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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 01:41 PM) I would rather have Brady Clark and more pitching. Totally agree. I'll take my chances with Brian Anderson in CF and Brady backing him up, no need to acquire another $12M+ player.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) where's young gonna play anyway when you all drool over fields in left and sweeney in right and our boy anderson in center. it was worth a shot now its the beach parade around here when anything goes wrong, if javy ever turns it around it will be great and everyone will change there minds like with garland(for the most part). i'll just watch the game and enjoy it for what it is today later Who the hell is "drooling over Fields in left"? If Young was still with this organization, no doubt in my mind he would be up by now replacing Podsednik.

PAULY!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 01:34 PM) Kalapse, dont you love how the baseball gods work. No matter what you do, when you start a player out of position the ball finds him. It is crazy. I've gotta say this is one of the most confusing seasons the Sox have ever had. Garcia has lost all kinds of velocity and no one in the organization has addressed this with the public, Mark Buehrle suddenly sucks, Podsednik has actually gotten worse in LF, the Sox replace Widger with a player who is actually worse in Alomar and for whatever reason Ozzie/KW continue to trot a 3B/RF out to CF twice a week.

If a Brady Clark type player is not on this team come tomorrow, I'm going to be pissed. There's 1 major league CF on the roster and 1 major League LF, oddly enough the LF is Mackowiak.

The Yankees also get Corey Lidle in the deal . . . http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2534459

This is very similar to the lineup he put out there for the Rowand/Yankees series last year. IIRC they didn't put up many runs.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 10:52 PM) It is being reported as a "starting pitcher". From ESPN Insider: It's believed to be Mark Buehrle, now.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 10:34 PM) That tells us we know nothing! Stop being an arm-chaired manager, and let Ozzie do his job. If we banned arm chair managing/GMing from the site there would basically be no point in even comming here.

It mainly has to do with the fact that he's not very good but I'm sure there's other contributing factors.

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 04:29 PM) TB I think would take Vazquez if we payed most (if not all) of his contract, plus they would take sweeney, and possibly someone else. It will never happen though, thank goodness McCarthy or bust.

How's Timo doing down in AAA Memphis now a days? Maybe we can give him a shot a firstbase, he did well there last year, he's much faster than Konerko, ULTRA CLUTCH unlike Konerko and he doesn't hit any HRs so we won't be stuck with the burden of a 1B who hits HRs.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 07:25 AM) I think if you look at what he's done over the past few seasons, most experts know that he's just in a slump right now, and hey so is Trevor Hoffman for that matter. Exactly, only looking at a players overall season stats for one year is pretty short sighted in my opinion. A pitcher can have a great week or two and completely skew his numbers as well and if you're only looking at season stats you're not going to see the full picture. The guy has been stellar for the past two seasons and this year as well up until this past week. But I guess he sucks because his ERA is in the 3's for the season.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 03:54 AM) See my sig. Right hand hitting 4th OF, the one thing this team seriously needs.

Brady Clark or nothing.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) Given his contract, and OBP and SB numbers, I would do Abreu for Fields and Podsednik, but not more on our side unless a lot of money was included. Seriously though, how great would Abreu be as a leadoff man? He doesn't play great defense (certainly better than Podsednik) but he does have a pretty strong arm with ok accuracy. Just think about how amazing it would be to have a guy with a .280 avg with an insane .429 OBP. He's stolen 20 bases and only been thrown out 4 times the guy is just a smart baserunner, I'll take 20SB and 4 CS over Podsednik's 29 and 12 anyday. Other than the fact that he's making a spiffload of money, the guy would be a perfect leadoff hitter.

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:31 AM) I'm not thrilled at all with Linebrink. Can someone enlighten me as to why he is valued so high? I really know little about him other than his numbers are far from flashy and he is 29 years old. How are they "far from flashy"? He's a top 5 righty setup man in baseball, period. He has dominated the National League for the past 3 seasons and has been about as consistent as they come. Take another look at those stats because they don't get much better than that. He's given up 7 runs over his past 4 outings so his numbers aren't going to look great for this season but a week ago he was sporting a 2.62 ERA.

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:29 AM) Ahh spiff. I keep forgetting about that. I would give up Cotts for him, even though I love Neal. Other than that, I'm undecided on McCarthy (but I'm pretty sure KW would want more if he was to give up McCarthy) and as far as I'm concerned MacDougal Jenks and Thornton are untouchable. And I want them all locked up. We will have the best bullpen in the league for years to come with those 3 on the back end. With all the media speculation surrounding Vazquez and Garcia, I am inclined to think GMs will be apt to at least call and see the availability of those two if they are at all interested in their services. http://www.angelfire.com/droid/kalapse/Whi...Progression.htm Jenks is locked up through '11, Thornton '10 and MacDougal through '09 so I wouldn't worry about losing any of them anytime soon.

