Punch and Judy Garland

I like the idea of getting Odalis (his dreadful October aside) He's a low-whip guy too. Sure, his era might rise abit leaving Chavez-Ravine, but he's still pretty young and I think he'd be good here. Maybe our Latin contingent would bring him in slightly below market value (how's 3 years/24 million sound?) I think if we get a Clement/Lowe/Pavano/Perez type it will be that type of contract, and I wouldn't count on Pavano taking it. I'd like to get Pedro and his 28 inch little friend but that's in the video game world

I don't blame JR for not signing Beltran at $20 million a year. I would like to see him increasse payroll though. Maybe a solid increase used in multiple areas. We saw how Beltran (or anyone else for that matter) did as a one-man-show in KC, let's spread out soem money. That said, we all know that payroll is going to be about the same this year

I think we're just going to be disappointed if us fans think about Beltran. Will JR drop 5 years/90 million or 6 years/100? No. I wouldnt trade btoh C.Lee and Paul just to free up money from Beltran. That means we would lose Maggs,Lee, and Konerko from our 04 alleged everyday lienup with no guarantee Frank starts on April 1. I want to see Konerko traded and Lee kept in my opinion. I think the Sox should spend the money on Vizquel, Radke, a set-up man (Jeff Nelson) and a cheap option to play RF with Everett (Juan Gone would be my 2 million dollar pick)