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QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 09:51 PM) I don't care what his UZR is. He's a f***ing stud and not an "atrocious" defender. YOu probably want us to trade Dye for Rios. You probably didn't want Dye in right field during our WS season. Give me a break please with the word "atrocious." He may be average out there but he's not f***ing atrocious. I hope this is a joke post. I really do.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) He has a combined -74.7 UZR over the last 3 and a half seasons in RF. He's an atrocious defender. It's unfortunate that people listen to Hawk's crackpot opinions because he's wrong a large majority of the time. It really is. Dye's been horrendous and it's quite obvious too. Just because he makes nice catches after running in place for 3 seconds doesn't mean he's a great outfielder.

Is that why he's hitting .235?

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) Imagine the fanbase reaction to letting go of Rios for nothing.... The smart ones would want it to happen. The casual ones will b**** and moan.

Toronto wants to dump salary, not replace it.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 01:07 PM) No one is going to pay Podsednik $7-8 million next year. Maybe if it was a short term deal with a lot of incentives.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 12:52 PM) Are you really comapring Dotel to Figgins? Figgins entire games revovles around his legs. Once that goes, he doesn't really have a spot in the major leagues. 35 year old speedsters making 7-8 million a year isn't a very good investment. Well, that might be what some team will be paying Scott Podsednik next year. Is that smart, too? Kenny Lofton played effectively in his mid 30s. Figgins should still have around 2-3 more good years left in him.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) They would run Lind-Wells-Snider in the OF, with Dye being the DH. You know what, I'll take that back. That's a HORRIBLE outfield defensively.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 12:03 PM) Figgins is 32 years old and will likely be looking for a 4 year deal worth around what Juan Pierre got in '07. Do you really want to pay a 34 or 35 year old Chone Figgins $8M-$10M annually? I said the same thing about Dotel. He hasn't been that bad. He's not getting paid as much, but still, Figgins can still play. In this economy, he probably won't get what he wants anyways unless Kenny tries to recruit him like a college football coach. I'd say 3 years $21-24 million should get it done.

I wouldn't be able to stand watching JD's old legs getting ruined on turf. If Toronto's smart, they would DH him.

BTW, aren't Kenny and Riccardi friends? I think I read that somewhere in Money Ball.

Maybe it's a double edged sword. He sort of wants Rios and he might also want to block off some contenders. But you're right, it's very risky.

A friend told me that Scott Merkin said that this claim is to keep Rios away from the Tigers. This was posted on his Facebook. I haven't bothered to check and befriend him on there, so can anybody confirm this?

In honor of the lady in the picture, I made Jake Peavy (avy) stare at Gordon Beckham (sig).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:29 PM) Looking at the radar, by my vague guesstimate, the rain should be pushing out by around 5:30 or 6:00pm. Aren't there scattered thunderstorms coming in at around 9?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 05:10 PM) Well thats the question, where would Rios be slotted? Would they want to bring back Pods in CF and have Rios replacing Dye? Would they have Rios in CF? Rios value as a CF is obviously a lot more. If you had to pick a position for Rios, it has to be center field.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:53 PM) And look what he did with it. Dewayne Wise is 2 for his last 2. One resulted in a home run, the other a game winning RBI single. What's Ozzie waiting for? lol

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:51 PM) Both teams would make some sense, San Fran moreso, but if I was reading what you posted earlier correctly, would he have to get past the whole AL before he got to either of them? Yeah, he would have to go through the AL teams first.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:49 PM) ESPN speculation is around San Francisco and the Mets, Sox aren't mentioned. Well they're already wrong about the Mets.

Carroll reported that Manny was going to go to Florida? xD

That's a trade somebody proposed on MLBTR. I didn't know Brian Anderson had THAT much value...xD

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:35 PM) Will Carrol is reporting on twitter that there is a lot of speculation that the White Sox are the team that claimed Rios. He must have been reading the MLBTR comments.

There's only 5 teams ahead of us in the waiver order since the AL gets first dibs. 1. Royals - No 2. Orioles - No 3. Indians - No 4. A's - No 5. Twins - No 6. White Sox - Maybe 7. Mariners - No 8. Tigers - Maybe 9. Rays - No 10. Rangers - No 11. Red Sox - Maybe 12. Angels - No 13. Yankees - Maybe We're the first maybe of the bunch. If KW really wants him, there's a good chance that we claimed him.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) Wouldnt be surprised if the Tigers picked him up. Why would they? Porcello's turned it around these past few starts and they have Washburn now. Galarraga's probably better than Smoltz at this point.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) So he's been terrible in the OF but you want him in LF? Either way, every indication from the White Sox is that Beckham will be a 3B and for a long time. With that said, I wouldn't mind Figgins/Ramirez/Beckham/Konerko around the infield. No I want him at 3B or 2B. I thought he only played left field.