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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) Not to mention Guillen being coveted by the Marlins. I know the idea is that the Sox are a ship of fools, but the rest of MLB sure doesn't seem to think so. I tend to think Coop and Hahn = good. Ozzie and Cora = not so good. I don't think the general consensus is that they're all fools.

He's about the worst defensive catcher you can find out there. Maybe if we don't re-sign Konerko, we can rotate him, Flowers, and Tank at DH, 1B, and C.

Washington's not trading him.

The Sox aren't going to sign anybody too noteworthy. But I think going after somebody like an Austin Kearns as a RF might be a safe move. A move that might be one step up from that is trading for Ryan Ludwick. TBH, I think one of the most important positions that needs to be addressed is right field. We can't have Quentin hobbling around out there. It devalues him a lot, both as a hitter and a fielder. Stick Quentin at DH or have him platoon there with somebody else (he can't hit right handed pitchers). I think a lot of us feel that Paul Konerko is number one priority and I will have to strongly agree. Retaining Konerko is huge. However, if we don't get him back, we can always try somebody like Carlos Pena, who after a pretty bad year, could come at a similar price to Konerko. Aubrey Huff is also an option. The left handed options at 1B are aplenty. Out of all our free agents, A.J. is the least of my worries. I think Tyler Flowers can produce what he did last season. The defense might not be the same and Flowers will have to adjust to calling games, but offensively, the two can't differ by much and Flowers actually does have upside. Jenks needs to be non-tendered, paying him nearly $10 million when this team is short on money would be absolutely crazy. Instead, give some of the money to Putz (his struggles late in the year might help us get him back at a decent price). Have either Putz or Thornton start off as the closer. Eventually, that might be a role for Chris Sale to settle into. Either way, you have three solid guys at the back end of the bullpen in Sale, Thornton, and Putz. The Sox don't need that many new additions, they just need to spend whatever cash they have wisely. A majority of that cash should be spent on Konerko and Putz. Whatever's left should be focused on getting a full-time right fielder to move Quentin to the DH role. And if they can, maybe go after a 3B option that can backup Morel in case he fails (Felipe Lopez, maybe? Just throwing a name out there off the top of my head).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 2, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) Who cares what Thome made and that he had a great season? Some guys make $300k and have all star years, other guys make $14mil and ride the pine. $2mil is not a lot of money for a veteran player who can provide defense and perhaps a little hitting. I dont even understand the relevance of Thome or Damon. Neither of them play similar positions to Vizquel, neither of them have the same skill sets. You said $2 million isn't a lot. My point was that spending $2 million wisely can get you a lot in return and that teams aren't as willing to spend that extra $2 million as they were before.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 2, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) Glad to have Vizquel back. He was nothing but a solid guy, and in todays baseball economy $2mil is nothing. Might have been true 3 years ago. The Sox were reluctant to give Johnny Damon $6 million last off-season. Jim Thome got less than $1.75 million to hit like he was in his prime.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Nov 2, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) Not a fan of it only because Ozzie will probably give him as many if not more at-bats this season. I think the year he had with us with the bat was more luck than anything. As long as his at-bats decrease (barring injury, or letting the kid Morel play) he's a fine glove off the bench. Morel is already a stud with the glove, so it's not like he's gonna help him much there. Hopefully Beckham can take the next step. Yeah, Omar's not hitting around .300 again.

As long as he's a defensive replacement like he was coming into 2010, sure, why not. Although nearly $2 million seems a bit much.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 09:31 PM) Quite the World Series hero...it makes me happy to know that Orlando Cabrera is pissed off somewhere. Haha, this is very true.

Luol Deng went crazy.

Since when did Edgar Renteria start hitting home runs again?

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) Why did Paulie not get consideration at 1B for at least 1 or 2 votes? Because DRS had him as one of the worst 1B in all of baseball this year. And this voting is heavily based on DRS (which was made by John Dewan, who is one of the voters in this, along with many other proponents to that stat).

