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Hey, if we could free up close to 30 million after 08, we could have a shot at signing Sabathia, or to a lesser (but risker) extent Sheets.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2008 -> 09:37 PM) Looking on the bright side, we can actually have the expectation that the team will have $10 million in salary to spend on FA's next offseason. And you could easily up that number considerably if you were able to move Contreras. and perhaps one of Dye, Konerko, or Thome...

I personally would like to see Dye raise his value and then be traded.

I find it tough to believe that Getz would be our starting 2B over Richar...

I always got WCIU HD because my antenna and tv picks up all the local channels with their HD counterparts, so I guess this doesn't really matter to me then...

I have a question. If this happened to you, would you rather just never find out that your spouse is your long lost sibling and never have to deal with the troubling thoughts of you actually doing your brother/sister... or would you rather find out and know that you were doing your brother/sister.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jan 11, 2008 -> 10:41 PM) I knew it!!!!!! when it comes to this stuff, yes... but my brain is ultra fast when it comes to sports (and math)

if it's for the vet min, maybe... but a blind man can see that Colon is done.

I'm a bit slow... what exactly does it mean by them adding WCIU HD?

I have been waiting for the return of Liefer for so many years... Bout damn time! Also, I see Bourgeois making the club only if Pablo has lot a step or two and is garbage in ST. If not, Bourgeois should still be on the 40 because Pablo is already what, 34? Also, we really need to get rid of Uribe. What a horrible f***ing move by Williams to waste 4.5 million on that piece of trash.

I'd toss in Martinez. The only two prospects from a deal like that, that I actually think can make an impact, are Gomez and Humber (if his arm stays on). I'm really not that high on Martinez but he could be a solid pro as well.

Should I start doing it lefty?

Kenny Williams is exactly like a lot of people on the roster... he couldn't take a walk if his life depended on it as well.

the tigers offense is going to knock around our pitching staff...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2008 -> 10:27 PM) Heres a thought. We could have beat that with Gio. Would our team be better if we made that trade instead of swish? Gio for Roberts, or Gio and plus some for Roberts?

If true... two things... 1) What a terrible trade by the O's... 2) Could we not match that?

1. Matthews Jr., CF 2. Cabrera, SS 3. Swisher, LF/1B 4. Thome, DH 5. Dye, 1B/RF 6. Fields, 3B 7. Pierzynski, C 8. Quentin, RF/LF 9. Richar/Ramirez, 2B BENCH: Hall, Ramirez/Richer, Owens, Uribe, (Other?) ROTATION: Bedard, Vazquez, Buehrle, Contreras | Floyd/Danks PEN: Jenks, Linebrink, MacDougal, Thornton, Logan, Wasserman (Other?) I'd feel a whole lot better about 08 if that was the team... However, something would have to be done about leadoff...

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 7, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) I subscribe to IGN but even I'll admit its 360 editors are a joke. I believe pretty much everywhere else had CoD4 as the better online play. But I do have a long list of complaints for CoD4. Blind grenades, terrible grenade detection, martyrdom, a few of the other power-ups, "Host ended game", overpowered choppers, and of course the terrible servers. It's near impossible to get into a game at high time. This game desperatly needs a patch, and now. whats so bad about that?

well, I think Young will be a decent player, but a lot of people here are proclaiming him to be the next Carlos Beltran or something, and thats bs.

I should point out that I was a fan of the Javy trade and I had no problem getting rid of the overrated, IMO, Chris Young.

I didn't realize this until now, but Swisher is below average-average hitter vs. righties for his career, but he feasts on lefties... I guess the lefty part is good, but it's night and day with him when it comes to as a lefty or righty.

My first thought of Wolf-Man is that he looks like an old version of Malibu from the original gladiators.

take a stool sample... traces of human flesh would be in there, if he did indeed eat some her.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 6, 2008 -> 06:39 PM) I didnt really rip ryan Sweeney. I dont have a problem with him, i really liked him as a prospect and think he has nice future in Baseball. I was more pointing out BearSox' evaluation of all minor league prospects with his super keen eye and skills at pointing out which prospect will succeed and which will fail. I could be wrong, I've been wrong before... but I've also been right. If I am totally 100% wrong about this whole thing, I will fess up and admit it. But I just don't think I am and I have a feeling about DLS and Sweeney that will really make us regret this. I didn't know predictions were not allowed.

QUOTE(lostfan @ Jan 6, 2008 -> 03:56 PM) I didn't expect for this team to be 100% rebuilt and ready to contend for the AL in one season though. Step 1 was getting rid of the dead weight, step 2 was adding some youth and speed in the lineup. Step 3 is solidifying the rotation unless Contreras trips and falls into a fountain of youth and Danks and Floyd pitch out of their minds and turn into bona fide MLB starters. Danks I can see pitching well enough for a #4, not sure about Floyd. I think Floyd will out preform Danks in 2008... Just another one of my "crazy" baseball theories.