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Ozzie said that to up El Duque's value in a trade. It's pretty obvious now. He didn't want to come out and say, "OH NO! McCarthy has to be in the rotation! Now we will have to dump El Duque for peanuts!"

So if Garland isn't traded, I guess McCarthy will just take over the role that El Duque would have had with us in 2006 if he wasn't traded -- long reliever / spot starter out of the bullpen.

So keep McCarthy in AAA and bring him up if and when there is an injury to a starter in the rotation. I guess that makes sense. But isn't McCarthy's service time up and running now?

So keep a rotation of Buehrle, Garcia, Contreras, Garland, and Vazquez and then just let Garland go after 2006 and collect the draft picks? I can see that. But what does McCarthy do in the meantime?

Is there any way that Kenny is looking to deal Garland and Uribe for Tejada?

Griffey would cost far too much money for us and he is far too old. That ship sailed at the trade deadline last season when the Reds' ownership nixed the trade.

Best in the MLB. Hell, we have 6 good starters, lol.

D-Backs, White Sox near Vazquez deal Righty appears headed to Sox for Hernandez, Young http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...e2005&fext=.jsp

I don't see that happening. McCarthy is ready to be in someone's rotation, not a long reliever.

So what the hell are we doing next now that we have 6 starters? Any ideas? Buehrle Garcia Contreras Garland Vazquez McCarthy

That's what I just noticed. But the same thing happened with the Juan Pierre trade. MLB.com thought it was just Nolasco and Pinto for Pierre and didn't mention Mitre. Another outside source also mentioned that Mitre was included in the deal and was right.

ROFL!!!

Good effing lord... Mark Buehrle Freddy Garcia Jose Contreras Javier Vazquez Jon Garland Brandon McCarthy

Xbox trades DO exist!!!

This article mentions another pitcher (probably a reliever) being in the deal. MLB.com doesn't mention the second pitcher.

We are giving up El Duque, Chris Young, and a second pitcher (probably a reliever). A lot will depend on who this second pitcher is and if we are receiving any cash from the Diamondbacks to tell if this is a good deal or not. El Duque is just a salary dump. I hate to lose Chris Young though.

CHRIS YOUNG!!!

The Diamondbacks have until March 15th, 2006 to trade Vazquez but I think it will happen sooner rather than later towards the deadline.

I'd rather trade Garland for Vazquez + cash and keep Chris Young, if that's a possibility.

Great point. When they start posting the rumors at WhiteSox.com, something must be up.

The article mentioned Chris Young but not Josh Fields.

These aren't from the PPV but they are pictures of Pierzynski's debut appearance in TNA. http://www.tnapics.com/displayimage.php?album=302&pos=26