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For those of you Freddy haters out there. Remember when the rest of the staff was sucking early on? Freddy went 4-1 in May and helped carry the team through June until they all got hot. Freddy was 4-0 in June as well. He did more than anyone expected and would be a great insurance policy for this ballclup! SIGN ME UP!

QUOTE (3E8 @ Jan 26, 2011 -> 07:06 PM) I'm going to Glendale for the first time too, so ditto all of the above. Emphasis on the sluts. You don't have to go ALL the way to Arizona for that. Wrigleyville is 10 miles North of the Cell. You'll find pleanty of them there

Wouldn't mind him as our emergency starter. Couldn't we just get Freddy for cheaper though?

No Thanks! Jackson is my wildcard for 2011. I think he will have a Jon Garland 2005 type season for us. I was really impressed with his pitch selection, location and execution last year.

OUr offense is going to be stellar in 2011. However, Im still worried about the pen with the uncertainty of Peavy and the decision with Sale. That is why i would love for them to sign Soriano. If Sale starts the season as our closer- who would be Peavy's insurance starter? Harrel?

QUOTE (scotty22hotty @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 08:44 PM) Sox still need a consistent/defensive RF... Unless his foot vastly improved, Carlos needs to be on a team where he can DH 50% of the time. Hopefully KW works his magic. I would have loved to have brought in DeJesus for RF. It could be one of those things where he likely doesn't want to sell low on TCQ. Hopefully his foot heals properly and he can play adequate defense.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 02:24 PM) So where is Soriano going? It appears he doesn't have too many options. I'm sure the Phillies would love to trade Blanton somewhere and pick up Soriano, because ever other team that has made sense appears to be "out of it" He'll sign a 1 year deal with many of incentives here! For instance- X amount of saves and he'll earn an extra 2 million. IF he makes the all-star team he'll recieve X amount of dollars etc. . I just have a feeling both parties will eventually find a middle ground and he'll sign here. He would be a PERFECT fit here. And once Peavy comes back you can throuh Sale in there as well. Soriano CL Thorton L SU Crain R SU Santos R MR Ohman L MR Pena- R LR Infante R LR

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/01/whit...el-soriano.html Looks like we'll be waiting for a real good bargain. I think they will eventually find a middle ground. Chicago is his best fit no doubt!

QUOTE (credescrew24 @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 05:17 PM) Take this for what it's worth but recently I was out at the mall here in socal and ran into the halos GM Tony Regans and had a chance to talk to him for a bit...he showed luv to sox fans and saw my sox tattoo on my leg and be for he left I asked for anyinside info on rumblings for the offseason. Instantly he a huge smile and said that we were guna be getting someone else good soon...??? What do u guys think could it be soriano? Let's hope another AL gm knows something in the works haha... I met Regans at a Sox game last year. What a class act! I wouldn't be suprised if was telling the truth. And if he was- im thinking it is indeed Soriano. KW's current goal is to solidify the pen.

I just got kinda gidee! I really hope we can get this guy. Thank you Jerry for opening up your wallet

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Dec 25, 2010 -> 10:33 AM) That the Sox are the mystery team is a real real long long stretch agreed. . but you never know. thats all im saying. The next best thing is to see Viciedo and Morel battle it out this spring. If im the Viciedo, im busting my ass at 3B all winter long trying to improve defensively. We all know the dude can swing a stick. Morel has ALOT of defensive talent at the hot corner. My only concern with him is offensive contributions. But if they want to stick with the defense and pitching motto- Morel is the guy! Or you don't have to worry about this at all and just sign Beltre

Steve Phillips mentioned that the Sox should go ALL IN and bring in Beltre 2 weeks ago on ESPN1000. He brought up JR's age and it may be a factor the next few seasons as he wants nothing more than 1 more WS title. Adding Beltre would make this lineup SICK! I'm not sure how much it will cost- but the fact that we offered Kerry Wood $6 million/ season tells me KW and JR are NOT done spending and want to continue to add to this thing as much as possible. How much would Beltre cost? Not sure. But the thought of him in our lineup makes me smile. We would seriously compete w/ the Boston's and NY's if we add Beltre. Is it a pipe dream? Sure. Can it happen? You never know. This appears to be a GO ALL IN 2011 campaign! So why not add the best 3b on the market while we are at it? Merry Christmas to all my SOXTALKERS! I've been on this thing for over 5 years already!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 18, 2010 -> 05:30 PM) There's talk the Yankees are interested in him. He won 12 games last year in the 5th starter slot. With Peavy questionable, it makes no sense not to bring him back. And if Peavy is strong and ready to go- Freddy can head to the pen to be a long reliever / spot starter.

I dont want to fool myself by saying he is going to come back and be effective. . But if he does, we have a great chance to do some serious damage this year. Until then, KW needs to sign a cheaper veteran starter to fill up the 5th slot. Whats Freddy up to these days?

Mark Buerhle and his wife are awesome!

I'm predicting PK will sign today- and KW will also sign a reliever.

I truly believe CQ will be dealt in a package to get a younger athletic OF. I think it will happen after the 1B situation is resolved with PK.

Welcome back AJ!

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) well it depends how they would spend that 5m, but I honestly don't see a team taking Juan for 5m Juan Pierre will be the Sox leadoff hitter in 2011. If you are wondering who the Sox plan on trading- it will likely be Quentin and maybe one of their SPs in a package for a defensive minded RF and relief help. Apparently they want Sale in the rotation in 2011.

love it!!!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) No offense with Juan Pierre leading off can be considered scary. And to get both we'd have to cut salary somewhere (trade Floyd). So we strengthen the offense while downgrading the pitching. Pierre did lead baseball in SB's last year. Obviously his OBP wasn't the sexiest- but the dude still has legs. And why would they 'have' to cut salary? They didn't come out and say what their budget is yet. Unless I missed it.

If we get both- the central is ours! Suddenly our offense becomes SCARY!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) What options do we have when someone else offers AJ $7/year. I'm guessing Olivo will be plan C. Its obvious VMART was plan A and retaining AJ is currently plan B.

what the. . i loved the diamond logo on the arm. why put another sox on the uniform?

What KW needs to do is FOCUS hard on Adrian Gonzalez right now! If we can get him right away in the offseason- the organization can move on and not take that big of blow losing PK. I am not sure what it would cost to get A Gonz- but the GM has came out and said he will be listening to offers. With that PK money- you can then sign Damon as your DH for a resonable price (5-6 mill) re-sign AJ and Putz and go out and sign Brandon Inge for 3B. It would be more of a 2005 offseason mind-set with cutting ties to Magglio. I would love to move Quentin, but i think the organization wants to give him one more chance. Not to mention we will need his power or somebody with power out in RF.