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You need to lay off the eggnog after that suggestion.

I personally don't see a lot of value in the guys he got from the Yankees. Now if he trades Dye or Paulie he has to go out and fill that hole instead of using Swisher in one of the spots.

I was just going to ask that. KW screwed up by trading Swisher so early.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 08:40 PM) Yeah, but he is probably the best first baseman in baseball. Still young, a .300+ hitter, 40 HR, 100 RBI, great walk numbers and gold glover to boot. He is the best at his position. Pujols is by far the best first baseman in any measure.

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 04:02 PM) Am I crazy or should a first baseman never get a deal like this? Maybe Pujols because he is amazing at every part of the game, but he actually took less than he could've gotten on the market when he resigned.

Either gonna be the Angels or one of O's/Nats overpaying.

Man, some of you guys are just ridiculous about your hatred for OC.

Well, I can think of a few million differences between them.

I'm crossing my fingers he signs with the Dodgers. Rock, you seem confident the Sox will have a signing this week. If you could guess who would it be.

I think it's from a Japanese ad for the Mario game on the Nintendo DS.

You clearly don't know how KW operates if you expect to hear rumblings before a move.

because that's pretty likely to happen. in other news the sun should rise tomorrow.

Ben Sheets? That would be nice. He would hit the DL around the time Jose comes off it. As long as it's not Willy T I'll be happy. Probably.

It really is too bad, especially since he hit so well last spring training. He just needs to get consistent at bats.

Are you drunk?

I would do that trade but that is not where I would spend the money.

Where do they even slot Lillibridge to play?

Rock, what makes you think that? Unless of course by action you mean all of us complaining about the direction of the team.

I honestly cannot believe the Astros non-tendered Ty Wigginton. He OPSed .876 last year and will make ~8 million in arbitration. He's better than anything we have.

His lack of ability to get on base should be career ending though.

NO WAY!

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Dec 12, 2008 -> 04:36 AM) I'll also add a theory of mine: the main reason there is some apprehension about acquiring Bailey is because when many of us look at that deal from the Reds point of view, we say to ourselves "There's no way I do that deal unless the kid is hurt." It's hard to imagine giving up on a kid that talented for any other reason, but really, that could be the case. Some organizations do highly questionable or outrageously stupid things, like hire Dusty Baker as a manager for instance. His fastball has no movement on it. That's why they would give up on him. Plus as was just shown, they don't really need him.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 09:09 PM) Gabe Gross is another candidate I believe. I keep hearing this and I just can't believe it. Gabe Gross is insanely popular with the TB fans. If he can be the 25th man what's the harm in holding onto him. He may not be very good at all, but do they have someone to replace him?

At this point last year we already acquired our MVP...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 06:44 PM) Was Dunn? Nope, neither was Burrell.