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I don't want Kirk Reuter though, personally. Give me an ace. And Kirk isn't an ace.

That may be too much. Then again, I don't know what the Giants record will be come mid-to-late July either. It all depends. If they are 6-8 games out, it will take quite a bit. If they are way out of it, like 12-15 games, it will come at a much cheaper price. It's very hard to project those kinds of things at this point in the season, especially because of Bonds. As of right now, Schmidt's stats are a little suspect(2-2 4.70 1.40 WHIP with 9 walks in 23 innings...very un-Schmidt-like). We'll just have to see as the season goes along how those progress. One reason I value Anderson over Honel is simply because Anderson(and Sweeney) do not have much value at the time being. Playing at the A-level will do that though. If they gave us Schmidt for Anderson and/or Sweeney, I'd have to do it in a second. I just don't see them doing that. BTW, Pedro was traded to Boston for Tony Armas Jr and Carl Pavano - then again, I assume Montreal was way out of it by that time, which is why I stated that I am just not sure what it will cost at this time.

"Then fall Beane...." YAY! Shakespeare

To get Schmidt, I'd guess quite a bit. The NL West might not be determined until early September(except for the Rockies, who I think will be long gone by July 31st), and with Bonds on your team, you got a shot no matter who you put around him. That being said, if they are 6-8 games out at the deadline, I could see Schmidt becoming available. To get him I would guess it would cost probably 2-3 of Rauch, Diaz, Cotts, and Honel, and possibly others as well. Schmidt's a guy I'd love to see on the Sox though. His ERA was 2.34 and his WHIP under 1.00. While those stats are a little park-friendly, they are still pretty f***ing good, and he is the kind of ace and dominating pitcher that could be very helpful in the postseason. I would love nothing more then to get Schmidt. There would be a limit as to how much I'd give up...however, I would give up Cotts, Diaz, and Rauch, or Honel and one of those 3, and if I get a solid reliever out of it(say Felix Rodriguez with them taking on some of his salary), I give them 3 of them(say Honel, Cotts, and Diaz), as well as a position player not named Reed, Sweeney, or Anderson.

Probably about the same spot my 92 Grand Am does

I bet this is the one Saddam has

He is one sick f***er. Killed his son, daughter, and wife? What in the f*** is wrong with some people? :banghead :puke

I'm so afraid of their team ERA of 5.08. Quite simply...no

Depends. If we put the money to good use in other areas(*cough pitching cough*), I'd be all for it. We put the money to say Edgar Renteria or Orlando Cabrera...give me Maggs. Hey Kevin Appier led the Angels to a World Series victory

I saw Reynolds make a fool of himself too. I think he doesn't like the OBP guys much because he never was one. I mean, a .327 career OBP? 480 walks? 21 career homers? I think someone is mad at Varitek, Giambi, and Thomas because they all have more homers by the break every year then Reynolds had homers in his career. However, the one thing I thought was bad was that Krukky said that he doesn't know why guys go to the plate looking for walks. Call it a hunch, but I don't think these guys are looking for walks. They are looking for good pitches to hit, and when they don't get pitches they like, they either let them go by if they're balls, or they foul them off. I think walks are more a benefit of having such great plate discipline.

To be fair and all, Jose Cruz is making $1-2 mill on a last place team in a city that is as close to baseball dead as any in the majors, aside from Montreal of course. Jeter's making about $20 mill this year for the Yankees who have been to the playoffs in more consecutive years then the Devil Rays have been around, whose payroll is $185 mill(and most likely going up within the next 3 months) in a city where the media criticizes every move made by anyone in the organization. And if Maggs is distracted because he isn't signed for next year, that's too bad for him. He should have taken notes from Charles Johnson in 2000...have a career year in your contract year, get paid, and then you can sit on your ass and get fat until your next contract year.

I almost can't believe no one has mentioned AJ Pierzynski

And in the time it took you to type his name, he has since grounded out and ended the game

CARDS WIN!!!

Halle Berry then

Angels win Guillen apparently lost the ball in the lights, but then found it and made the catch.

Uh oh. Twins have the bases loaded with 2 outs, Henry Blanco up

Did you see Wells strike out against him in that second game in the 8th? Shingo definately has some filthy-ass s***.

I bet they did...you remember Barney and his friends, don't you?

ISHMOOKIE will now be referred to as dumbass-who-thinks-this-site-needs-spice

Exactly Miguel Batista got like $4-5 mill a year from Toronto and all he's done so far is put up an ERA of about 7.00. Ponson got like $6-7 mill a year and he's been quite bad. There is a growing need for pitching in today's game, and when you see all the home run numbers, you know why.

Doesn't bother me. I don't understand how we get a B and Minnesota gets an A+ when Minnesota was picked to win the division by most and the Sox were picked to finish 2nd or 3rd, but I guess Harold has no baseball logic.

"You just got burned by your mom - that's a double-burn!" - Kelso

I know what you're saying, and I agree 100% I wasn't specifically talking to you, you just brought it up and I wanted to point out something people had brought up before, saying that keeping Maggs for $14 mill a year is a good idea...get Pedro for $18 mill a year, and while you are spending $4 mill a year more, you are getting a STUD pitcher, while that OFer can be replaced(not necessarily well, but replaced all the same)