February 5, 200323 yr This move will happen. I know KW will not miss out on this. 2 things 1.) Could we get Robert Person for a minor league deal, like the yanks did with Lieber? 2.) Who is Bartolo Colon's agent? I am praying to god it is not Scott Boras.
February 5, 200323 yr Rogers would be a great pick up for the sox, not only is he a really good pitcher, he provides depth to the rotation, with Rogers at the 5, and rauch in aaa, if anyone got injured I would feel real confident about having Rauch step in and due a good job in the majors.
February 5, 200323 yr KW said at SoxFest that the only pitchers he would get now (and the question was about Chuck Finley) would be one who would sign for $300,000. So I doubt we will see Rogers. As well, KW had the numbers for the first 55 games, how many times our pitchers would actually pitch, and given the schdule, our #1 and #2 will see a lot of saction and our #5 not that much. So I don't think KW and JM see a need to pick up another pitcher since we have Rauch and the other guys we picked up (whose names I cannot spell) already battling for #5.
February 5, 200323 yr Rogers will not take 1 to 2 milloin to play for the Sox KW lives in bargain basement dreamland. KW says we are TAPPED out he is such a s***ty LIAR
February 5, 200323 yr If we get Rogers....... does Garland move to 4 Wright to 5? I mean...... I think giving Roachie the year of experience to..... so I think you hold off on him and if all else fails we throw Loaiza in there for the 5th spot.
February 5, 200323 yr I think giving Roachie the year of experience to..... so I think you hold off on him and if all else fails we throw Loaiza in there for the 5th spot. That is what KW said, I have to practice spelling Loaiza... KW also metioned Gil Heredia for the 5th spot, whose name I also have to practice
February 5, 200323 yr Evidently Phil Rogers in the Trib and some web site called rotoworld are talking up the Sox signing Rogers. For what it is worth.
February 5, 200323 yr Will we get one of his chicken restaurants in the park too? "You got to know when to roast em......know when to fry em...."
February 5, 200323 yr Rogers would be a nice pickup. He eats up innings and is a veteran lefthander. Hopefully he would like to come to the Sox at a reduced rate and play for a potential contender. I think we have a better chance of signing either Person or Helling.
February 5, 200323 yr Rogers would be a nice pickup. He eats up innings and is a veteran lefthander. Hopefully he would like to come to the Sox at a reduced rate and play for a potential contender. I think we have a better chance of signing either Person or Helling. The more I think about this......... the more I like it. The Rotation would look like this Colon - R Buehrle - L Garland - R Rogers- L Wright - R You throw a lefty in there every series. I mean Danny Wright is the weakest link in the rotation..... and thats not a bad thing...... cause Danny can sling the rock. I still like Jon Rauch..... but I am in favor of signing kenny rogers.
February 5, 200323 yr Would be an excellent pickup. A rotation of Buehrle, Colon, Rogers, Garland, Wright is very good. Also, he had a solid 4 ERA away from Arlington, which is nice.
February 5, 200323 yr Kenny Rogers is going to be a great pick up but what are the chances he or Boras will want to get less money this year. But him on the rotation, all the combined wins of the starters will total to 78 wins. If all our pitchers improve a little bit and be consistent, we could be in very good shape. I like the rotation of Buerhle, Colon, Garland, Rogers and Wright.
February 5, 200323 yr I just heard that Kenny Rogers' agent is Scott Boras. I will go outsidce and check to see if any pigs are flying - if so, a Boras client might sign with the Sox.
February 5, 200323 yr This would be an awesome pickup. I see Rogers as the #5 though. THe main reason is you don't want Wright going and then Colon because they are both more similar pitchers. If you have Garland and then Wright, you got two different pitchers. Colon and Buerhle is different. Buerhle and Jon is different, while Kenny and Colon is different. That way you never see the same looking pitcher in a row on the Sox. You'd also have 5 guys that threw 180 plus innings last season, which would be very impressive. They'd also have extreme depth if a starter went down with Rauch, Stewart, Loiza, and Heredia all there. If the Sox signed him I'd look for him to be able to make as much as 3 mill or as little as 1.25 or so depending on if he reaches performance incentives. I think they'll do something similar to Lofton's deal. One thing for sure, Rogers has made plenty of money, so I will assume he isn't going to go to Pittsburgh if he has similar offers from Boston or Chicago, so I'm thinking one of the Sox teams gets him. I'm hoping it will be the White Sox. Man would this be huge, especially cause it gives us another guy that is good against the Twinkies.
