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Aaron Rowand.

You REALLY wanna know why???

And, to answer the original question..... Flowers Torres Fields Jhonny Nunez Getz from DL Peavy from DL but probably won't pitch...better yet keep him on the DL for the remainder of the season. Would love to see David Cook but that's not going to happen.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 10:31 AM) According to Stone the Sox will get 2 first round picks as compensation when they lose Dye to free agency because that's what happens when you lose a player to free agency. No mention of categorizing type A and B free agents or the fact that the Sox would have to offer him arbitration, something they probably won't do. It's just a forgone conclusion that they'll get a couple picks. And the Sox would be very, VERY smart to do so. Replenishing the farm system with two additional picks will be good. Also, do the not get an additional/comp pic for not signing Morgado, the kid from Tenn?

I thought long and hard about this. Keep him. I'm confident that he has improved a great deal. Still makes mistakes but don't we all. I would like to see a veteran bench coach outside of the organization be on Ozzie's staff. Someone who has a different approach on some things. That's the part that needs to be shaken up.

I'll say KW. Here's why. To me, from an offensive standpoint, you put together an experienced team. Fine. I'm ok with that. But, their skills collectively have diminished. They no longer resemble a baseball team. They resemble a team that have to depend on the long ball. They resemble a team that is not aggressive enough to make plays on the basepaths. We have pieces to the puzzle. We need more. The core currently stands at (IMHO): Quentin, Rios, Beckham, Ramirez, Konerko and AJ. Somehow you have to fill in more firepower, more speed and more defensive prowess. As much as I love Paulie and AJ, it may be time to start over at those positions too. Pitching wise, the starting looks very good. Peavy, Buehrle, Danks and Floyd. Just need one more. The bullpen is inept, at best. Only Carrasco, Thornton and (maybe) Jenks. I'll say maybe because he does have value to get something in a trade. You can blame players...sure. But the GM makes the team. It does start at the top. I know Kenny can do it. He's aggressive, maybe to a fault. But he is aggressive and has gotten some great/good players. The farm system is getting better too. Just my two cents. I'm fine keeping Paulie as a DH if you can get a 1b who is great defensively and can hit. I'm fine with Quentin in LF, maybe not in RF. Keep Rios at CF, he has more value/ability there. You'll still need a leadoff hitter. Keep surrounding Beckham and the other youngsters with winners. Get aggressive on the basepaths, be smart on the basepaths. Getting a Denard Span or a Chone Figgins would help and would be a start. I had the pleasure of watching LAA v Detroit a few days ago. Let me tell you...LAA is a team, from top to bottom. Speed, bunting, hitting situations, pitching...they got it. I want KW to get THAT type of a team.

That is good news, very nice. Overall the prospects aren't bad. We just need more of them!

THE ROOF IS ON FIRE!!!

Guess we'll never know. But, having another left handed power hitter always helps.

OUT. We can't defend. Our bullpen sucks out loud. Our hitting sucks even more. Our lineup is overrated. Yep. OUT.

And in the what else is f'in new department...California is on FIRE once again.

Night Night.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 07:38 PM) I just now realized that by hitting refresh I get new quotes from Master Shake. Brilliant! RALLY SHAKE!!!

Who is that Josh Fields hitting 3-3 v Pawtucket?

Don't look now, but Christian Marrero just hit his 9th HR for the Barons in 167 ABs. Collectively in High A and AA, he's hitting .308, 15 HRs in 393 ABs this year. Not bad.

So..... I wonder if THIS give any incentive for BurlyMon to stick around a couple more years after his contract expires...

Whoops, sorry about that, didn't know...

Honestly, wrestling is really sucking out loud right now.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) What happened to Jimmy Gobble? He wore it one game but seemed fine...I could be mistaken though. He was DFA'd a few days ago.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 11:37 AM) I want to clean up this defense mess. No one will hear me but I actually have no problem selling high on Pods if there's anything to be had. Put Alexei at CF and work on that infield to upgrade defensively. Becks to 2b, prospects for Rolen or someone that can provide a 370 OBP at third. Just my dreams is all. This team is so bad defensively, i'll just cringe if we get Halladay and then show we're unable to support him. PD, I will 100% agree with you. I can't see the current team going anywhere without good defense. If that means trading the Cuban Missile for defensive help, so be it. I would hold on also to key prospects such as Poreda and Hudson unless we were buying high for a multi-talented OF. We have enough pitchers. IMHO Carlos Torres can fill a need in the rotation.

Besides any more arms we can sign, I would like to see Tyler Williams get signed as well, the 3b out of AZ. Nothing known about him, but having any and all 3Bs signed in the org would help. I know we have Viciedo and Morel, but just to add depth, is all.

I would like to see more of Mitchell in CF...having said that I really think his future is in LF, unless his arm is suited for RF.

*yawn* But Clayton Richard deserves to stay in the rotation. Bartolo Colon, what has he deserved, more Krispy Kremes?