced into retirement. Did he? I'm not saying your wrong. I just don't recall. I remember the Nationals being brought up. But I remember it being a minor league deal being possibly offered.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 10:45 PM) He has no position HERE. Hell, we were talking Tank/Dunn platoon until we signed PK. I get your point but in no way is it fact. Chad Tracy was playing last year. Nobody said anything was fact. Until Dayan proves he can play a position at an acceptable level then his value is supressed.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 10:09 PM) Exactly. And even if the Sox decide halfway through the year that they don't want/need Viciedo in the future, as they did with Dan Hudson this past year, atleast they have the ability to trade him still. They don't have that with a draft pick this year, and it would probably take an additional year beyond that to establish the trade value of that prospect assuming they don't get injured. I will gladly take Viciedo over that draft pick. I think most will. But what's the market for an all bat, no position player? That's my concern. That would immediately eliminate the NL. And the DH only days seem to be coming to an end (there's obviously some exceptions).

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 10:19 PM) "without his exceptional athleticism?" I'm sorry but that makes no sense. None. Might as well say "if it wasn't for the fact that he could shoot the lights out Ray Allen isn't that good." lol. Badge is trippin'.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) I never said anything about Wade being an All-Star. I said I dont care about All-Stars. Then I said that I dont think that Wade or Bosh are top 5 players. And its my team and on my team Lebron would be the SG. If he can play PG, he can play SG. Lol. That's weak. So you say Wade is not the top SG and somebody asks you to name a better one and your rebuttal is to move LeBron to SG? Just say you don't like Wade. Makes a lot more sense.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) Wait what, who is only talking about the Eastern Conference? The statement was clearly in reference to the NBA. Your first post was all over the place. You came off as saying Wade shouldn't be the starting 2-guard for the east. And that you would rather have LeBron as your SG, even though he's not nor has he ever been a SG, and Durant as your SF. Which one is it?

Dbaho, your perimeter D is AWFUL. This is why you don't make moves simply to appease your superstar. The Magic were better before the trades. The Magic have nobody that can even bother Lebron or Wade.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 07:55 PM) I dunno some guy named Lebron James with Durant as my SF? Did Durant get traded to an eastern conference team in the last 24 hours? Wade is without question the top 2-guard in the east.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 07:35 PM) And yet Kevin Love is penalized for playing with terrible teammates. That makes no sense. Bosh was a 5-time all-star coming into this year. The ONLY reason to leave him off this year is because his stats are down. But it's obvious as to why they're down. I agree with you on Love and I even told you this was gonna happen. Monta Ellis should be there as well.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 07:36 PM) I'd personally go with low-risk/high-reward. Oops. You know what I meant.

Little late to the party. But this is probably my second favorite move of the off-season. Now this is what you call high-risk/high-reward. Not the Phillip Humber's of the world.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 06:22 PM) Charles is awesome. And this is f***ing disgusting. I warned you. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 06:32 PM) f***ING BOSH. I don't have a problem with Bosh making it. Everybody knows on another team he's a 24/10 guy, at least. Can't penalize him because he plays with two of the top 5 players in the game.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 06:15 PM) I know they added Benoit and they ought to get Zumaya back, but it's worth noting that the Tigers were the #8 bullpen in the AL last year, the Twins were #4 and the White Sox were #5. The White Sox also got rid of 3 of their 4 worst bullpen ERA's last year (Jenks, Linebrink, and Williams) without losing any of their performing Bullpen guys. Putz?

Feddy is going to get tattooed in that division. An ERA over 5 is pretty much a given.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) It really gets tough if you don't have a bounce-back season from 1 of those 3. Everything else pretty much needs to go right; you'd need a similar year from Konerko, you'd need a normal year from Dunn, you'd need the rest of the starters including Jackson to step up, and you'd need the bullpen to be more solid than it was last year. It could happen, but it gets tough. Yeah. When I say 'bounce-back' I don't mean MVP seasons. But they were too bad for way too long last year. Even with Dunn, we don't have enough to compensate if they're as bad again. Alex Rios is another guy that needs to be more consistent. Outside of May, he was very ordinary. And he really fell off in the second half [.684 OPS]. PK was by far and away our most consistent offensive producer last year and he'll almost certainly regress.

Lindy's also picked the Sox to win the Central. I'm pretty much half optimist, half pessimist with this team. I see upside and downside up and down the roster, especially with the every day lineup. I will say I don't think we can win the division without a healthy Peavy, even if it's for half a season, and without big-time bounce-back seasons from Beckham and CQ.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) People have been writing that for like 5 years though. I would always say the same thing about how the Bulls would go to a Ben Gordon isolation play against a triple team every time they needed a last shot...he did it like 3 times in a row early in his career, then that became the only thing the Bulls would ever run in a close game, and he'd make 20% on them because...he was triple teamed. I never saw it. Either that or I just don't remember. Kobe's hit at least 20 game-winners in his career. It's amazing to me that even despite that he's really not that clutch.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) Forgot how to throw the ball to 1st. Alex Fernandez Spent all of his time, along with Wilson Alvarez, at Old Country Buffet between the start of the '94 strike and the beginning of the '95 season. Ellissssssss Burks