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QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) If Soriano was sent to the Marlins after today, would he have to clear waivers with all AL teams first? He clearly wouldn't do that but he'd clear with all teams below the Marlins in the NL if possible. Nope. The marlins would just have to claim him off of waivers, and then they would make a deal with the nats. The waiver system goes the league the player is in, and if no team claims him, then it moves to the other league.

ESPN AM1000 Update. The Whitesox stood pat at the deadline.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:23 PM) Come on Levine! Not even a little drip of Sox news? The whitesox have announced the signing of a prominant sports pyschologist Dr. Ivan Humperlink who will work with Javy to help him get over his phobia with going beyond the 5th inning. Dr. Humperlink believes that after 30 days, he will have Javy beyond the 5th inning or your money back.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:25 PM) Alfonso Soriano-OF-Nationals Jul. 31 - 4:23 pm et According to CBS.SportsLine.com's Scott Miller, Alfonso Soriano won't be traded. per roto Hopefully that is true. The idea of the twinks getting him with the 1-2 punch of pitching they have is scary.

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:18 PM) Brady Clark sucks. Why is everyone so high on him? Because having a corner OF play center once every 3 games sucks also.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:16 PM) Levine, where are you? Too busy doing backflips over the Maddux deal.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:07 PM) For who? Bombs Away Levine is saying Cesar Isturis

Carroll On Twins' Last Minute Soriano Discussions Via Will Carroll: "The Twins are in rapid-fire discussions with the Nationals regarding Alfonso Soriano. The offers center around pitching, with Matt Garza and Scott Baker the keys. The Twins offered Jason Kubel in the deal in lieu of Garza, but were rebuffed. I'm told that the Twins have informed Torii Hunter that he's being offered around; his option, if declined, would help "pay for" Soriano." We should know within minutes what Jim Bowden ultimately settles for with Soriano. My guess is that the Twins would rather stand pat than part with Garza. I think Kubel and Baker would be a decent, Major League ready bounty for the impending free agent.

QUOTE(champ @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) Okay... Why do some of you think that you have to make a deal. You don't just make a deal because you can. This team is very good already, and good enough to go all the way, there's no reason to risk something unless it's "can't miss". You need to eject the world series DVD. The pitching staff you see out there this year is not the same.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:58 PM) He is just terrible. The Nady aquisition looked good, and then this. When the cubs work you over for a few years on trades, people take notice.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) Did I just hear that right? Matt Stairs traded to Texas? Great now OG will IBB him to get to Texeria.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:39 PM) 670 said we were close to aquiring LaTroy Hawkins. LOL The only way this deal is good, is if we put Bmac in the rotation. bmac in the rotation + insert reliever here > Vaz in the rotation + OG unwilling to pull him after 5

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:37 PM) HAWK: "I'll tell you what fiesty. Sometimes the best trade is the one that wasn't made. I'll take our chances with our horses." DJ: "I'm right there with you partner." PFB: "I really like the makeup of this team, and I think that the whitesox are ready to real off a 20 game winning streak and OG says that Javy is ready to go 9 innings. They have done it before and they can do it again"

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) And his lackluster attitude. and the fact that he buckles like a belt the minute someone gets a hit past the 5th inning.

29 minutes left before we realize the horror that the team will still be the same, and our pitching is still the same.

Broadway better be really fishing good, or either better get us something good in return. John Manuel : Dan, we just did a scout's view on Matt Garza last week at baseballamerica.com and I unfortunately just missed him yesterday here in Durham, as I was coming back from Cape Cod. our BA staffers who were there report that he basically cruised through five innings working almost exclusively off his fastball, which we've heard has hit 97 mph even as late as the eighth or ninth inning this year since he's gotten to Triple-A. He's one of the top 5-7 pitching prospects in the game right now, and I wouldn't trade him if at all possible if I were GM of the Twins, even for Soriano.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 01:28 PM) Is there really a trade out there that can "fix" the White Sox's problems? No, but if a team like the twins get Soriano. That makes our life a lot more difficult.

From the ESPN trade chat.... MLB TRADE UPDATE FROM JAYSON STARK The A's have been told they don't have the bullets to land Soriano. Marlins-Tigers-Washington 3-way looks like it's on life support. Another team was told by Bowden he has two deals he can do right now on Soriano _ one with an NL team (Astros?), one with an AL team (Twins?). And on Tejada, I was told there's only a 5 percent chance of that deal going down now.

This should be good, Lidge is going to be on the Dan Patrick show today. So Brad, your owner wants you out, how dod you feel about it.

Buster Onley was on the Dan Patrick show. He thinks that the Mike McDougal trade will do it for KW. That KW believes that his team is good enough. He thinks that the Twins might get Soriano, but they might back off because they can win without him.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 12:29 PM) I think thats a miserable trade for the Red Sox, one of the reasons why no local Boston media outlet is picking up on it. You don't trade three major league ready, top flight talents for Andruw Jones. I have full confidence that if Jones is acquired, only one at the most of these three will be included. Well give a call to Theo. Because he is the one who offered Crisp and Hansen. The Braves countered with adding Lester to the deal. Methinks you forget that Andru Jones is pretty good.

Bombs away Levine now is reporting we are interested in Latroy Hawkins.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 11:44 AM) Lidge would bring a nice slider in the mix. If I was Hou, I would look at Vaz as a possibility, just because he will lose around a point in his ERA at least moving to that division. Think of how our pen would work out. We would have 4 guys that can throw 97 or higher at the back end of our pen. Lidge for the 6th McDougal for the 7th Thornton for the 8th Jenks for the 9th. Get to the 6th with a lead and its over. I think Lidge could handle the 6th inning.

Javy Vazquez after 75 pitches or seeing the lineup the third time through is Danny Wright. Now that you know this you are ahead of Ozzie and company.

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) I can't take anymore. What in the fish is PFB? Chris Rongey the post game host for the whitesox broadcast on AM670. He is soft and fuzzy like a mall easter bunny. So he is dubbed the Pink Fuzzy Bunny. He pretty much thinks that no matter what the sox do, its a great idea. If Ozzie pulled Contreras and used Pablo Ozuna to pitch from the 2nd inning on, he would salute it as a brave move and he is saving Contreras for next week.