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) More of an assumption, considering it's likely known around the league that those two can be had. Garland has no-trade of course. I doubt he gets many inquiries on Buehrle and Contreras. Although I suppose they could have been meaning McCarthy. That would make the deal quite interesting, and tempting. It'd be a tough call. That's why I'm glad I don't sit in the big office. Buster Olney did not say it was a starting pitcher, for all we know they called about Cotts, Thornton, MacDougal, Jenks or McCarthy.

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 12:13 AM) Why exactly don't you like this deal? I feel he's a better hitter than Podsednik, is only making 2.75 million(and he just signed a 3-year extension worth 15.5M thru the 2009 season - he receives a 1M signing bonus and salaries of 3.5M in 2007, 4.75M in 2008 and 5.75M in 2009), is 26 years old, is a better defender than Podsednik, and it gives us the opportunity to dump the salary of a Vazquez/Garcia as well as move Mac into the rotation. This seems like it'd be a pretty good all around deal to me. Whoever said it was Garcia/Vazquez?

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) You sure? I could have sworn he said starting pitcher. Anyone have Tivo? "They have offered Coco Crisp to the Chicago White Sox for a pitcher that was turned down, they have also been offering around Mark Loretta" Tivo > You

He said "a pitcher" not "a starting pitcher". Thechnically you don't know what the Red Sox were looking for. But it was more than likely Vazquez/Garcia. Kenny would be foolish to accept such a deal. IMO

According to Buster Olney, appearantly the Red Sox offered Covelli Crisp to the Sox for "a pitcher" and the White Sox turned them down. Certainly interesting.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Kalapse, wanna do a BP one too? I haven't watched the past couple games, but I'd have to imagine it'd go: Jenks, Thornton, MacD, Cotts, BMac, Riske UP TO THE SECOND BP TRUST LEVELS: 1.) Bobby Jenks - 8 outings in July for Bobby, he allowed atleast 1 run in 4 of them, 2 runs in 3 of them. Of course only 3 of the 8 were even save oppertunities in the outings where a save was possible he only allowed 1 run, in the other 2 outings he did not allow a run. Bobby has struggled this season in non-save situations and multi-inning outings, July has been no different. He's still the best reliever the Sox have. - - 2.) Matt Thornton - 11 outings in July for Mathew Thornton, he's only allowed a run in 1 of them. 9 IP, 14 Ks, 5BB, 6 H. 13 Ks per 9 for July, if that doesn't say dominance I don't know what does. - 3.) Mike MacDougal - There's just something about the guy that I trust, he's had serious control problems over the course of his career but in the 2 innings he's pitched in a Sox uni he's showed perfect control especially with the 2 seamer. 2 IP, 1 K, 1 H small ass sample size but still, I'm impressed. 4.) Neal Cotts - In a dead heat with Mac for the 3rd spot, Neal pitched 2/3 of an inning today picking up a K and nothing else. He's had a pretty shaky July posting a 3.60 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and a .256 BAA, the subpar month raised his season ERA 20 points. Even with his struggles, you just have to feel relatively confident with Neal going to the mound, an off month is still a great month for most lefty relievers in baseball. - 5.) Brandon McCarthy - It's taken some time for Brandon to adjust to his new role as a longman/setup man after spending his entire life in the Starting Rotation including his rookie season last year. He's been pretty damn dominant of late, in his last 6 outings Brandon has thrown 8 2/3 yielding just 5 hits and 3 BBs plus 3 Ks. When used to start innings and given regular time Brandon is exceptional. - - 6.) David Riske - I'd say the best word to describe David would be "meh" he's a pretty steady middle reliever and has done nothing of late to disprove this. He's been pretty good for 6th/7th inning situations as well as some 8th inning work, I still don't trust him in bigtime late game situations but there really is no reason for him to even be pitching that late in the game considering how great the other 5 guys have been of late.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 09:37 PM) Iguchi fired Moss, and I suspect he has a clause in his contract like Contreras had that make him exempt from the reserve/arbitration process, essentially becoming a FA if he isn't resigned quickly following next season. Do you know who Iguchi hired? I've looked around and can't find anything anywhere, same with any sort of clause exempting him from arbitration, as far as I can tell there's no published reports that mention any such clause though I find it unlikely that he doesn't have one.