SSH2005

It's a shame that Jose will be hitting .239 for them. The catcher that the Angels are looking to replace Bengie down the line is former 1st round pick Jeff Mathis, not 30 year old Jose Molina. He's a career backup.

Maybe this guy DOES have sources. Buster Olney is also reporting the rumors... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?...buster#20060205

By the way, how dumb does Molina look now for turning down a 3-year, $18 million contract offer from the Mets? Stupid.

They could have the best catching tandem in baseball with Molina and Zaun.

Bautista works out for Rangers http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/baseball/13803263.htm Is Robbie Alomar next?

Blue Jays close to adding Molina http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5311552 Great offseason for the Blue Jays. They could have a real shot at the division and definately at the Wild Card.

Wasn't some poster here arguing that Jeter was a good defensive SS a month or so ago?

Yeah, but it's time to move on. I love MVP Baseball but no MLB license means college games and that bores me.

Pretty cool. But I doubt they will be able to use any real player names for the WBC other than the ones who are also in the MLB. Just like how they have to use fake names for minor league players in MVP Baseball.

He is sorta right on EA. Look at a game like Madden. It sells a ton because fatboy's name is on the cover but they barely change or improve it year after year.

Not as much as I think about Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig.

http://suntimes.com/output/sox/cst-spt-owens06.html Hmmm, maybe this should be in the FutureSox Board.

Damaso Marte in Game 3 of the ALDS.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/5610/s...er&type=Batting 1,083 AB's | .252 AVG | .312 OBP | .442 SLG | .754 OPS That's Dye's career line batting fifth. His numbers are the best in the #4 spot and still pretty good in the #6 spot.

Vazquez's only really bad season was 2004 with the Yankees. He had two rough seasons (1998 and 1999) to start his career but you can't really hold that against him. Many players stuggle when they first start out in the majors. Last year, he was extremely mediocre but he wasn't completely horrible. He was either lights out or he got rocked. And why would Vazquez's past managers have noticed a problem with him? That's the pitching coach's job, not the manager's. In 2004, Vazquez's pitching coach was Mel Stottlemyre. Stottlemyre never even noticed that Contreras was tipping his pitches. There's a reason the Yankees replaced Stottlemyre with Ron Guidry. Vazquez is currently slated to be our #5 starter. Even if Vazquez repeats his 2005 (4.42 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) or even his 2004 (4.91 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) season with us, that's still better than what El Duque gave us last year (5.12 ERA, 1.46 WHIP) from the #5 spot in the rotation. Your claim that we won't make the playoffs if Vazquez has another down year is unfounded. Would you rather bring back guys like El Duque and Timo so we can be worse next season?

Tigers could be dark-horse contenders in '06 http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5301350

http://www.halosheaven.com/story/2006/2/4/3125/34708 I guess we will see if this guy has any credibility on Monday.

I've been doing that too. Damn them and their exclusive MLB rights! :finger

Okay, well your 110 RBI stat is still wrong then... Statistics: 2005 Regular Season - Batting #3 We got 103 RBI's from the #3 spot in the lineup last season. Thome has averaged 40 HR's and 111 RBI's in his career over a 162 game average. If Thome stays healthy, the real factor to worry about is how his RBI production will be affected by Uribe batting second in the lineup. If Uribe does end up being our #2 hitter next season, the difference in his OBP from Iguchi's OBP could affect Thome's RBI production.

Your stats are a bit off. Everett had 69 RBI's as a DH last season. Remember, he also played the outfield and had some RBI's from those positions. Frank had 24 RBI's as a DH last season (he had 2 RBI's as a pinch hitter). Konerko had 10 RBI's as a DH and there were a few others. So we got 107 total RBI's from the DH spot last season, not over 110. If Thome stays healthy for the entire season, 110 RBI's is not a huge task for him at all. In his last full season (2004), he finished with 105 RBI's. He had 131 RBI's in 2003. Over a course of 162 games, Thome has averaged 40 HR's and 111 RBI's in his career.

Hahahahaha.

Rodrigo López (2005 stats) Pre All-Star: 19 starts | 8-5 record | 4.47 ERA | 1.31 WHIP | .258 BAA Post All-Star: 16 starts | 7-7 record | 5.44 ERA | 1.53 WHIP | .299 BAA Mark Mulder (2005 stats) Pre All-Star: 18 starts | 10-5 record | 4.34 ERA | 1.38 WHIP | .279 BAA Post All-Star: 14 starts | 6-3 record | 2.77 ERA | 1.37 WHIP | .266 BAA

Dye didn't lead all right fielders in homeruns last season. Both Sheffield (34 HR's) and Vlad (32 HR's) were ahead of him. And how is it a bad thing to have too many great hitters on your team? If those 2001-2004 Sox teams had a rotation of Buehrle, Garcia, Garland, Vazquez, and McCarthy with a strong bullpen and guys like Frank and Magglio had stayed healthy, they probably could have won the division every year. The reason those teams lost isn't because they had too many superstar hitters. It's mostly because they had mediocre starting rotations and/or putrid bullpens. Defense is important but so is having a good #4 and #5 starter and a shutdown bullpen. Once again, having too many great hitters is never a bad thing. Afterall, didn't KW have a trade all set to acquire Griffey at the deadline last season? If adding superstar hitters is a bad thing, why did KW try to acquire Griffey last year and why did he add Thome this offseason?

Yep, the crowd is really lame.

Most significant trade? Delgado to Mets http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...erry&id=2317018