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If BA is shipped off please let it be to the Marlins.

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 25, 2006 -> 03:51 PM) It also didn't help that BMac's usage out of the pen was ungodly inconsistent last year. Haeger I think is almost certainly going to follow the BMac "To the pen" path this year if he's not traded, which is probably the right thing to do with him (MMac, Thornton, Haeger, Jenks...hit that sh*t) I'm very PRO Haeger, and the thought of seeing him alot with the big club makes me smile, i Knucklers.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 25, 2006 -> 03:21 PM) Technically speaking it seems attitude is the big reason the Mets are open to getting rid of him. I've also seen him make some horrible mistakes in the field, but thats totally understandable considering he's a rookie. The question is how much of the attitude is because he's in NY. Either way I'll take Mike Pelfrey. If we want to go young in LF we have Sweeney or Fields. Pelfrey dominated AA in his 12 games, pitched well in his only AAA game and while he's been rushed he has front of the rotation stuff and was able to get his feet wet at the major league level part of last season. This is all true of Pelfrey but Boras is his agent, and that would be a problem down the line.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) Every minute more that Joe Strummer lived there would have been that much more brilliant music produced.

I'm looking forward to this young pitching match up, Verlander vs. Reyes.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Oct 21, 2006 -> 07:27 AM) Here are Carillo's AA numbers from 9 GS this season FWIW; 1-3, 3.02 ERA, 43 K's, 15 BB's, 5HR. He'd easily have the best stuff of any White Sox prospect if he came into our system. Also the Freddy Garcia to the Mets rumors are starting to heat up a little again. Writers for various newspapers are tossing around the Heilman and Milledge for Willis, Peavy etc. talk again. My question is, Humber and Milledge is probably too much to expect, would you do Milledge + fringe prospect for Garcia, if you couldn't get a better offer for Freddy elsewhere? Also factor in hes a local boy, he went to Mt. Carmel, that always feels good when you bring in talent from your own city. How about Humber and LHP Jonathan Niese 142SO/67BB in 133.2IP between A and A+, don't know what he features aside from a good change up.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 05:00 PM) Thank you. It's very, very simple. Our team is built around the HR. Some dont like, however I have no problem with it. No one seemed to complain last season, and Tiger fans dont see to have a problem with it this year. It obviously all comes down to pitching. However, going back to the O, we are not a team built on speed, or "Smallball" It's a team of mashers, and your not going to change that. Build the team around the core. Our core hits HR's. My good buddy RedandWhite is going to LOVEEEEEEE me. A perfect leadoff hitter for me would be a guy like Youkilis. That .381 OBP clip from last year would be perfect. Youkilis is studly. But i'd rather the sox focus their attention on Melky Cabrea deal Cotts + Tracey to the Yankees for him, hes going to be a star provided he isn't put into a back up role next season. Cabrera is a 22yr old LFer, who's natural position is CF, hes got sterling defense and a good enough arm to make runners think twice about a hustle double or scoring from third on a bloop single to LF. Melky is a switch hitter who has great plate discipline and sprays the ball to all fields, his power is still developing, and hes got speed, he just hasn't quite mastered the art of stolen bases i could see him putting something like this up next year .285+/.365/.400 12-15HR, 15-20SB/6-8CS.

Serh Lame! in other news Brian Anderson has gone missing on the Tiburones de La Guaira roster and Sweeney has been seeing time in CF.

Is Juan Uribe the new Kenny Rodgers?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) Yes and I'd be shocked if 99% of baseball exec's wouldn't do the same. I'm not saying he's as good as Johan (Johan's the best in baseball) but he's the premiere pitcher in the NL as far as I'm concerned and would be the 2nd best pitcher in the AL. Your selling it, and im not buying it. Yes SOs are nice but not when your walking someone every other SO and then some 210Ks/115BB. In the AL; Halladay, Burnett, Verlander, Liriano, Sabathia, Bonderman, Kazmir and a lot more > Zambrano,

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) I will point out that Beckett pitched in a notorious pitchers park while Carlos has done what he has in a hitters park. Fair enough he will be making 1/2 of his starts in the (Bronx#27), but he will have to pitch at the Rogers Centre(#7), Tropicana Field(#11), Fenway(#13), Camden Yards(#17) while facing a DH in a superior league. His ERA will go up .5-1.5 brining his ERA to 4-5.5, and i imagine his BB rate would stay the same while his SO rate would drop down a significant amount. Park Factor Link But do you really put Zambrano on the same level as Johan?

