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So the money is there. After all. Since JR OK'd this deal, for a pitcher no less....which he's known to not want on long term deals... Then what was the problem with spending relatively little dough on Hudson, Abreu...make the deal in one way or another for Figgins... AND keep the farm system's best players. Why give away the young talent when we couldve done a lot more in free agency to solidify this team? That's a lack of foresight. Unless they just absolutely completely love Peavy alone.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 21, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) It would be a shame to have to rid yourself of a good young player because you foolishly guaranteed a $22 million option in a trade 4 years earlier. One thing about pitchers, its not a question of if they are going to get hurt but when. I agree. We dont know what he'll be when he's due that 22M. In the meantime, by simply adding him now, we're not good enough to win a World Series in Year 1. So really I want to see a few other positions solidified before we take on a huge contract.

What tends to happen on these boards is we slam a journalist who says the team is bad. Then the Sox go out and play badly and to a man each person who posts here, in one form or another, says the team is bad. I dont think we're a horrible franchise, but right now it's a team that has old sluggers - and the youth is starting to look like a question mark again. So i cant really blame anyone for pausing before saying we're a great destination. A second year like 2008 would help shift that. We're not there right now. Last year was great fun, but not definitive with regards to our talent level.

That makes me think it could still change. I mentioned it earlier but didnt Fred McGriff once turn down a trade to the Cubs and then come back days later and accept?

Didnt Tim Kurkjian sign seal and deliver A. Soriano to the Sox a few yrs ago?

Maybe this will be like when Fred McGriff said no for a few days about being traded to the Cubs and really dragged it out til agreeing. At least i think it went down that way. Guys in this situation would like to wait til other teams pop up to bid on em, but if it got to this point with SD then there must be no other deals out there. And then I gotta think a few days with the teammates would be awkward enough to usher along the green light.

Poreda's from the Southwest right?

My sources have confirmed that your confirmation is confirmable. My East Coast sources, that is.

I do like that old quote from Peavy however in the USA Today article That he's not the type to say "i'm not going anywhere" But obviously doesnt rule out an NL preference. Here's hoping he likes a new challenge at age 27, w/ contract security in place.

What's a good Padres forum?

I wish we could pointlessly send Pods to the Pods

Linebrink needs to get on the phone actually.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 21, 2009 -> 09:47 AM) Dude, stop. Well it's a good point, but I think it holds to form that the White Sox will spend big but only when theyve very carefully picked their spot. Thats better than some situations around the league.

Octavio's so hilariously giddy in the dugout.

Regardless of what happens here, Nix really does actually have bat control and good atbats.

Alexei with the retardation moment at 3rd there

Paulie man if you had been like this last year.

Alexei honeymoon officially over , wow Beckham looking more and more like a SS here.

Oh good god i just read what Ozzie said about Lillbridge and the Mexican League and Korean League. bwa ha.

Alright Dayan! Goin better lately i see

When I think about how much Gomez mustve cried after Game 163 it makes me "exitado"(thats the misleading spanish word for what that feeling would be)

I would grab Gomez and throw him into an oncoming train

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 19, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) Really? Betemit : Nothing Nix: Nothing Getz: Fringe B if we're lucky Betemit's history is comparable to Weeks before this yr I guess without saying it I was meaning for a strong team in need of 2b EDIT: actually no Betemit minus one year has always been totally allergic to walks as opposed to partially allergic.

The current Sox all-or-nothing guys and Swisher are all components that wont be major factors to a championship. PK can stick around as he has the contract as well as apparently some level of rejuvenation. Swish gets some walks but he was a bad fit here in so many ways. Say we're finally at the level of a championship roster, by then Swisher would have been LF and low in the order. If here at all.

Side question: in terms of (Blank)-Level prospects, list what each is worth to another team in trade Betemit Nix Getz