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Why hasn't Juan Uribe been included in the eating portion of this?

Ya know...Ben Sheets is still available too......

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 14, 2009 -> 07:13 PM) What a waist. Play on words, or a spelling mistake?

I was just curious about what kind of crowd we have here.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 09:55 PM) If Kenny was to trade Gavin. I'm sure he will be signing a free agent. Broadway & Link for Jones wouldn't be a bad deal. Andruw's historical numbers are worth much more than that, no matter how bad he is now.

Ibanez needs to be crossed out

False, too much to read. The person below me kissed a stranger at midnight

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Dec 30, 2008 -> 05:22 PM) I am not ceratin this was ever posted, but if so please delete. I just came across the ESPN Hot Stove Report and their analysis of the Vazquez trade to Atlanta. What do you think? Young catcher could be key to Vazquez trade Thursday, December 4, 2008 | Feedback | Print Entry Posted by Keith Law Javier Vazquez comes to Atlanta for one good prospect, a wild-card arm, and some filler. "Big Game Javy" is a durable mid-rotation starter, good for 200 innings a year, still young at 31, and maddening in his inability to meet expectations based on his peripheral stats. He sits 90-93 mph, bumping 94, without much movement. He tends to miss in the upper-middle part of the zone two or three times a game, and because he defaults to his fastball when he's behind in the count, it results in some very hard-hit balls. He works with three off-speed pitches -- slider, curve and changeup -- none plus, both breaking balls around average, the change slightly below, and has better control than command; his 59 unintentional walks this year actually his made up his highest total since his rookie year in 1998. Vazquez actually ranks ninth among active starters in strikeouts, 14th in innings pitched, 13th in fewest walks per nine innings … and 11th in home runs allowed, behind eight pitchers aged 40 and up. He holds the patent on the Really Bad Pitch and is currently litigating for trademark rights to the term "One Bad Inning," all of which seems small beans now that his former manager, Ozzie Guillen, has tagged Vazquez as unable to pitch in big games. In the six-player trade, Atlanta also gets Boone Logan, a low-slot lefty specialist who almost shot-puts the ball to the plate. He tops out at 91 mph and his slider doesn't have great tilt, so he's limited to platoon duty and is going to be prone to the long ball. But he could have a good run as a one-out lefty, and he's cheap for 2009 and under control for three years after that. Logan is interesting if for no other reason than the fact that he has thrown only 5 1/3 innings between short-season ball and Triple-A. The package going back to the White Sox relies heavily on one prospect, breakout slugger Tyler Flowers, to make it a solid return. Brent Lillibridge is a nice utility player who can handle playing shortstop, second or center field but who is little more than a slap-hitter without good secondary skills, limiting his upside to a bench role. Third baseman Jon Gilmore is a moderate-tools prospect with very limited feel, below-average speed, and a limited power ceiling; he reminds me of Ryan Sweeney, another player from Iowa who was hyped as an amateur beyond what his actual tools merited. The wild card for Chicago is left-hander Santos Rodriguez, a Gulf Coast League repeater with an outstanding arm. He's a long, lanky kid whose fastball sits 95-96 mph, and he shows some feel for a breaking ball. The delivery isn't pretty, and his command is still well below average, so he probably projects as a reliever. But his upside, even in the pen, is substantial, although his probability of reaching it right now given his inexperience and delivery is not that high. Flowers, on the other hand, is going to produce offensively at the big-league level, possibly as soon as 2010. It's not quite the way you'd draw it up -- he bars his front arm slightly with his hands all the way back and takes an all-out swing -- but he has a very good eye and raw power, particularly to left and left-center. (His 17 home runs may not look impressive, but Myrtle Beach -- high Class A -- is a horrible place to hit.) He may not hit for a high average -- I'd like to see him prove he can catch up to better fastballs, as his bat speed isn't great on top of where he starts his hands -- but he'll post a high OBP and should be a 25-plus home run guy when he's established in the majors, perhaps more in a homer-friendly park like Chicago's. Flowers' drawback is behind the plate, where he's slow and blocky and has a fringe-average arm; he'll never be a defensive asset, but the White Sox have lived with A.J. Pierzynski back there for years and won a World Series with him, so they don't seem likely to overvalue defense at catcher. If Flowers reaches or comes near his ceiling, he alone is a good return on two years of Vazquez at a slightly below-market $11 million per year. But if Flowers can't catch or has too much trouble making contact at higher levels, the rest of the package isn't likely to make up for it. Javy has tons of fastball movement. What is he talking about?

