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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 11, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) Within a couple of years, the entire core of the Rangers offense right now will be hitting Free Agency...Teixeira, Young, and Blalock. Tex, notably, hits after 2008, and the odds are by then he's going to be looking for an almost-ARod type deal, with Boras as his agent. The Rangers have a short window with this offense, and will almost certainly not have enough time to actually develop starting pitching if they want to make a run at that division. True. However, the article said YOUNG pitching not established pitching. I don't know if it really means anything it just seemed odd that they are looking for pitching while alot of people on this board seem to want thiers. I just don't know enough about their minors to make an educated judgement.

Rosenthal from fox sports said that the rangers are looking to trade for young pitching. They must not be too impressed with thier own prospects. Maybe that's one deal we should not consider.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 8, 2006 -> 04:07 PM) Or you could talk with people who saw him pitch over the last two years and they say that he's far from being a MLB caliber pitcher. His career right now is quite similar to that of Borchard's. Again our reports differ on this. But your last comment only referred to looking at the stats not talking to anyone that has seen him pitch.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 8, 2006 -> 02:46 PM) I can't believe people think Floyd is such a lock to make the 25 man roster next year. They must be seeing different stats than I am. Or possibly they are looking beyond the stats and thinking "while he hasn't put it together yet, he went through growing pains last year and is ready to contribute as a last man out of the bullpen role." If you only look at the stats (they are important however) anyone who struggles early in thier career (insert any of a number of names here ie, ventura, crede, garland) would never get a chance.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Dec 8, 2006 -> 01:01 PM) Williams can't reasonably trade all upcoming FA's if he has any intentions of assembling a World Series contender. I believe it's possible, however, to have a balance. Trade several for compensation, and keep the remaining players. If they are signed to contract extensions, great. If not, we'll receive draft picks. I believe at this current time it's vital to restock our minor league system because it's fairly baron. If the players you mentioned were not to be traded, or sign extensions, and end up leaving our club, who replaces them? Perhaps in the future, when Williams shows rededication towards a contributing farm system, we'll have in house solutions for RF or 2B who wouldn't take 4 years to finally contribute. What's worse -- trading Dye one season before his impending free agency and receiving a draft pick in Everyone who has played for Birmingham is a baron Sorry, thought I would add a little humor.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Dec 8, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) While watching Jeff Weaver pitch in the WS, Jared Weaver was the poster child for Cardinal attire. Every stich of clothing was Cardinals. I get the feeling Buerhle will be signed long term. If so, I wish he would show up in a Cardinal jersey and hat. If MB was rooting for his brother to pitch well during the series and if the Sox weren't in it, I could understand it.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) yeah, I didn't quite get that either, I just saw SPs getting snapped up for ridiculous prices (the Lily at 10 a year is insane, and Cubune and Levine can spin that all they want) I thought FG would be in more demand, but I guess the 1 year left killed his value a lot, he's a rent a player This is a good point. I wonder if the high price for pitching actually hurt this deal. No one wanted to trade for Freddy knowing he will command at 12-15 mil to resign based on what Lilly recived.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:23 PM) Often injured huh? Two freak injuries doesnt exactly make him oft-injured. He's only played more than 150 games in one year during 4 years of service time. Yeah I would say that is often injured

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:03 PM) Actually, that's based off of talking to someone who talks to minor league scouts every single day. I guess KW and his staff found the worst deal they could and took it. Everyone here seems to know he had better offers out there. I hear different things about Floyd from my friends. I guess we'll see which ones are right.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 09:57 PM) Do you think any team is going to give up the farm in order to trade for him and give him a 3/40 million extension when his fastball is 88 mph? On no planet should Floyd be starting in the AL. You're right. Base a pitcher's entire future on what 15 or so starts. He cannot possibly have a good career.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 09:54 PM) I'm not gonna pass judgement on this trade yet because it's too early. On Floyd, his value is down yes, but KW and Coop have obviously seen something in him. He was a borderline top 10 prospect a couple of seasons back. He has good stuff, and the Sox must think they can fix ALA Matt Thornton. If that happens, it's a real good trade for the Sox, because they could end up with 2 starters who could fixtures in the Sox's rotation for the next decade. And that's IF they keep both of them. My guess is both are traded for Rocco Baldelli, who's available. that would be bad. Two starting pitchers for an often injured outfielder?????

This trade still leaves the Sox with 6 starteing pitchers. It doesn't seems Floyd has anything more to prove in the minors. I think there will be more to come.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 06:46 PM) WGN Radio had a clip of Ozzie running his mouth about how Brandon is going to AAA, because he doesnt want to pitch out of the pen and he has no right to ask to pitch in the rotation. Ozzie needs to learn how to keep his top lip and his bottom lip together more. Ozzie must be getting twitchy now that KW might trade his relative. If McCarthy said this then I agree with Ozzie. A player with 1 year experience should not tell anyone what he should do. If you don't want to do the role we ask then the minors it is.