thanks for the insight

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 11:37 AM) Are you kidding me. Zambrano is one of the more ridiculously great pitchers in the game. Aside from Santana, I think he's the best pitcher in baseball. Plus he's a total beast/work horse. Those numbers scream to me that he will get eaten alive in the AL, and for further proof look at his splits against AL teams. I will say this again Zambrano to the AL = Josh Beckett x 2, and which Santana are you talkin about, I surely hope Ervin; because if your talking about Johan I'm at a loss for words. EDIT: spelling. On another note, if Alex does void his NTC doesn't an opition year get added onto his contract because of the CBA just like Thome and Vazquez? so we would have him under contract till 2011?

I posted this over at WSI but i was wondering what everyone here thinks. Anyone else think that Zambrano coming to the AL would make him the new Josh Beckett? He would no longer be able to bean/walk the #7 hitter to face a weak hitting catcher, and then an equally weak hitting pitcher to get out of a Jam. I have a hard time seeing him being successful in an organization like the Yankees where the FO, fan base and media puts accountability on their players, look what he did on a 96 loss cub team. Zambrano's '06 ERA 3.41 WHIP 1.29 BAA .208 IP 214 115BB/210SO with 9HBP 20HRs GO/AO 1.28 Beckett's '05 ERA 3.37 WHIP 1.18 BAA .234 IP 178.2 58BB/166SO with 7HBP 14HRs GO/AO 1.14

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 01:39 AM) With what? Felix Pie, Sean Marshall and some magic beans? The Sox have mlb talent to replace ARod on the Yankees mlb roster. Agreed. The cubs have nothing of interest aside from Zambrano, and the cubs aren't that stupid, are they? lol As the article states the cubs will be expanding the payroll, I expect them to land Soriano or Lee and hopefully retain Pierre(for our sake) and Schmidt or Pettitte, that along with a healthy Lee should be enough in the quagmire that is the NL Central. I also see Aramis Opting out for FA and heading to the angels.

If alex came to the sox, you can bet he would be batting 3rd with thome behind him and dye following suit.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 02:41 PM) Does anyone even realize how much we'd help the Yankees? Suddenly a team with a 200 million dollar payroll has a 500,000 dollar starter? In addition to Hughes upcoming promotion and Wang's salary, that's a relatively cheap threesome. They'll have an abundance of money to spend wisely. I believe Cashman and company realize the importance of quality signings now. Just as they understand how crucial a contributing minor league system is. Don't forget Clippard, everyone loves to talk about Hughes and rightfully so but the yankees are about to have a real talented young starting staff by mid '07 early '08 Tyler Clippard RHP born 02/14/1985 - 3.53 ERA 1.06WHIP 166.1IP 175SO/55BB is pretty impressive. Their future rotation of Matz/Zito Wang Hughes Clippard arm aquired when they deal alex is pretty impressive. Hell, Wang, Hughes & Clippard is pretty impressive in itself.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Oct 16, 2006 -> 09:56 AM) You don't need to replace A-Rod if you are the Yankees. Crede's defense would be enough. They've got enough mashers in that lineup so if Crede hit .250 - .260 with 20 and 70, I think they would take that. He would make the whole left side of that infield better and probably still be the best SS on that team as well as the best 3B. So, Crede, Broadway and [insert starting pitcher here] wouldn't be that bad of a trade. I think that's pretty even. Maybe even throw in another prospect or two to get one and cash back. Forget cash, i want Melky Cabrera, that kid is going to be a stud, its a shame every yankee OFer has a complete NTC.

Josh Hancock of the St. Louis Cards '06 post season ERA is now 162.00

Quail Man or Cobra Commander.

QUOTE(SnB @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 03:22 PM) I saw a kid wearing a blue baracudas shirt today (this is for all you 90s nickelodeon fans) legends of the hidden temple, that show was amazing.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Oct 15, 2006 -> 09:18 AM) Don't you find it interesting that just about everyone in baseball, even the Yankees where money isn't an issue, find McCarthy a lot more attractive than any of the other members of the greatest rotation ever assembled. Maybe just maybe Ozzie is wrong, and BMac is a good starting pitcher. didn't you get the memo dick, hes not the next black jack /sarcasm

Muy intersante

Congrats tigers, go AL Central.