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I'm gonna get flamed for this but I think most of you guys think way too high of Miguel. He really did not show me much to shed a tear over him, other than his great attitude for the game(now I'm really gonna get flamed). He has yet to show he can hit at the major league level( average is in the.240's again and only an obp of about .300 with the M's). He's got decent pop, but strikes out a bit much. He's got a great arm but allows too many passed balls and I'm still shaky on wheather he can call a game or not. I don't know whats to miss so much about him. He has looked marginal so far and he seems to be just another catcher. Even in short time, I have to say I like Ben better.

I really hope we don't sign mags if he's still able to get more than 14 mill. We'll have alot of flexibility this year finacially, assuming we let Jose walk. Not to mention, we might increase payroll with the increased attendance. This years pitching FA's seem so 'fricken deep, although its just a bit thin at the top. I hope we add a frontline starter to make the most formidable staff in the bigs. I also want to get a nice middle infielder with a high OBP who can lead off, letting willie bat the 9 hole.

I'll be there.

Contreas was the only person we got, and as you probaly know, we gave up E-lo. The Twins got no one because we helped pick up the talks with the Mets and Pirates for Benson. The Twins did give up Doug Mien(im not gonna even try) in the huge nomar deal.

I dont know whats better, the fact that we got Contreas or the fact that the Twins got Derek Lowe.

Its very important. The game is the last interleague game of the year and the AL currently has a 126-125 advantage over the NL. Winning would again bring home the trophy to the American League.

lets go guys, we need some more troops in the chat.

Dibs said he was in now, and he was one of the best hitters Dibs has ever seen.

I know we've had this discussion a thousand times but it should be interesting to here what Baseball tonight says.

You sure? I just went back to read the recap of him on the radio and it says he's looking at someone whos very available on Arizona. Except he said not named Finley or Hillenbrand. Whatever, its all just speculation anyways.

Didn't KW say we were in heavy talks with Arizona to bring a player over here thats not named Randy or Steve? My original thought was Bautista, so you might get your wish BamaDoc.

We have a hole at 3b, my ass. Joe is unclutch, my ass.

You should know better than to accuse me of making something up..... http://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article.jsp?co...722_161558_5040

A Toronto Radio(confirmed by another website, also) is reporting that the list of teams given permission to talk about a possible Delgado trade are the Dodgers and of course, us. I don't know why the hell we want him but apparantly, we do. The only way I could see us getting him is if we traded Mags, but we'd have to get another big time starter(ala 3 way trade(ATL) or Batista) because Mags is worth much more than Delgado. I don't know, none of this makes sense to me.

One option for catcher is Dan Wilson. The Twins are the only team in talks with the M's right now so getting him could kill 2 birds with one stone. Other than that, I wouldnt like to see much else, other than a couple arms in the pen.

This thing is awesome. Thank you very much for pointing it out.. It works for ESPNINSIDER, very nice indeed.

Prior hit by asteroid.

Your point? If we had Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols, we'd be up a couple games, too. I'm just so tired of that excuse because every team has its flaws and the Bullpen is one third of the game, so thats one huge hole.

What are you talking about? He looks fine to me.

When Thomas is back, who is gonna be out of the lineup?

I think Soxfan is dead on on this one and we've seen more and more teams do this recently with their aging vets. Simply offer him less money for a longer contract. I'd be almost certain he'd accept.

Again, Big Jon was worth nothing just a few weeks ago. Its great that we atleast got something in return for him, especially a proven vet such as Carl.

Im kind of curious about this deal because they have a great middle infield with Greene and Loretta. I guess he'll just be a veteran bat off the bench.

Oh and by the way, for all you CBB diehards in here who cant wait 'til the season starts, i recommend this site: The top 144 teams in 144 days. Its a count down of the best teams until the season starts up.

#9 is not that great for the team we have. We are expected to be anywhere from 1 through 5 for the preseason poll. But its Katz who put us at #9 so I dont take that as anything. My God does ESPN need some new CBB analysist. It doesnt get much worse than Dukie V/Katz/Biased Bilas.