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) Not quite there yet, but it's close enough. Anyways, this bugged me. This is Rotoworld's entry on Casey Kelly... Red Sox pitching prospect Casey Kelly finished with a 6.75 ERA over four starts in the Arizona Fall League. Kelly actually pitched pretty well in three of his four outings, but he was torched for eight runs in a fluky two-inning start last Monday. The 21-year-old righty averaged a stellar 7.7 K/9 over 21 appearances this year at Double-A Portland and remains a top pitching prospect. With a little polishing, he should be a high-impact big league starter for a long time. Since when is a 7.7 K/9 stellar? I understand that he was a 20 year old in AA this year, so in that regard it is impressive, but overall a 7.7 K/9 is not that great, and in fact is just slightly above the league average there (7.3). His ERA was also 5.31...again, more understandable because he was a 20 year old...which is well above the league ERA of 4.21. And all of those 21 appearances was a start, and he threw 95 innings this year, which means he averaged less than 5 innings a start, after throwing 95 innings in 4 fewer starts last year. He also focused exclusively on pitching this year too, so you would think that he would have increased his work total, not decreased. It's because he's a Red Sox prospect.

QUOTE (gordonventura38 @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 03:47 PM) Wow no love for CQ? I hope this is sarcasm.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 07:27 AM) Off thread topic, but did anyone catch Ozzie Guillen casually defending his use of Mark Kotsay (by name) during the pre-game of last night's WS Game 3? He needs to just stop it. The results are right there for him for crying out loud.

Did they honestly give Jeff Francouer a +50? Ryan Raburn also doesn't seem to make much sense. Other than that, this looks like a legit list. As for Rios, he did post a +13 in DRS this year, so maybe he should have been higher.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 31, 2010 -> 11:32 PM) Don't you guys who want to run Oz out of town at least agree he's very very very likeable?? At first maybe, but his act has gotten old. It's like the same joke over and over again.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 31, 2010 -> 11:01 PM) I understand we differ big time on this, but how can you watch TV the past couple nights and not love Ozzie Guillen? You guys say he gets outmanaged every game? I beg to differ. Nobody but Bevington gets outmanaged. Managers all make the same moves. They play the lefty/righty crap; they bunt sometimes, sometimes they don't. Unless you win it all or at least win the AL, you are a bum. Somebody on here was calling Ron Washington a clown. Players win games. Again, unless they are clueless morons like Bevington. So I go with intangibles. Ozzie is a funny motherf***er. How can you not love this guy and want him to be our manager for a long time to come? He's already proven he can hit lightning in a bottle and win it all. Sports should be fun; he is fun. I guess I'm different from some who just want to be miserable even in victory. A lot of fans on here were even ripping Ozzer-roo on games we won this season. Ozzie won 88 games with that horrific offensive team and bullpen that doesn't believe in pitching well after the all star break. My god. (I do realize he wanted some of those awful offensive players; I never said he was a good GM). Yes, all crack addicts aren't clowns, they're some of the most serious people around. You can't relate Ozzie's managerial skills to how funny or great of a guy (you think) he is. Chris Rock is one funny f***er, but I wouldn't want him managing my baseball team.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 30, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) I'm pretty sure Ozzie didn't write that, the grammar is way too perfect. He probably puts down his thoughts, then one of his sons writes this for him.

Ozzie is now on the same level as Jay Mariotti (both bloggers, oh the irony). This made me lol, "Of course, Aaron Rowand and Juan Uribe are like my kids (except for the fact Uribe is uglier than me, hahaha)"

They did a contract crowdsourcing on FanGraphs today. Average response was that Paulie was going to get 2 years ant $20 million. I think that seems about right.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 07:06 PM) Pretty sure that means it's overheating. Which means he should get a stand or an intercooler.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 09:57 AM) Did anyone else catch Chris Broussard on pre-game yesterday say that Andre Iguodala wants out of Philly and that the Bulls and Sixers have had discussions about a Deng/Iggy swap? Do want very much.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 29, 2010 -> 07:42 AM) True. He hasn't cost them the last 2 games, but I think his management of his bullpen & the Vlad in RF situation have made you question some of his decision making, and that's not just hindsight. That goes back to game 1 of the ALCS as well. He made a lot of weird decisions in the ALCS and got away with it because he got good offense and starting pitching.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 29, 2010 -> 02:08 AM) I don't know about that. He did get them to the WS which means they are AL champs. At some point don't you have to "expose" the guys doing the imploding on the mound? I don't buy the bad managing bit. This is why you uh, want to win the all-star game. It's kind of his fault that he let them implode. Especially yesterday, where Holland couldn't find the strike zone and he finally got Mark Lowe up when Holland walked a batter in. Then Mark Lowe probably wasn't ready and he sucked too.