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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 02:44 PM) Keep your performers. Trade the non-performers. That's how you run a successful baseball operation. Trade the performers for scraps to move money, use that money to buy out the contracts of the non-performers, pretend you're the marlins for 3 years. That's how you get Dunn, Rios, and Peavy off the roster. Cut the payroll to $40 million this year total and it's easy to do.

Flavum posted this in the other thread, tons of good info.

More still that isn't excerpted, including his reaction to the Fielder deal.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 02:28 PM) Some interesting minor league nuggets from the Soxfest seminars... https://twitter.com/#!/WhiteSoxTalkCSN Those are great, thanks!

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 02:34 PM) I would not have been sorry to see Dunn, Peavy and Rios gone this off season. Maybe that is wrong on my end and way too critical,but it galls me to see so much money wasted in 2011. Now if these guys turn it around and I believe they all have pride and want to do good then that is a good thing for all of us. They are with the team and all you can ask for is effort and of course 40 homers plus from Dunn ARGH. STOP PRETENDING THEY COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED WITHOUT PAYING $100 MILLION THIS YEAR TO DO SO.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 01:57 PM) What if Dunn wins the comeback player of the year? That'd be great. Hopefully either that would put us in contention or give us a real shot to trade him.

The insider magazine "The Hill" suggests that the Texas Republicans may be closing in on throwing in the towel and negotiating a settlement that would create multiple new hispanic-dominated districts, rather than having to face a 3 judge federal panel again. They write that any agreement would lead to 4-5 new districts that would likely all lean Democratic.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 03:29 PM) Isn't Stevie Johnson known for drops? Here's one version of the drop stat line last year. No one seems to mind Dwayne Bowe being near the top.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 10:45 AM) It wasn't a comparison. Henderson was the ideal. That defines what ideal is in this thread. That's all. As a De Aza defender then, let me agree. Alejandro De Aza will not outperform Ricky.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 07:13 PM) What happened to the money that he claimed became available when he traded Quentin? Spent on Adam Dunn.