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Yeah, but there's a big difference between the two. They both have huge power potential, but unlike Borchard, Crust takes A LOT of pitches. He might only hit .250-.260, but he'll take a 100+ walks every year and he should be good for 30-35 HR's.

I'd take a Jay Gibbons, Kurt Ainsworth and Jack Cust for Maggs deal (That's only if Colon, or another top-notch pitcher isn't signed). NO Freddy Garcia!

To be fair: Schoeneweis vs. RHers: .275 AVG, .703 OPS Buehrle vs. RHers: .285 AVG, .762 OPS Garland vs. RHers: .234 AVG, .708 OPS Colon vs. RHers: .246 AVG, .699 OPS Granted he faced way few hitters, given that sample i'd say he's pretty capable of getting righthanders out.

To be fair, Scheoneweis is more of a power pitcher than a finess pitcher.

Don't forget Kim.

The Cavs have been trying to trade both Davis and Big Z, if a deal would go down between the Cavs and Bulls it would probably involve Toronto too.

If Rose dosen't dress tomorrow, than a trade is imminent, but if he plays i can almost guarente that no trade goes down for a while.

Well, you can either pay him 2.3 mil or nontender him, which one would it be?

If they would have signed him to a muti-year deal they could have had him cheaper, 2.3 mil isn't that bad though.

Escobar's numbers as a starter: 12-8 (26 starts), 3.92 ERA. Not bad at all, but i think i read somewhere he's looking for something in the 15M/3 Year range. If the Sox's can get rid of Jose it could make financial sense.

I guess he means CF. BTW, i say give Aaron a shot.

I'm sure they'd be able find a way to unload Darren Dreifort (maybe pay half his salary, $6.5M out of $13M) and other big deals like Paul Shuey, Paul Quantrill, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hundley come off the books before the start of the 2005 season. So, money shoudn't be a issue if they want both Gagne and Nomar.

No way is Gagne going anywhere, that would be like Boston trading Pedro. I just can't see LA allowing another team to have him.

He's a bullpen guy and with Gange they might be willing to let a possible closer prospect go.

If KW can get Perez and Steve Colyer for PK and Borchard, i'd do it in a heartbeat.

But, 8.5 million to find a 1B > Konerko, that and LA could find a better deal for Perez. Perez is to LA what Buehrle is to us, would you trade Buehrle for Konerko? I think not.

Yeah, that's why their called rumors. The Dodgers aren't stupid enough to take on Konerko's horrible contract. The only way a deal with the Dodgers goes down is if Lee is involved or a top level prospect like Rauch or Borchard are included with PK.

Konerko for Odalis Perez isn't gonna happen. Also, there's no way in hell the Sox's rid themselves of Koch without taking on another bad contract.

I'd kill to get Odalis Perez. If he get's his s*** straight; he can become one of the top starting pitchers around.

Rauch and Schoeneweis for both the 4th and 5th starter.

Hey, maybe he'll have a career year, wait, don't you need a career before you can have a career year? Hey it could be worse (that should be the slogan for 2004)

I think John Thomson would make a pretty good 4th-5th starter. If KW can land Sidney Ponson and one of Thomson, Alvarez, or D'Amico i be very happy.

Hawkins will probably cost more than Flash. I'd like to see Flash back, but for no more than 3 mil per season.

Just a reminder to some: Ponson truned down a 3 year/ 21 mil extenstion from the O's early last season. So he might be looking for more than 7 mil per season. Will he get it? Don't know, but 3/21 might not be enough.

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