beck72 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Toronto should also be packing it in. 31-41, behind TB, 15 GB of the NYY. Holladay wouldn't be available. Maybe Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I think the White Sox either made an offer to Moyer last winter or had one ready, not sure. I'd prefer others but he wouldn't be a bad pickup, depending on cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Kenny is going to surprise us all again and get one of: Smoltz, Glavine, or the Big Unit. He always seems to go away from what popular belief is. He will get us a big name by the end of next month, that's my one prediction of the month. If you think there's a chance that RJ comes here.. get to the hospital.. you might have malaria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Toronto should also be packing it in. 31-41, behind TB, 15 GB of the NYY. Holladay wouldn't be available. Maybe Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista though. If Bruce Levine is to be believed, he said the Sox inquired about Bautista last week and were told he is not available. I don't know why Toronto would want to give up Ted Lilly. They just acquired him and he's not expensive. Seems to me they'd want to build around him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beck72 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 The big bat the Dodgers are trying hard to get, it's been said, is Delgado from Toronto. The LA media has been talking about this for a while ... Delgado and Shawn Green are best buds. Except PK could be had for the same price for 1 1/2 years as Delgado for a 1/2 year. My guess is a RH batter in front of or behind Green would help more than a LH bat. Sweeney from KC would make more sense than Carlos as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beck72 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 If Bruce Levine is to be believed, he said the Sox inquired about Bautista last week and were told he is not available. I don't know why Toronto would want to give up Ted Lilly. They just acquired him and he's not expensive. Seems to me they'd want to build around him. If were going on the 48 hour premise, then he would be available. Just throwing out names of guys on teams who should be selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Except PK could be had for the same price for 1 1/2 years as Delgado for a 1/2 year. My guess is a RH batter in front of or behind Green would help more than a LH bat. Sweeney from KC would make more sense than Carlos as well. Could be. Who knows, it depends who the Dodgers like or don't like. They probably could've had Konerko last winter if they wante him ... didn't happen. I'm not certain the money issue is foremost in the Dodgers personnel decisions. They have a budget like everyone else but they're not shy about spending. I think Sweeney makes more sense for them from a baseball perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Could be. Who knows, it depends who the Dodgers like or don't like. They probably could've had Konerko last winter if they wante him ... didn't happen. I'm not certain the money issue is foremost in the Dodgers personnel decisions. They have a budget like everyone else but they're not shy about spending. I think Sweeney makes more sense for them from a baseball perspective. I've read that Baird said he's not planning on moving Sweeney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 interesting. Gammons is not telling us anything new. I like his qualified statement, "The Sox might be..." I am sure the Sox might be looking at a lot of different people. Plus why is it that we still have this trade Konerko or Valentin stuff coming up? Mota is not close to being equal talent with Konerko. Plus if we trade an established position player we open up another hole in our line up. I would guess that any trade we make will include prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 LA doesn't want to trade Mota anyway. They backed out of the Beltran deal due to that fact alone. Mota isn't going anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Plus why is it that we still have this trade Konerko or Valentin stuff coming up? Plus if we trade an established position player we open up another hole in our line up. I would guess that any trade we make will include prospects. Exactly, I agree. He's saying the Sox are "going for it" and the chance of trading Maggs is very slim, even though they might lose him for nothing other than draft choices. It'd seem counter to what he's been saying if Konerko or Valentin gets traded. I think we're looking at trading prospects. What would be interesting to know is if a certain teams scouting staff has been following the Sox minor league teams. That'd be a good indicator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Plus why is it that we still have this trade Konerko or Valentin stuff coming up? Mota is not close to being equal talent with Konerko. Plus if we trade an established position player we open up another hole in our line up. I would guess that any trade we make will include prospects. Because we have enough hitting (or so we think), but not enough pitching. You trade from strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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