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If the Mets wouldn't trade Kazmir for Soriano, I'd doubt they'd trade him for Beltran either.

Absolutely, I wonder why Dallas traded for Me-Shawn instead of James " Please don't initiate physical contact on me" Thrash.

Look, it's a bird, it's a fly, it's Queen James!

According to Bull, it looks like they are tryin to convert Munoz into a starter down at Birmingham. David Sanders would prob be next on the list for a call - up.

Puh-Lease, this guy will get sliced up by CB's like a hot knife goin thru butter.

#1 pick here we come. Too bad Pittsburgh is losing though.

Probably the Indians because of the fact I was able to watch em a lot in da mid 90's when they were makin the World Series with Lofton, Belle and Eddie Murray and Co.

Uh Oh, just what we don't need, another injury plagues season from Wunsch. Well if he can't make the 25 man roster, than I think it's a shoo in that Cotts will be part of the bullpen cos we'll need another lefty.

So do I because he's an Aussie. If only the White Sox would send out more scouts down under.

Great to hav ya postin back for da season Gashy! Agreed on Willie, he gets 1st crack, and has been hittin betta in spring training. He needs a good start though, othawise there's always goin to be a possibility of KW bringin in sum1 like a Spivey or Vidro.

Man did Williams get roughed up again. And he'll be their #2 starter as well while Schmidt is injured.

I hope so.

If he hits well and keep progressin thru the minors, it's very possible. In 5 or 6 years scouts hav said he could be the best SS in the game.

Jerry's Wife.

Reed in Birmingham. Looks like Borchard, Valenzuela and mayb Bikowski mite be the outfielders for Charlotte.

More of a funny pic,

Nice to see Harris gettin betta and betta with each spring training game. A good start will be very important for him to get his confidence goin. Good to see our bullpen guys like Shingo pitchin betta as well.

If the Cowboys end up with Steven Jackson, it will be the steal of the draft.

Hey, he's on my fantasy team.

Damn, I need to get ESPN again for the baseball season.

R u watchin this on the YES Network or MLB 1 Cheat?

Nice work Jeter.

Finally a game on Prime Time for me.

From da Cubune, TUCSON, Ariz. -- On a sleepy spring day, a small crowd in the stands no noisier than a picnic, Ken Williams sits at the top of the ballpark in a box by himself, watching the White Sox and liking, for the most part, what he sees. For example, he extols the virtues of one of the 2004 season's key pickups, second baseman Juan Uribe—"You couldn't have gotten him two or three years ago for darn near anybody, that's how highly thought of he was"—and, as if on cue, Uribe guns down a runner with a perfect peg to home plate. That's what we're looking for," the Sox general manager says. "Aggressive baseball. Don't be afraid to take a chance." This is true on several levels. Williams himself is gambling on Ozzie Guillen, a man with no managerial experience. Guillen in turn is inviting Harold Baines to fill a role totally new to him, bench coach, in place of the retired Joe Nossek, who sat at the Sox manager's side for the last 13 seasons. Williams nonetheless is brimming with confidence. And attitude is something he takes very seriously. A couple of Sox players—he identifies them by name, off the record—have been "whiny" and getting on the GM's nerves, while others have impressed him this spring with their hard work and willingness to improve this team's general morale. "Character guys," Williams calls them. "I want guys who want to play, not just guys who know how to play." Not much older than some of his players—he turns 40 a day after Opening Day—Williams is in his fourth year in a management position once populated by wizened old-timers. In today's baseball, though, with GMs like Theo Epstein of the Red Sox, 30, and Paul DePodesta of the Dodgers, 31, a long apprenticeship is not required. Asked what in particular he likes about his team, Williams says, "No. 1 is No. 13." That is the uniform number of Guillen, as it was during 13 seasons as a Sox shortstop. His task is to get a Chicago team to a World Series for the first time in 45 years. Getting off to a good start will be tricky. The Sox play the Yankees in seven of their first 15 games. Amid all the A-Rod hoopla at Yankee Stadium next week, the Sox's first pitchers for the series could be Jon Garland, Scott Schoeneweis and Dan Wright, a combined 16-22 last year. Good luck with that. "Pitching will win it," Williams says of the Central Division, which will send a representative to the playoffs just like the Yankees' East Division will. "We have the advantage offensively, I think, on everyone. We might not need to be quite as good in the pitching department by comparison, the way our team can hit." The Sox do have sock. When calling his outfielders "as productive offensively as any outfield you'll find in the game," Williams is counting center fielder Aaron Rowand in this mix, not just Carlos Lee and Magglio Ordonez. On every Opening Day from 1995 to 2003, the Sox used a different center fielder. A troublesome position, yes, but Williams insists: "People don't know Aaron Rowand yet. He can be a big run producer for us." Second base is the other serious Sox hole. Willie Harris has a tiny big-league batting average of .213, in limited time. The once highly touted Uribe had a 2002 season from hell—.240, 120 strikeouts, 27 errors for Colorado—then broke a bone in his foot in 2003. At least Harris hits left-handed. Most of the club's good swingers from that side are Guillen, Baines, Joey Cora and Greg Walker, the manager and coaches. Six days from getting under way, the Sox remain an impossible team to assess—even, by degree, for the boss. "Every day there's a new situation to address," Williams says. "Ten new situations. I'm working on things for next week, but I'm also working on things for 2005, 2008." With the future assured to nobody, he is willing to stick his neck out. "I knew I would take some hits," Williams says of gambling on Guillen to run things on the field. "But you're going to see a very different kind of baseball this year from this team. "Ozzie and I are on the same page. We have guys here who know how to play this game the right way. But if some of them can't, I want every one of them to know this right now, I'm not afraid to go out and find ones who will."

Sweeney in the majors this season? Sorry but I just can't see it. Like him play in the minors for at least a season or two while we hav the likes of Borchard and Reed ready to play now if we need them. But I hav a special feeling about Sweeney, even though Anderson still has more power potential.