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QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) I don't see why Michaels will "probably...be very mediocre in Jacobs field". I think Crisp will be better, but it's not a huge difference. I don't see how anyone can't be worried by the Indians after the pressure they put on us at the end of last season. They took a big hit to their rotation, the pen is a little worse, but this is still a very good team. Oh, they're still a very solid team but they've regressed imo and I still think they finish 3rd in this division.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 02:16 PM) http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NASApp/ml...layer_id=121125 Rhodes had a 2.08 ERA in 43.1 IP last season. It's a nice trade for us in 2006 but after that... Ya, 43 innings, 47 games, my bad.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 02:11 PM) I'll always remember his bling bling incident. But there was a time where he was one of the best, if not the best, lefty reliever in the game. If he duplicates last years numbers I can't fault Philly at all. They could use some help in the pen, especially when you consider they lost their best reliever (Wagner). Him and Nelson setting up for Sasaki gave me nightmares when we played Seattle. Lights out.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 02:08 PM) Geeze, that was pretty solid. My brain must be a goner cause I pretty much forgot he was on the Tribe. Ha, ya, he was pretty solid last year but then I believe he left the team for a while due to family reasons(not exactly sure about the reason). He was pretty bad in 04 though irrc so we'll see how he does this year.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) Why did Philly make this deal? Rhodes is overpaid and he's not effective (hell did he even pitch much for the Tribe last year?) 2 something era last year in about 47 innings.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) Any prospect is an unproven commodity until they get a chance to play in the majors (see Brian Anderson). I agree that the Indians have gotten worse on paper since last season but Marte could and should make the Indians better in the future. Afterall, Aaron Boone really sucks and the Indians had no replacement for him in their system. Bingo. Bah, that's exactly what I'm saying. I never once criticized the trades, but they have become worse on paper for this season, that's all.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) Rhodes only pitched 43.1 innings last season. He wasn't very good in 2003 or 2004 and he is old, injury-prone, and expensive. I don't see him being a huge loss for their bullpen. But losing Howry hurts a lot and they downgraded from Millwood to Byrd. Elarton to Johnson isn't really a downgrade though. They are both equally mediocre fifth starters. You also don't mention that they will reportedly get Marte and Mota in the Crisp trade. Marte is an unproven commodity and probably won't even be with the team until midseason, while Mota basically sucked last year and right now isn't close to as good as Bob is, plus adding Mr. Rhodes in there, their pen has definitely been downgraded from last year. I also wasn't saying if the trades were good or bad, just saying this team overall is not better anywhere then the team last year.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 11:49 AM) There's no city in Iowa named "Ceder" Falls. Damn, learn a little bit about the neighbor to the west. Pssh, who the hell wants to learn about Iowa?

Arthur was absolutely fantastic last year. Whether he'll be that good this upcoming year who knows but the fact remains that they've lost two huge cogs from that pen last year with Rhodes and Howry. So their bullpen has been downgraded from last year, Michaels imo is a downgrade from Coco so I think their offense has been downgraded a bit from last season, then you got the Additions of Byrd and Johnson while losing Millwood and Elarton, so imo that's a bit of a downgrade as well. I don't see one aspect of that team that has been improved coming into this season.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 01:16 AM) we did it (well krush literally did it, because i cannot get a hotel room for some reason) and it was the hyatt regency for 69/night. thanks for the advice

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 11:45 PM) Who did they play in Des Moines? McDermott's still an ass. Blah, I meant ceder falls, sorry about that.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:04 PM) I still hate Northern Iowa with a passion, and I hope they mess up the rest of their season. Ha, they're a solid team. They stole a win from us up in Des Moines hopefully we'll pay them back when they come down here for the last game of the season.

Poor Timo. He's gone and he's still soxtalk's whipping boy.

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It was one of Carl's songs this past year as well. Good song.

QUOTE(Tmar28 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:58 PM) greg oden? He's going to OSU thanks to the new age limit.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:35 PM) He may with time. Getz is a pretty solid player all around the board. Doesn't wow you in any area, but his overall consistency along with some development (and more experience) should make him a solid prospect. I think he has the ability to crack the top 10 with a good year. Plus our system isn't strong. Ya, that's true. He just isn't the type of guy that usually makes a high impact on these lists if that makes sense. He's not a high ceiling guy which the guys at BA seem to usually want up there.

QUOTE(TaylorStSox @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:27 PM) Why don't I ever see much mention of Chris Getz? His college career was impressive. I hear he's good with the glove, has a great K/BB ratio and decent speed. I understand that he hasn't had a full year in the system yet. Mostly cause he's not a guy with a high ceiling. I'm a big fan of his cause I like the way he plays but he's not going to crack many of these top 10 lists. Also, you got to take into account that he dominated a league in which he should have last year, so as good as he played he has work to do to impress others.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) If I knew how to put it in a post I would show you what I get, and its $68 everytime. My computer must get better deals than yours. Haha dick, I'm getting the same thing as you, he's just weird.

I'll say this right now: Contreras for Abreu straight up would hurt this team, a lot and I'm a big fan of Bobby. EDIT: It's all moot though, cause there is a 0 percent chance of this happening.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 06:35 PM) And 4 Missouri Valley teams in the top 27. Lots of good basketball in the Midwest this year. Depending on how the top 4 do against each other, the mvc has a decent shot at getting 4 in. Big game coming up tomorrow when we face Creighton. I'm almost tempted to call this a must win being we still play creighton on the road and with the 4 way tie at the top you must win your home games against those teams.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 03:59 PM) pfft, i'm well behaved. I'm not.

New bracketology is up which is always fun to look at. SIU moves from a 9 to an 8 in that thing with 2 losses this week but our sos probably sky rocketed.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:31 PM) Nevermind.. just got the scoop and there's a few of them. I ruin everything.

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 10:36 AM) I am going to Soxfest on friday and idk who is going to be there friday, I know the list of players attending the weekend. But I want to know whose coming each day. Does anyone know? The schedules aren't out just yet, I'd assume they'll be out within the next few days.