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I tend to think Berkman hates Chicago period (he really dislikes the Cubs), so that's probably why he vetoed a deal here.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 09:29 AM) Would he also be a 2 month rental? Nope, arb eligible for two years.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) If it's Luke Scott, that's fine. I think I'd rather have him than LaRoche. Same here. I'd almost rather have Scott than Dunn since he can actually play a little bit of the outfield.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 08:12 AM) Rays get Qualls for PTBNL and $$$. Qualls has been a victim in that AZ bullpen. I think he can work out well in Tampa.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) Yeah but not many GMs are like KW where they don't ask for King's Ransom if they don't get it hold out til the last minute. I am sure that's what is happening here. They want Jackson + top prospect (my guess Viciedo) and we want to give Jackson + mid-level prospect. I think a deal will happen, but it will likely just take til the last minute. Jackson alone is a lot for Dunn.

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 12:06 AM) Somebody should teach him that there is another possible way to get on base besides the hit. The fact that he took a close pitch called strike yesterday and was on his way to first was even encouraging to me. He wanted to walk, now he just has to do it.

I've just added a GM to my most hated list and that's Mike Rizzo.

We got all we could have asked for out of Harrell. Good stuff.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) I don't think that Kenny would've traded for Jackson if he wasn't prepared to be stuck with him. This is Mr. big gamble we're talking about here.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 08:17 PM) Rizzo really is a douche. Nobody's going to want to deal with him from here on out. He basically drove Jackson's price up and then said, oh wait. f***er...

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) Why do I enjoy listening to Farmer? I used to hate him, but he's grown on me. Not sure why. It's because you're getting sick of Hawk.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) Great job Lucas . Viciedo .322 now. His OBP is also .322, unfortunately.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) Rosenthal tweets that the Blue Jays may make multiple trades, maybe Fathom is right and we'll see Lind. I kind of don't want Lind.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 08:34 PM) Top of the 8th inning in a 7-1 game for a defensive replacement. Not much to it.

Lucas Harrell's FIP is bad, but I'll take his nice low ERA right now. Only need him for this one start.

A.J. with anybody on first is a GIDP waiting to happen.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) Holy s***! Ethier has been hot garbage since he came back from the DL on May 31: .234/.295/.365/.661. Mark Kotsay is even laughing. Ethier's WAR: 0.7 Ethier's UZR: -16.3 He's not much better than Carlos.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:50 PM) Cowley was just on Boers and Bernstein saying that KW is still working on something huge and totally under the radar. Bernstein was trying to figure out who that could possibly be, and mentioned this scenario: Edwin Jackson would go to the Nationals, Dunn to the Rays, and Carl Crawford to the White Sox. Talk about a sleeper... If Kenny Williams landed Carl Crawford, I'd smack anyone who ever said anything bad about him ever again. I would love him long time.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) Ethier and TCQ on the same team would be insane. We'd bludgeon teams to death. And their horrible defense would give away a lot of runs away.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:10 PM) He's been one of the worst every day players in baseball this year. He's worse than Mark Kotsay.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:07 PM) His last 5 seasons Carlos has hit above .300....the guy wasn't that far off. What he didn't realize is that Carlos Lee is getting old and regressing. Plus, he is owed around $35 million over the next two years. You're asking for disaster by saying he should be traded here.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) Bernstein is such an arrogant jerk. But that caller kind of deserved it... Carlos Lee's always a .300 hitter - no he isn't.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) Here is what fangraphs says: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/t...os-perspective/ Interesting that they believe Jackson will be worth $10mil on the open market. That's because Jackson is a 3-3.5 WAR player. That's worth around $12 million in WAR dollars.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) How does fangraphs rank all of Jackson's pitches? I know scouts were raving about his slider to start last season. Jackson's best pitch is his slider. He was +18 last year. +3 this year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 04:35 PM) Ugh, hearing that Yanks won't give up any premium prospects to get Berkman really frustrates me. And this is when the reputation of our farm system screws us.