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just goes to show how much salaries in baseball have jumped the past few years. 2005 we were around 75-80 million and that number jumped significantly but everyone else kept up with payroll increases too.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Dec 8, 2006 -> 03:37 PM) It'll be interesting to see what the #'s are, it's a bit risky to give a guy who has been hurt so much a three year deal. Octavio Dotel just got a 1 year deal from the Royals no less for 5 million Wow this market is crazy. I know I sound like an old man who used to pay a dime for a cup of coffee and now pays $2, but I remember when you could get a starter for 5 million.

why didnt they make this a 3 team deal if they were gonna turn around and trade floyd, gio or whoever else

QUOTE(bschmaranz @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:34 PM) I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we're getting Vernon Wells... if u r right and we get vernon and we resign him to a 5 yr deal then this deal is just fine. something else is coming....kenny is not a retard

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) Im telling you, Rocco Baldelli is coming. He has to be. He just has to be. someones coming, they have to be....a LF, a CF, a SS....someone....you dont add a SP in Floyd to get back to 6 starters again without somehting else brewing

JR loved Bonds back in 95,96,97 whenver the Sox signed Albert Belle. I remember him asking Frank who he should get, Bonds or Belle(even tho Bonds was nto a FA thatr year). Frank said Belle but JR clearly wanted Bonds. I don't know if that has much to do with the Bonds talk, but you never know.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:06 PM) im just... speechless. u r speechless....im perplexed.....there has to be something else coming

whitesox.com jhjust says floyd and playet to be names later for garcia.....we need some more clarification

so we got rowand back....i know he isnt the best, but he is our new CF, welcome back arow

so gio and floyd are to be traded to tampa for crawford? i mean what else could happen....its gotta be two young pitching prospects goin somewhere else who needs it, right???????? im so confused

yeah im thinking crede will be gone for sure now with all this trade talk. whether it be in a deal with a pitcher or even just by himself. the boras thing scares the sox away and since crede has 2 yrs left, they could get quite a handful for him i would imagine. also with having fields waiting in the wings, it just seems like something kenny would do.

Makes you wonder sometimes the maybe BMAC should have been starting all last year in a 6 man rotation. Ya know, all of our guys were so tired last year from the '05 playoffs. An extra days rest might have helped. But seriously, BMAC will be in our rotation next year. Theres no doubt. Look at the top free agent pitchers list. 1. Zito 2. Schmidt 3. Lilly???? are you kidding me....who ever we trade is really "free agent pitcher number 3" and some may say number 2 if you made it garland due to his age and no injuries like schmidt has had.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:25 AM) i'll take my chance with pods for 1 year, 2.9 than with roberts for 3-5 mil for 3 yrs. This is the smartest thing said on these boards in a long while.

it's got to be a money issue or the rights to baseball, football, basketball games are tough to get from MLB,NBA,NFL, etc. because perhaps they would rather sell these games at part of dvd packages than have classic play them and have someone tape them. but then again, after the sox won the WS, comcast sports net was able to play all the playoff games in the offseason. so who knows?

If you could trade Dye for Carl Crawford, would that be something you might be interesed in? Sincerely, Bob Ryan

And whats funny is that we still had 90 wins and this season was disappointing. That was good for 6th best record in all of baseball. In just about any other year, this was a playoff team. Hopefully we can bounce back in 2007.

Rudy Law???????

October 28th when we beat the Mets in the World Series. Keep the faith people.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 10:11 AM) WHY WOULD THEY SEND DOWN THE BIGGEST SLUGGER IN THE MLB???????? despite him not hitting many more hr's since april he wasnt bad at all, casey bats 20 points higher but with less power....where's the upgrade? casey better defensively? wierd move if you ask me.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 09:27 AM) I would do that as well. The O's were looking to trade Tejada with Oswalt being the centerpiece of the trade, then flip him to someone for young players. I would flip BMAC and fields for him easily. Wait, people would actually trade Bmac? I can't believe it. I like the guy just as much as anyone else, but the way Soxtalker's feel about him, they think he is the next Roger Clemens or Sandy Koufax. Besides a deal for Oswalt, is there anyone else we would trade BMac to? I've been pondering this thought for a while. He isn't worth Soriano or Tejada to most people here, so who is he worth?

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 02:09 PM) This joke has gotten old fast, especially since its mentioned twice in just about every trade thread. The joke is that we should trade for him like the 2 previous times. My point is that he is basically free this time.

pretend what i wrote was in green

Now we don't have to trade any prospects to get him this year.

Ozzieball used to equal, speed, timely hitting, good D and solid pitching. Now Ozzieball equals Manuelball.

QUOTE(ChiSox9 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 10:14 AM) CLEE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 2006 101 384 60 111 18 0 28 81 213 38 39 12 2 .350 .555 .289 SORIANO: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 2006 99 402 74 115 25 2 31 62 237 43 89 25 7 .360 .590 .286 To me, CLee might be a better choice. About the same HR numbers, way less strike outs by 50, about the same BB just a little less in speed. Plus, CLee IS a natural LF with Great D... Soriano is originally a 2B. CLee has great D? Are you serious? He throws lollypops back to the infield, doesn't cover much ground. You might be able to say he has very few errors, but that goes for any OF.