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Wish we had a center fielder in high minors.

Speaking of the Tigers, I wonder if Maggs is about to be in the washed up category?? I saw him in one game this year -- didn't seem to be moving well. Gotta be in his late 30's by now. Pretty good career. 2000+ hits, etc.

Martinez, Kuhn seem to be having the most success so far. Move 'em up. We might have a 'Youth Movement' in a couple of months.

Don't think the Sox will offer arbitration to JP after this season.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) They're all way overpaid. I should have put Eddie in that same group. Same answer.

...and, another tough game for Mitchell.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 07:56 AM) The name Hector Santiago is becoming interesting. LHP who was a reliever last year, he got an extended look in ST this year... now he's been converted to a starter. Line so far over two starts: 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 18 K. Also his GO/AO is 2.00. Three straight (parts of..) seasons at Winston Salem. Time to move him up.

What do Rios, Peavy, and Dunn have in common?

Anyone know how long Juan Pierre is under contract with Sox?

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) Stefan Gartrell was outrighted to Charlotte, dropping him from the 40-man, which is now at 37. Someone is bound to pick him up.

I'm just not feeling Mitchell will be anything. Hope I'm wrong, but it's still going to take a couple years to find out. I don't think it'll take that long.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 08:45 AM) For my money, Humber has been everything we could've asked of him. Humber one of Kenny's better moves?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 12:52 PM) No kidding. I wish he were a one year acquisition for us. When does his contract expire?

Could he have caught those two fly balls dropped by JP?

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 12, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) Ozzie seriously, this is as bad as running Billy Koch out there when everyone in the US knew he had no gas left in the tank... Correct. But before we ran Koch out there, we gave him a new contract for $12mm/2 years and letting Foulke go. Way to go Eddie.

Can Teahan play left?

Ely just brought up by Dodgers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 07:12 AM) I can only imagine the Soxtalk meltdown if that happened in our system. That was a great article. Thanks. But, I don't understand what you mean about a meltdown.

The Tampa announcer called Thornton a one trick pony..

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Bullcrap. Even after the two errors, he still had a two-run lead. You can't allow a single and a three-run homer at that point if you're a closer. There's plenty of defensive blame to go around, but Matt still takes his share. It gives Bobby Jenks something to smile about.

Sox are responsible for his entire contract, right??

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 09:08 AM) You have to be freaking kidding me... after ONE mistake in the field? More than one. I thought he was doing an imitation of Soriano out in LF.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 11:58 AM) Are you trying to me that you hated the Peavy and Swisher (from the A's) trades when they were made? If you did, and can prove it, then fine. But a vast majority of Sox fans liked those trades at the time. I hated both trades right away, especially the Peavy trade. He was hurt at the time, and we inherited that huge contract/ It looked to me as we were solving San Diego's problem, and we gave up pitching prospects at same time. It smacked of Kenny getting out-negotiated. Swisher not so much, but I was looking forward to watching both Sweeney and Gio. I had no idea it would turn out as badly as it did.

That is the reality of what is being proposed here. These things don't have a vaccuum. If you want more spending on draft picks, it means less money for the major league team's budget. Even though it's not my money Kenny is spending, I still gag when he opens up the vault for Peavy when he could have kept Richard, or when he unloads Hudson for a more expensive Pena. Those are two low priced winners we gave away for big time salaries, and then you can throw Gio into the mix. KW makes it very easy for second guessers. On top of those economic disasters, he spent $56 mm for Dunn, that could have financed a whole bunch of draft picks.

Kenny's trades don't help.