Chris Snyder just signed an extension with the DBacks, so he is unlikely to be traded now.

After getting Quantum of solace for Christmas I am now seeing how absolutely awful the Wii is.

Why didn't they show any of our playoff games?.....

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) You're a week late on the "Jizz In My Pants" phenomenon. Yeah I am. I've been a huge Lonely Island fan for a long time and saw the video on youtube, didn't realize until later it was on the SNL site too.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/vid...y-pants/866262/

You just watched a 2008 White Sox team that was consistently getting guys on, yet was unable to bring them in, over and over again. In 2005 you had a White Sox team that was able to bunt guys over all the time and bring them into scoring position, making them a very successful team that could execute. 2005 Sacrifice hits- 53 2008 Sacrifice hits- 28

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 05:07 PM) Forgive my lack of knowledge in regards to the farm system, but how far away from the majors in Tyler Flowers? I know there was a lot of excitement generated when he was acquired for the heap of disappointed that was Vazquez. Any chance Flowers plays this year? No, he's not going to be ready for next year. 2010 at the earliest, probably more like 2011. Still has a lot of work to do defensively, moreso throwing from back there.

I just asked Getz if he was good at bunting. His response, "I invented bunting"

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) I see Fields getting traded. He strikes out too much and his defense is suspect. He has also had some sort of clubhouse issue. I could be wrong and he seems like a nice guy who could hit a lot of homeruns. Just my gut feeling as a student of KW. I don't think there was ever really an issue, he just said at a Christian Athlete conference one time that there are certain things that some guys on the team do that he doesn't really agree with. Then the quote was taken way out of context by the media at yahoo. I don't agree with my coworkers when they smoke weed or get blowjobs for money, but that doesn't mean we don't get along great most of the time at work. Fields also has striked the good graces of Guillen this offseason by calling him and asking if he could workout near ozzie in Florida to rehab.

Not a lot of discussion has gone on about this subject, but may I point out that Jaime Burke was non-tendered. Bring him back!

AJ is probably the front runner, but if we acquire a good leadoff hitter to play center, I could see Getz as our number 2

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 01:07 PM) Matt Kemp I choose to abstain from the list due to the fact it makes me nauseas He would be very expensive in terms of prospects.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 12, 2008 -> 04:56 PM) They did just ask for money from the Brewers in the proposed deal for Cameron, just sayin. They do have Gardner, Swisher, Matsui, Damon, Cabrera still, so they arent exactly desperate for one. Maybe they feel Dye would be a firstbasemen/RF for them? It is possible, I just dont see it happening. Did that cabera-cameron trade not happen?

Are the Yanks one of the teams he can block trades with?

How does arbitration under contract work? The exact same as when a player accepts arbitration as a FA? Also, what does pre-arbitration mean? Under RotoWorld it said for one player "Super Two" What does that mean?

If a player is released/non-tendered, do they have to be compensated by their team if their contract was supposed to go longer?

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 10:28 PM) Teams generally don't give up guys with as much talent as Bailey at such a young age without serious, major injuries occurring. If Homer Bailey checks out, and his velocity is there, then this is one of those deals that you make in video games but you can't make in real life, and this is potentially one of those deals that you look back on years from now and say, "WTF were the Reds thinking?" Therefore, you should make the deal. Especially if the Sox can sign a corner OF to replace Dye without having to give up a draft pick in the process. I love Dye and he's one of my favorite players I've ever seen on any team, but that's just a no-brainer. They may not necessarily be giving up on Bailey, but instead getting the best out of a guy they don't even need. Check their rotation, it's great. Harangatang ( A great pitcher coming off a bad year) Arroyo (If they trade any pitcher it really should be him, but his 15 wins should trick the team into finding him worth keeping even though wins don't measure how good you are) Cueto (Could have higher ceiling than Bailey) Volquez (Amazing) Owings (Good pitcher, good future, great bat) They just lost their biggest bat in the lineup and they need someone to replace it. Dye would be perfect, and Bailey could be the key to get him here. Why hold onto Bailey? To form a six man rotation?