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I think Teahen ends up at 3B, with Beckham moving to 2B.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 04:11 PM) Priority #1 this offseason: dump Tyler Flowers. I hear Vazquez might be available...

This would not be like the Twins at all, but: (1) new ballpark to fill, and (2) need to impress Mauer given his upcoming free agency, and (3) take a shot for a year with Mauer, Morneau, and Ramirez at the center of the lineup.

QUOTE (striker62704 @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 12:27 PM) Just curious, would anyone trade Danks or Floyd straight up? For Gonzalez, in a heartbeat. He's cheap and a star who could play every day. It would take more than that though. And if we're just looking at prospects, we don't have the prospects to acquire Gonzalez. San Diego, presumably, already got a bunch of the guys they wanted from us for Peavy. I don't see how we could top the Red Sox offer. It would take Beckham and then some.

Neimann gets my vote. He's also the tallest. B)

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Oct 17, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) OK, here is my 2 cents and I have not posted in a while. What about offering the Padres a package of cheap talent headed by Hudson/Viciedo and their choice of maybe 3 other AA/AAA prospects to table a discussion for AGon? I know this is not reality but just say they are so hard up to dump his salary and completely retool the franchise. I really don´t want to touch our startin 4 as we have given them 4 good pitchers already for Peavy. Which brings me to my last point. Could Peavy and Linebrink sell Chicago to Agon? Awright flame away!!!!! He would definitely solve our lefty power bat with high OBP. (1) AGon doesn't have a big salary for the Padres to dump, he's cheap and good, (2) the Padres already turned down a deal from the Red Sox (reportedly) that was a lot better than anything we could offer.

I highly doubt it was related to arbitration.

I'm not sure if the 5:1 ratio is correct but your numbers are probably in the ballpark. The parking is definitely a source of revenue for the team, no question (take that Wrigley!).

Why on earth would the Sox want to "shake things up" by trading the guy they just went to great lengths to acquire (Peavy) for an overpaid headcase (Zambrano)? I'm sure the Cubs would do that swap in a heartbeat. But it isn't happening.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 01:39 AM) Mark my words, Pena will have a comeback year. I'll put some weird ass s*** in my signature if he doesn't. Somebody can decide what I put there if he doesn't. You already have weird ass s*** in your signature.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) He might get even more than $15. Not every owner or fan thinks using the "Sox wallet" as a measurement of a player's value. A few years ago, maybe. Not today.

Buerhle's trade value is pretty minimal. Certainly no where close to enough to bring back a cheap young stud. He wouldn't command $15 million / year on the open market, and that's what a new club would have to pay him.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) RBI's in those months: 6 and 9. 15 RBI's with 5 HR. Dont tell me how you hit, tell me when you hit. I'd like SOMEONE to point out where I said the guy doesnt hit. I said the guy doesnt knock in runs. AJ is hitting just .239 with runners in scoring position. Still, it doesn't help his RBI total either that he spent most of the year batting behind guys that could barely score from 3rd on a single. Knocking in Konerko and Thome has it's own challenges and is a little tougher than knocking in Pods and Beckham.

If the Sox wanted to trade Linebrink, I'd much rather see them pick up some of his salary to make a trade viable as opposed to taking on another team's headache in return.

The Sox still have a chance but it's a long shot. They need to knock a few games off Detroit's lead over the next few weeks. Say they can get within 4 games. Then you have to hope for 5-1 against Detroit. Unlikely, but if they play well and get hot, it can certainly happen.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 10:13 AM) IMO the Thome trade wasn't for us... it was for him. Nobody trades a productive player + cash for a 26 year old A-ball scrub because it's good for the ballclub. It was a class move by Kenny to give a future Hall-of-Famer at the end of his career a chance at a ring. Period. I buy it. The Thome trade didn't give us any salary relief. And it didn't bring back anyone remotely likely to make the majors. So there really wasn't much benefit, other than freeing up some AB's for younger guys. Maybe they have a handshake deal for bringing Thome back next year. That's about all I can think of.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 12:47 AM) Except that the reports are indicating that the Sox are getting cash from the Rockies. Why would the Rockies take on Jose's contract AND send the Sox some cash? It doesn't make much sense. The cash, I'm sure, is going to the Rockies to pay Jose's contract.

We've lost so many games we should have won, so I figured we'd pull out a win in this one...

If he's able to throw 80-90+ pitches in AAA he can throw 80-90+ pitches in the majors. The mound is the same distance to home plate, I believe. Even if he's not completely in a groove yet, he's still probably better than our alternatives at that point.

Firstly?

The Cubs are only 4 games out of the Wild Card, but they also have 4 teams to pass for it (Colorado, San Francisco, Florida, and Atlanta). That makes it tough, and probably about just as likely as they catch St. Louis.

With our payroll and the level of competition in the AL central this year, we should have a better record than we do. It's certainly fair if you want to point out that we're 2nd in payroll in the division and in 2nd place, but this team should be more than just a few games over .500.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 11:33 PM) Guys who cares about road attendance? We've yet to play in Boston, or New York and we play in the AL central where KC, Det, Minny, and Cleveland don't draw that well. Bingo. The Sox don't exactly have a huge road following or anything, but we're as low as we are due to factors well beyond our control (is it any surprise a team like Baltimore is ahead of us, for example, when they get to play 3 road series a piece at NY and BOS, while we're at KC and CLE?).

QUOTE (letsgoarow @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 04:42 PM) That Sucks, i was hoping to see him play tonight on WGN. This is the only game off i have because the biscuits play 10 games in 11 nights I was in Montgomery a bunch for work two summers ago and went to a lot of Biscuits games. Good times. Got to see Longoria go against Justin Upton one game.

I like it for this year and beyond. Pick 4 out of Pods, Rios, Dye, Quentin, and Thome to play every night. Give the 5th a day off based on match-ups, etc. If you have, say, 6 games a week, those 5 guys are splitting 24 starts, and still get 4.8 each on average. So you can give each of them a day off a week, while not having the offensive drop off of playing Wise. After this year, I still think there's a spot for Dye as DH, and hope they resign him.