February 5, 200323 yr Boras is a real slime ball....... and one helluva agent I think Slime-ball and agent are pretty much the same word right?
February 5, 200323 yr Boras is a real slime ball....... and one helluva agent I think Slime-ball and agent are pretty much the same word right? Exactly....why would Boros ever allow KR to sign a deal for $$ under 1-1.5 a year when he refused a deal in the 4+ range a few months ago....and I can't believe that Boros would include those bogus incentives relating to attendence that Lofton agreed to.... Rogers would make cents if JR would ok it since their only lefty option is Stewart and he is just not ready yet.....a solid vet with a good trackrecord for accumulating innings...and as we all know, innings is everything....
February 5, 200323 yr I think Slime-ball and agent are pretty much the same word right? Yes..... don't forget about lawyer also As hit on by some posters earlier, KW said the Sox were "tapped out" at SoxFest. Signing KR at this point would shock me even more than when the Sox signed Colon. Ain't gonna happen.
February 5, 200323 yr Boras is a real slime ball....... and one helluva agent I think Slime-ball and agent are pretty much the same word right? Exactly....why would Boros ever allow KR to sign a deal for $$ under 1-1.5 a year when he refused a deal in the 4+ range a few months ago....and I can't believe that Boros would include those bogus incentives relating to attendence that Lofton agreed to.... Rogers would make cents if JR would ok it since their only lefty option is Stewart and he is just not ready yet.....a solid vet with a good trackrecord for accumulating innings...and as we all know, innings is everything.... Boras is as good as it gets, imo. He's an unbelievably good agent. That being said, they made a big mistake this time around. Is anyone giong to tell me that Rogers is seriously going to get 4 million a year, especially when no one is getting that type of money this offseason. Him and Rogers should of never turned that deal down, and I think they will both admit that.
February 5, 200323 yr Boras = no way in hell the Sox's get Kenny, NO WAY!!!!! Boras will find him a better deal, that's for sure. (Unless the Sox's give Boras what he want's, so its not gonna happen)
February 5, 200323 yr Nope, jr dont like getting pushed around by agents epecially this one. ...never happen.
February 6, 200323 yr Author the more i look at this trade...the more it looks to me like the ritchie deal Take another look at it... We are talking about a free agent signing here. We would give up nothing but his salary.
February 6, 200323 yr If the Sox can pull this deal off, KW definitely deserves some DAP (sorry, too much PTI). The Sox would have youth (Buerhle, Garland, Wright), experience (Colon, Rogers, Buerhle), power (Colon, Wright), finesse (Rogers, Buerhle, Garland), and pinpoint control (Buerhle, Rogers, Garland when he's on). If they did that, then, I'd support Colon as the #1 only because you go, power righty, finesse lefty, finesse/power righty (Garland, by the way), finesse lefty, & power righty again. The only two words that scare me about this deal that can easily kill it: Scott Boras. Still pissed at Boras for luring Alex Fernandez to the f***ing Marlins! Of course, Alex's career was never the same after leaving the South Side of Chicago. Also, because this article just ran today, & Phil Rogers was the author (a great source for baseball, imo), I think it might just happen. If so, just another dagger into the heart that would be the Minnesota Twins. Come on KW, MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
February 6, 200323 yr Author If the Sox can pull this deal off, KW definitely deserves some DAP (sorry, too much PTI). The Sox would have youth (Buerhle, Garland, Wright), experience (Colon, Rogers, Buerhle), power (Colon, Wright), finesse (Rogers, Buerhle, Garland), and pinpoint control (Buerhle, Rogers, Garland when he's on). If they did that, then, I'd support Colon as the #1 only because you go, power righty, finesse lefty, finesse/power righty (Garland, by the way), finesse lefty, & power righty again. The only two words that scare me about this deal that can easily kill it: Scott Boras. Still pissed at Boras for luring Alex Fernandez to the f***ing Marlins! Of course, Alex's career was never the same after leaving the South Side of Chicago. Also, because this article just ran today, & Phil Rogers was the author (a great source for baseball, imo), I think it might just happen. If so, just another dagger into the heart that would be the Minnesota Twins. Come on KW, MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! I'd like to see this happen too. It would be great to have Buerhle, Garland, Rogers pitch a 3 game series against the Twins. Those two quality lefties would tear them up.
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