December 11, 200322 yr 2. Kevin Brown-Odalis Perez As you may have heard, the Dodgers could use a thumper. No wait. Check that. The Dodgers could use about four thumpers. And they've been actively trying to trade Perez to get one of those thumpers. But they could also use a little wiggle room in their checking account. Which is where Brown comes in. He has $30 million coming to him the next two years. And it doesn't help his marketability that he's had everything but the bubonic plague over the last few years, missing time because of problems with his back, elbow, groin, neck, Achilles tendon, finger and abdominal muscles. That won't stop the Yankees from ratcheting up their interest in a guy who could theoretically replace Andy Pettitte. But common financial sense says it's still more likely the Dodgers will deal Perez. And the White Sox, Cardinals, Yankees and Red Sox have all been on his trail for weeks. 4. Magglio Ordonez-Paul Konerko-Carlos Lee-Frank Thomas Bartolo Colon is now officially off to Orange County. So if the White Sox were spitting sparks trying to trade for starting pitching before losing Colon, they're installing that new turbo now. They could move Lee with their eyes shut. But they would prefer to move Ordonez's $14-million paycheck, Thomas' long and complicated contract and/or Konerko's $18.75 million over the next two years. Whether that's doable -- and so far it hasn't been -- is a question they might not be able to answer by the time they check out of the New Orleans Marriott. But it won't be for lack of dangling those names -- particularly to the Dodgers and Mariners. 5. Freddy Garcia Garcia couldn't be any more available this week if the Mariners painted his face on a billboard on Bourbon Street. Now that they've signed Guardado and Shigetoshi Hasegawa, they're set to move Rafael Soriano into the rotation. And that figures to mean bye-bye Freddy, one way or another. True, Garcia is only 27. And he has a higher career winning percentage (72-43, .626) than Bartolo Colon, Kevin Millwood or Curt Schilling. But he stands to make $8 million to $9 million in arbitration. He's coming off a 12-14 season in which he won only three of his last 17 starts. And clubs we've spoken to aren't sure about either his physical conditioning or his dedication to duty. Nevertheless, we're hearing the White Sox are thinking seriously about him. On the other hand, it's also possible the Mariners will nontender him if they can't trade him. Also mentions Koch as possible trade bait
December 11, 200322 yr 4. Magglio Ordonez-Paul Konerko-Carlos Lee-Frank Thomas Bartolo Colon is now officially off to Orange County. So if the White Sox were spitting sparks trying to trade for starting pitching before losing Colon, they're installing that new turbo now. They could move Lee with their eyes shut. But they would prefer to move Ordonez's $14-million paycheck, Thomas' long and complicated contract and/or Konerko's $18.75 million over the next two years. Whether that's doable -- and so far it hasn't been -- is a question they might not be able to answer by the time they check out of the New Orleans Marriott. But it won't be for lack of dangling those names -- particularly to the Dodgers and Mariners. OMG.... They did not ask permission to use that!!!
December 11, 200322 yr OMG.... They did not ask permission to use that!!! Sue 'em..plead emotional anguish.
December 11, 200322 yr In that same article, it mentions Orlando Hudson, of the Blue Jays, may be avaialble. He is not too old, and I think would be a good fit at 2B for us. I would perfer a lefty (IIRC he is a righty), but I would be very, very happy with Orlando.
December 11, 200322 yr In that same article, it mentions Orlando Hudson, of the Blue Jays, may be avaialble. He is not too old, and I think would be a good fit at 2B for us. I would perfer a lefty (IIRC he is a righty), but I would be very, very happy with Orlando. I couldn't agree more. I have been mentioning Orlando Hudson for about a month now. Apparently the Jays are shopping him for young pitching.
December 11, 200322 yr 4. Magglio Ordonez-Paul Konerko-Carlos Lee-Frank Thomas Bartolo Colon is now officially off to Orange County. So if the White Sox were spitting sparks trying to trade for starting pitching before losing Colon, they're installing that new turbo now. They could move Lee with their eyes shut. But they would prefer to move Ordonez's $14-million paycheck, Thomas' long and complicated contract and/or Konerko's $18.75 million over the next two years. Whether that's doable -- and so far it hasn't been -- is a question they might not be able to answer by the time they check out of the New Orleans Marriott. But it won't be for lack of dangling those names -- particularly to the Dodgers and Mariners. OMG.... They did not ask permission to use that from me either!!!
December 11, 200322 yr And it doesn't help his marketability that he's had everything but the bubonic plague over the last few years, missing time because of problems with his back, elbow, groin, neck, Achilles tendon, finger and abdominal muscles. HEY!!!! They didn't ask my permission to use that either!!! Those plagiaristic BASTARDS!!!!
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