Wedge

Can we trade DJ for Jason Kendall?

Talked to my Phillies friend the other day and he thinks they got jobbed when they gave away Estrada. I think he's right.

what about meeting Ben Davis? I think that's pretty huge...

bingo! Great movie.

We need to hold onto Maggs. He's been a Royals killer his whole career and we still have like 14 games with them. Having him could make a huge impact on our divisional standings.

"but there better not be any jumbo shrimp at the wedding since I'm allergic to oxymorons!" Name the movie anyone?

forgot about that guy. what was his deal again?

That's been true historically, but historically, he's been right. Two guys that come to mind immediately: Colon McDowell both wanted huge contracts (or huger than we would offer), didn't get them, got out of town, and promptly sucked. The guy we did give the huge contract to was Navarro. If you take a look back, I'll think you'll find that JR has been vindicated in not offering the huge contract.

Ozzie made a joke that Freddie should take a 2 million dollar pay cut because he'll always be eating over at his house.

eh, I think it's more like trying to put out a firestorm by driving an oil tanker into it, but yeah, the whole fire thing works pretty well when describing our bullpen of late. Politte looked decent in his last few outings and Cotts was solid when he played this weekend. Maybe they'll turn it around and we'll be alright.

After seeing the streak he helped put up in TB, is it held that Seattle made a mistake letting Sweet Lou walk?

He also has a good ERA out of the bullpen and would look a lot better than Action Jackson... but maybe you're right. He sort of sounds like Kyle Farnsworth who's always up and down

I think he'll be signed sometime soon. Just a gut feeling.

Those two are typically at odds I think if we got BJ Ryan, we'd be pretty set. I'm still trying to figure out with our pitching staff. If we don't trade either of Diaz or Rauch, which one goes down to AAA (or does Vic go down there)?

I couldn't sleep last night. I just kept tossing and turning and thinking "they got Garcia!" Great day yesterday for me: Sox take 2 of 3 from the Cubs, get Garcia, and had a sweet day at Great America (Superman is awesome. You have to ride in the front if you get a chance. The feeling is positively unreal, akin to actually flying)!

True, but there are guys out there that can help us out. The Cubs got Barrett last offseason, so I have a reasonable amount of hope that we can find somebody.

We don't expect much offense out of our catchers, hence them batting 9th. As long as we got a guy back there that can keep a reasonable about of fear in the minds of baserunners and somebody who can occasionally make a clutch hit (Jaime Burke), I think that's all you need out of our catcher.

John Garland = Steve Traschel

Adding Garcia to the mix is going to enable some shifting around of the bullpen. Having a more reliable bullpen is going to make Oz look like a smarter manager.

You are correct. Also, what does our rotation look like when Schoeneweis comes back off the DL?

Yeah, that picture is pretty good looking. I can't wait for Wednesday!

Sort of figured. Thanks guys!

Can anybody just get a brief summary? I'm sure it'll be a lot of "we're glad we got Freddy, etc." Thanks!

I believe he used the term "goddamn Moron" not "f***ing moron"...

oh, that clears it up for me