Gotta love this time of the year~!

 

Bring in on Kenny.

Anyone else care to post Cowley's tweet?

 

cst_sox Hold off on the Jackson trade folks, KW has something big cooking and if he gets it done Jackson trade is off. 2 minutes ago

 

"God, I love baseball . . ."

I'm completely confused. I don't see how we would trade Huddy plus prospects for Edwin Jackson. I"ve long liked Jackson, but I'd be the first to admit that you have to be concerned at how Arizona over-worked him on the no-hitter as well as the fact that stastically he has never reached his potential.

 

Does he have great stuff, absolutely, but can he pitch, not exactly great. Would he look good in our rotation, certainly, but not at the expense of Hudson. Hudson could get us better pieces.

 

And I will say this, I'd rather keep Jackson than go out and spin Jackson for Dunn if it meant adding additional prospects, unless of course Kenny has some brilliant deal lined up for another starter.

 

I'm curious to find out what Kenny has cooking? I wonder if it is Andre Ethier.

Guys, you should all check Cowley's twitter feed!

Did he tweet something??

So lets just say for a second that Cowley ISN'T full of s***, have we witnessed some incredibly impressive controlled leaks from the Sox front office to force the hand of another club?

Did he tweet something??

Hopefully someone here can post it.

So lets just say for a second that Cowley ISN'T full of s***, have we witnessed some incredibly impressive controlled leaks from the Sox front office to force the hand of another club?

that wouldnt shock me. He's VERY good at what he does.

Meanwhile Merkin's piece on Jackson - everything we already know. http://scottmerkin.mlblogs.com/archives/20...ut_will_he.html

He's proven what? That he's an extremely mediocre A.L. pitcher? Yeah, I'll pass on that.

 

ERA bites people in the ass once again.

 

A 4.3 FIP starter for the past two years at the back end of your rotation is more than acceptable. That said, Hudson was probably due for a 4.5 FIP this year...

What could the something big be? Knowing Kenny it's a name no one has talked about.

I wish I could just sleep until tomorrow afternoon...

The last two days ofthe deadline really is Christmas eve for me. Thank god we have a ballsy GM.

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What could the something big be? Knowing Kenny it's a name no one has talked about.

Joe Mauer

ERA bites people in the ass once again.

 

A 4.3 FIP starter for the past two years at the back end of your rotation is more than acceptable. That said, Hudson was probably due for a 4.5 FIP this year...

$8.35 million for that back end of the rotation guy next year though, especially when you probably only have $15 million to spend total and have another 7 spots to fill, is a terrifically bad idea.

Meanwhile Merkin's piece on Jackson - everything we already know. http://scottmerkin.mlblogs.com/archives/20...ut_will_he.html

 

 

Merkin is worthless for rumors/breaking news. Somehow Cowley is the only guy in town who does. What exactley does Phil Rogers do? When's the last trade he broke?

ERA bites people in the ass once again.

 

A 4.3 FIP starter for the past two years at the back end of your rotation is more than acceptable. That said, Hudson was probably due for a 4.5 FIP this year...

That would be my biggest problem with this, not that Jackson is a horrible pitcher (though he's overpaid at $8.35M) but that you're giving up 6.3 years of Hudson (3.3-4.3 super cheap) for 1.3 of Jackson (0 cheap) when one could argue that they're comparable pitchers going forward.

Going to a 1.5 hour meeting at 10. Will be anxious to see what, if anything, has transpired during that time.

something big? wonder what that could be...berkman? greinke? ichiro? i can dream

$8.35 million for that back end of the rotation guy next year though, especially when you probably only have $15 million to spend total and have another 7 spots to fill, is a terrifically bad idea.

 

I understand that. But that 4.3 FIP is worth 3.5 WAR. 3.5 WAR @ $3.5 million/WAR is worth somewhere around $12 million.

 

Not saying he should get that money, but it's not a huge overpay.

 

 

can someone tell me what Cowley said?

Joe Mauer

If San Diego wasn't in first place, I'd say AGon.

can someone tell me what Cowley said?

"Hold off on the Jackson trade folks, KW has something big cooking and if he gets it done Jackson trade is off."

I have to imagine, if the Sox did give up Hudson, we would be getting some decent amounts of cash back.

Crossing my fingers for it being Prince Fielder.

I have to imagine, if the Sox did give up Hudson, we would be getting some decent amounts of cash back.

Not so much:

 

BNightengale

 

#mlb # If deal gets done, the White Sox would send Daniel Hudson and prospect for Jackson,and take on Jackson's entire $8.75 million salary 1 minute ago via web

 

The D-Backs are in no position to include cash.