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QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2011 -> 03:24 PM) Alexei is probably the least of our worries when it comes to production and contract going forward. Which is, btw, why, if we do go into "FULL FIRESALE" mode, you move him...he actually should have legit trade value.

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QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 7, 2011 -> 03:24 PM) I hate racial profiling, but I gotta admit, when I am someone in public and see a Muslim dressed in their traditional garb, I get that uneasy feeling. And I am in no way a racist or anything. In fact, one of my good friends in Muslim. Really man, there's no way to make that statement sound good any more.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) My view of Ramirez is he's a complimentary player, nothing special. Last year, Alexei was very close to, if not the best SS in the AL, if you include defense. He's the kind of guy that a team won't win if they don't have.

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QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) I disagree. Then you didn't watch the team last year. Alexei might darn well have been our best player (even considering the year Konerko had)

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2011 -> 02:45 PM) Wow, those are scary stats. Just go with this lineup from now on: Rios, Dunn, Quentin, Konerko, Ramirez, Beckham, AJP, Viciedo (3b), Pierre Rios is our best base runner anyways now Sad thing is, that still worsens the OBP at the top of the order. and oh yeah... STOP F****ING MOVING DV AROUND!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) I don't think he's worth $10M this year much less three or four years from now. He was worth a helluva lot more than $10 M last year.

Oh, and no one would care about spending $5 million on a signing bonus for a prospect right? Why on Earth would anyone care about $2.5 million for Viciedo?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) Viciedo is owed $3.25M next year. I don't think that's great for a guy who has 104 MLB AB's. Paying Ohman $2.5M to be a LOOGY on a team that will likely be going nowhere isn't great either. As far as Ramirez goes, he's not getting any better. Will Ohman will get dumped fairly easily if anyone pays attention to the fact that lefties have a .654 OPS against him. Basically we just need Ozzie to stop having him pitch to righties or have antoher GM look at the numbers. Why Does Alexei need to get better? Viciedo is not owed $3.25 million next year.

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QUOTE (WilliamTell @ May 7, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) Let's wait until the end of the year or at least the All-Star break before we start throwing around the history part. But if we lose 100, it probably would be the most expensive ever! Only because last year's Mets didn't get to 100 losses. Which tells you how unlikely 100 losses is.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) Building around Humber was tongue-in-cheek, but man there is BAD money all over the place. Is anyone comfortable owing Ramirez $31M through 2015? Viciedo $3.25M and Ohman $2.5M next year? First of all, Viciedo won't be arb eligible next year so he'll only be owed $2.5 million. Secondly, why on Earth would you have a problem with those?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2011 -> 11:54 PM) David Schuster Not since Sherman has anybody torched Atlanta like Rose did Friday night Did he watch the Orlando series last year?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 7, 2011 -> 08:24 AM) It's an annual ritual. You've got it reversed, the annual ritual is the Twins sending us into a tailspin, not t'other way round.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2011 -> 03:50 AM) I didn't realize he has no walks. Maybe pitchers are coming rite at him believing he simply has no pop. I thought he'd have a good year. I figured he'd have a rough start and then people would wind up getting tired with him and Ozzie would be benching him regularly rather than giving him a shot to play through the struggles.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 7, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) Gavin is probably one you hold onto unless you get blown away by an offer. Add Thornton to your list and as I said, you can get some nice pieces back if done right. And I'm talking about a firesale on May 7th, I officially hate myself. I'm pretty sure we were all talking about a firesale May 7 of last year too.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2011 -> 11:07 AM) The Sale thing really bugs me. If everything was going well now--team playing well, Sale pitching ok, and Thornton closing, then I could get behind Sale being in the bullpen. With everything going wrong, Sale really needs to be sent down now and get him 20 starts in the minors this year. There's still time to get him 20 starts before the end of the year if we wait until the end of May to stretch him out.

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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 7, 2011 -> 12:05 AM) What is the difference in he and Daniel Hudson? 5 years of failure?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 6, 2011 -> 11:56 PM) Why not have Viciedo play 3B? I know he's awful defensively, but is he any more awful there than Teahen? STOP MOVING DV TO NEW SPOTS!!!!

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 6, 2011 -> 11:52 PM) But ... it worked. Again, you guys are a tough crowd. Doing something that reduces your chances of scoring is a bad move even if it works. If Figgins had singled this would be a 3-2 game

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 6, 2011 -> 11:45 PM) Please tell me Ozzie is trying to get fired. Absolutely inexcusable to pitch to Smoak. Stone is really letting Ozzie have it. Thats how you define letting him have it? Man, I shouldn't believe it when you say things like that