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QUOTE (Chet Lemon @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:46 AM) Would the Mets have any interest in Dye? Dye for Daniel Murphy is a move I would like to see. Murphy came into the Mets org. as a 3B. Obviously he was blocked by Wright, so they switched him over to 2B and LF while in the minors. He got the call to the big show this past August, where he started every subsequent MLB game in LF. Murphy is going to be their new 2B-man next season IIRC.

Juan needs to battle here.

Haha, that'll work.

Good job Alexei.

Good job JIMMY!!!!

Does anyone think if we deal Swisher, we may go after Coco Crisp again? Numbers for this season FWIW; .283/.344/.407

Question for E-Bay Users. Never really used it much before, but over here have started, and have just linked a PayPal account. I am transferring money across from my bank account, so it is still processing, as my account is linked, am I able to buy stuff using paypal (because I've read that they'll just transfer the money out from your account).

QUOTE (Frank the Tank 35 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 11:59 PM) No more Chad Tracy fantasies? Similar OPS to Beltre and close to 0 value to the D'backs at this point... granted his defense isn't so hot... Why settle for just McLouth?... fill the 5th starter hole and buy low on Snell! Trade Swisher at his lowest value? Meh... Buy lows... Robinson Cano? Homer Bailey? Alex Gordon? Ryan Zimmerman? KW's gotta fill three positions this offseason... SP, 3B, and one of SS/2B. It won't all get done on the FA market. It won't all get done by trades. Figure we have enough ammo for one good trade, one good FA acquisition, and one crapshoot. . Some people have good memories on here, so well played. Tracy's unfortunately gone a little downhill I think, and his OPS was the lowest it's been for some time at .722. Beltre had an OPS of .784 and away splits of .292/.349/.512 this season. He's one of the best defensive 3rd baseman in the league, so if the price was right (and yes Tony, my proposal yesterday was a bit far-fetched as I certainly want no piece of Miguel Batista), then I'd be all for making a move there.

Yes I think he would. But consider this. Young's OBP over the past 2 seasons has been .295 and .315. That's not exactly going to help us majorly is it. Swisher had a terrible year with the bat and he still had an OBP of .332 and 2 more HR's than Young this season.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 09:31 AM) I say we sign all of them. Fine with me. Cubano, are all of these players represented by Jaime Torres? Because he's Alexei's and Contreras's agent IIRC, so I imagine the Sox would have a pretty good relationship with him. And after the success that Alexei has had this season, they should be all over this. Where does the best prospect (the 3B/RF guy) compare to Ramirez when he left Cuba FWIW Cubano?

wite, you would be pretty happy that the Bills re-signed Lee Evans I take it.

Hey if the Wirtz's don't mind paying an extra $6-7M, this maybe the best solution, especially if nobody is going to take the Bulin Wall of our hands.

Biden was pretty damn solid I thought. He made a couple of slip ups (300 million instead of 300 billion), but the women seemed to love him and he did what he needed to do. I gave him a 7.5/10. Palin on the other hand, was just cringe-worthy I thought. She started out alright, but; 1 - How many times did she have to look down at her notes. Just didn't seem prepared for some of the questions I thought. 2 - Yes, you can pronounce the Iranian president's name. Good for you. Doesn't mean you have to say it 5 or 6 times in 2 mins. 3 - Some of her folksy one - liners, just doesn't really seem the forum for it. So I give her a 5.5/10. She may have regained some footing in her own party, but it wouldn't surprise me if Obama/Biden break out to a double digit lead in some of the polls pretty soon.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 01:12 AM) If your going for style and fun feautures go with Sony if you want best quality go with Canon. Id stick between those 2 brands though personally. I got the latest Canon Powershot for around the price (the one with Maria Sharapova in the ads). It's got a 12 megapixel zoom, and lots of different options etc. so it's a pretty good camera. I'd recommend that.

Uribe and OC have left 9 men on base today. Certainly not their best day, that's for sure.

Time to root against the Aussie. Balfour has great stuff, especially on his fastball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 04:38 PM) Why would the Orioles trade one of their most popular players for a pitcher with almost no upside, besides eating up innings as a 4/5 starter and making a few persistent Roto League owners happy with his strikeouts? Especially at his salary. Just doesn't make sense for Baltimore. Nobody has gotten him to change his career-long trajectory of not pitching very well under pressure. He just looks defeated...maybe he's not even on the ALCS roster if we go there. But it's a tremendous off-season dilemma for Williams to get another GM to take a risk without us having to subsidize his contract. Because if they can't sign a FA SP such as Garland, then I think they'd go in the trade market to do so (and pitching is a weakness for them(. They'd be interested in Fields as a long - term replacement for Mora as well I would have thought. But of course, Angelos probably won't let him go.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 04:34 PM) Agree with most of what you're saying, except for the possibility of getting McLouth. At some point, the Pirates will have to keep some of their young talent and try to build something. He's got enough years for a reasonable salary (unlike Bay) that you have to think he would be hard to pry away. I don't see the Mariners accepting a possibly injury-prone Fields and the erratic Swisher. Arguably, it would be a step down from Raul Ibanez...and Michael Morse, Olivo, Reed and Borchard all have had minimal impacts. Just don't see it. I think that Cuddyer and a prospect or two would be more appealing than Swisher coming out of this season. Cuddyer's numbers were even worse than Swisher's though this season, so he should have less value. I'd think they'd have some interest in Swisher to replace Ibanez. Doubt Raul will be going back there (he's a FA IIRC, and my guess is the Mets will target him to play LF, and move Murphy to 2B).

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) Anyone know if he has a limited no trade clause or anything? I would trade him to the Pirates or Orioles. The Orioles would be a decent bet. Maybe go after Roberts with Vazquez as one of the main pieces.

The problem is with dealing Javy, he only wants to play somewhere close to the East Coast.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 02:59 PM) i honestly thought if we won this first game we'd be stealing one. high hopes for tomorrow. My thoughts exactly. We've got our best 3 pitchers on the mound over the next 3 games.

I want to get into the Ray bullpen in the 6th inning. Make Shields throw a lot of pitches here.

Alright good job Javy. Keep doing that for a few more innings to keep us in this thing.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 02:42 PM) This really shouldn't turn into an off-season thread, but whatever. f*** Seattle. Beltre would be a great fit, but you can't get carried away. He is making almost 12 million next season, is signed just for next season, and posted an OPS under .800 this season. .860 OPS or away from Safeco though. Oh and Brian, Perez is a FA this off-season, and will get a pretty lucrative deal. If he leaves the Mets, then Vazquez to them is a definite possibility. If Vazquez actually only gave up 4ER over 6 innings here, is that a decent enough outing? At least he's given us a chance to win I guess.

QUOTE (soxpride77 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 02:38 PM) I would disagree with that. Contreras has come up big in meaningful games wher Vasquez always folds under the pressure. Except that was what 3 seasons ago. Anyway, I'm not going to get into a whole argument about it. I'm not trying to defend Vazquez or anything, he deserves all of the flaming he's getting ATM.