This is pretty obvious that he will be the next manager after Pinella. This is a good way to groom him for the position.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 05:39 PM) Nobody is going to tell me that working out four hours per day, seven days per week can happen without overtraining. It can't. Period. I'm sure he gets one day off. That is standard procedure.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 04:54 PM) Not to bring the room down, but it baffles me how personal trainers recommend him working out every day for fours per day. He's gained ten pounds, but there is a good chance that all that exercise will turn into over training and begin to negatively affect McCarthy down the road, specifically late in the season. Depends which muscle groups you are working on each day. Mix in CV workouts with rotational upper and lower body groups and you are fine. The article refers to a physical therapist by the way not a personal trainer big difference.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 06:15 PM) Am I the only one who would love it if we signed Bonds? Considering some of the other ex-juicers that people want us to trade for, I don't see why so many are upset about his 'roid use. I know it won't happen though, but it's fun to even see it rumored. Yes, you are the only one. He ranks up there with Sheffield as asses for all time. His production is not worth the is not worth it..

This isn't surprising. My wife is an excutive for an insurance company and used to work for St Paul. She said that St. Paul is involved in a lawsuit to determine the cause of the flooding. If it's ruled a flood it's the government's repsosiblity for those who had governement flood insurance. If it's ruled wind damage, the hurricane causing the water to back up then cause the flood, St. Paul could lose around a billion (not including the re-insurance). They are backing out because they don't want to do it again.

Gload should never start for a team. He is one of those guys that thrives in a limited role however if he ever started he would not perform as well. Also his defense in the outfield is atrocious.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) Marquette vs. Northwestern State tonight. Pepsi Blue and Gold Classic. I'm hopin' for a good turnout. It's time to start packin' the place. The guys deserve it, with the wins over Texas Tech, Duke, and on the road at Valpo. I know I'll be there. I will live vicariously through you. Go Warriors!!!!!!

Billy Beane A's: Beat on the Brat (with a baseball bat)-The Ramones

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 05:21 PM) Ya and you can do that without trading for a zillion prospects. I don't understand everyone that thinks we need to get a ton of prospects now or we will suck later. We don't have to move guys. Have you heard the Sox complain about not having the resources to spend 115 million? No, you haven't. We don't have that old of a team, we already have 3 of 6 starters on the right side of 30 and two of ones over 30 are consistent 200 innings a year guys to boot. We have a first baseman, 3rd baseman and SS that should be here a while, we have tons of OF prospects, a young closer and a few relievers under our control for a while. I don't give two s***s about 5 or 10 years down the road because the best way of taking care of 5 years down the road is by fielding a good team now. With that the Sox will be able to have a high payroll and will be able to consistently retool here or there and stay good for a long time. Just look at the Braves, how often did they actually trade there better players for prospects (not often?). They usually let those guys walk from time to time. However, they got draft pick compensation for those guys and were able to develop a player here and there while also making trades for new guys that may be able to fill the holes of the guys that left via FA that may not make as much money. By the way, I should say I'd gladly be the Yankees. They consistently field a team that is capable of winning the world series and thats all I ask. By making some of the trades you guys suggest we destroy our teams chances of winning now and bank on those guys all developing as planned to win later. The odds are not in our favor to win on that theory and thats why you see very few bad teams figure things out and become good. If it were that easy every team in baseball would have small payrolls and consistently dump guys for prospects while still winning. Me too. However, we will never have half the payroll they do so we need to be smarter about it and not getting young players when we can is a sure way to decrease our depth and have a horrible year if you lose someone to FA or injury.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 02:24 PM) Something to think about with Stewart: The turf he has been playing on is not good for anyone with injuries, especially foot injuries. Playing on a more forgiving field like ours actually reduces the injury risk IMO. True. But I still don't know if I would trust it.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 01:51 PM) Didn't Magglio use a form of shock therapy when he got his knee treated overseas? there are two forms a low dose used mostly for treating soft tissue and a high dose used for bone. Mags had the high dose version. The difference is that the part of the bone treated in Magg's knee is that it is trying to cause microtraume to stimulate healing in tissue which doesn't heal well, the articular cartilage. In Stewart's case the plantar fascia has a greater capability for healingl.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 11:48 AM) Nah hes a solid outfielder he always has a good fielding %, its just the injury risk. Word on the twins board is he is looking for some new shock therapy on his injured foot or something. He would be awsome for us if healthy, I would be in favor of a minor league deal, small risk high reward possility. Shockwave therapy while not new is not FDA approved. It is an experimental unit that is gaining popularity in the US. It uses sound wave to create microtrauma to an area that has become scat tissue from chronic inflammation. It essentially causes bleeding in scar tissue to begin a healing process that couldn't start before. Early research is positive.