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I would definitely trade Willie Harris for Ryan Dempster - however - I would not expect Dempster to be our number two guy right away. He hasn't had a good season in three years. However, at 25, he's got a ton of potential, and the fact that he did put up a good season at such a young age, he would be hard to pass up on. That could be the kind of steal the Cubs made when they got Clement last year. Astacio for Lee? ugggh... he's already like 33, he's overpaid and he's had one good half season... i'd back away slowly from this offer.

I really don't want Kenny to trade for Pedro Astacio, unless we're guaranteed to get last year's 'first half' Pedro Astacio.

I think it is his site. Would they mind a few intelligent, respectful questions asked by interested baseball fans? BTW - it's been changed to 10 pm

Hey everyone...not trying to start anything with our crosstown rivals' fandom you know ... Just wanted to let eveyone know that Phil Rogers is supposedly taking part in a chatroom for Cub fans tonight at 8 pm. Here's the link - http://www.baseballfans.net/cubs/staticpag...021117095953365 So if any of you have any questions to ask him, I'm sure they'd appreciate having a few of us over there. :metal

LOL - yeah, I see no reason for him to make anything up here though - especially on BA's website. I don't think he'd want to hurt his credibility there. Now, if he wrote this in a local rag - I probably wouldn't take it seriously at all.

Chisoxfn - thanks for the welcome. I think if Crosby would be a great addition. A's fans I've heard from say he's a stud. Maybe Kenny did a little better than I thought he did when he made this trade. The A's have a pretty deep system, so it would be pretty killer to get two guys from their 'Top Ten'.

Just checked the 40 man roster - Bynum's on it - can't be him, or we'd know already Also I read that it can't be a player drafted within a year of the trade which rules out all the 2002 names, leaving: Crosby McBeth John Ford-Griffin (from the Yankees) Daylon Holt (name picked up from an A's fan) Here's hoping for Crosby or Ford-Griffin!!!!

That was some great reading - unbelievable - Cubs fans asking Cub questions during a Sox chat...grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

OK, he's saying it's not Brown or Stotts (who I believe was a 2001 3rd rounder) - that would have been fun though - Cotts and Stotts.

DOH!! The chat's still going on?! Thanks, I would have missed the rest of it!

You're probably right. It would be odd for them to give us two high prospect catchers in three years...besides, we need a veteran catcher not a prospect.

OK, just got finished reading Phil's chat on BA. He said he has reason to believe that the second prospect coming back to the Sox (along with Cotts) is also a high draft pick but this time a position player. So, like any good bored Sox fan would do to pass the time before he has to leave for the bar to watch the Bearsh...I made a list of all the A's 1st/2nd round draft pick position players over the last three years (this would not include high draft picks brought to the A's by trade - and this has not been checked to verify that these players haven't already been traded out of the A's system). Anyway - here they are: 2000 (only one): Freddie Bynum - SS/CF (on 40 man roster) 2001 (only one 1st/2nd - 2 3rds): Bobby Crosby SS Long Beach State JT Stotts SS Cal St (already ruled out by P.R) Marcus McBeth OF South Carolina 2002 (4 1st rounders and 1 2nd): 1) Nick Swisher - 1B/OF - Ohio St John McCurdy - SS - U of Maryland Jeremy Brown - C - U. of Alabama Mark Teahan - 3B - St Mary's 2) Steve Stanley - OF - U of ND Well...there it is folks. If Phil is to be believed, and 'high pick' means 1st/2nd rounder (my interpretation)... there's a good chance one of these guys will be coming our way.

I'm just the opposite. I'm much more in favor of signing Byrd over Daal. Byrd's a proven winner in the AL Central. Daal's 30 years old, has had only marginal success, and put up decent numbers last year largely because he pitched in one of the top pitchers' parks in baseball. I think Daal would get blown up in the AL. I would rather the Sox let someone else make a mistake on him.