The_Godfather

that would be one hell of a pen. I dont see Foulke coming back here thats for sure, if were in the hunt for a proven closer why not give houston a call and see what the asking price is for Billy Wagner???

What about getting this guy, he's pretty much lights out and a righty lefty combo of Marte and Hawkins would look real good in the pen. SP that are out there for the right price that I would like to see Would be Pettitte or Millwood to take Colons spot in the rotation Ponson wouldnt be bad either but he would be a thrid option for me personally. I figure Hawkins could get anywhere from 3-5m per year and pettitte would most likely get around 9-13m which is what we were trying to give to Colon. If Thomas opts out of the contract we would be able to afford both of these players along with some leftover cash to make a run at a 2B maybe Luis Castillo who would be the ideal leadoff hitter for our team an area I think we have been lacking for sometime now. Just a thought

American League Team Players Eric Owens of; Scott Spiezio 1b Tony Batista, 3b; Albert Belle, of; Hector Carrasco, rhp; x-Deivi Cruz, ss; Scott Erickson, rhp; x-Brook Fordyce, c; x-Pat Hentgen, rhp; x-Kerry Ligtenberg, rhp; B.J. Surhoff, dh. John Burkett, rhp; Bill Haselman, c; Todd Jones, rhp; x-Derek Lowe, rhp; Dave McCarty, of; Robert Person, rhp; x-Jeff Suppan, rhp; Mike Timlin, rhp; Todd Walker, 2b. Roberto Alomar, 2b; Sandy Alomar, c; Bartolo Colon, rhp; Carl Everett, of; Tom Gordon, rhp; Tony Graffanino, ss; x-Esteban Loaiza, rhp; Scott Sullivan, rhp; xy-Frank Thomas, dh; Jose Valentin, ss. Jason Bere, rhp; x-Ellis Burks, dh; Terry Mulholland, rhp; x-Mark Wohlers, rhp. Shane Halter, 3b; Dean Palmer, dh; Matt Walbeck, c. Brian Anderson, lhp; Kevin Appier, rhp; Michael DiFelice, c; Jason Grimsley, rhp; Raul Ibanez, of; Curtis Leskanic, rhp; Alan Levine, rhp; Jose Lima, rhp; Graeme Lloyd, rhp; x-Brent Mayne, c; Thomas Prince, c; Joe Randa, 3b; Michael Tucker, of; Rondell White, of; Jamey Wright, rhp. Mike Fetters, rhp; x-Chris Gomez, 2b; Eddie Guardado, rhp; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Denny Hocking, 2b; Jesse Orosco, rhp; Rick Reed, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp; Shannon Stewart, of. Roger Clemens, rhp; John Flaherty, c; z-Felix Heredia, rhp; Jeff Nelson, rhp; x-Antonio Osuna, rhp; Andy Pettitte, lhp; Ruben Sierra, dh; Luis Sojo, 3b; x-David Wells, lhp; x-Gabe White, rhp. Keith Foulke, rhp; Jose Guillen, of; Ricardo Rincon, rhp; x-Steve Sparks, rhp; Miguel Tejada, ss. Armondo Benitez, rhp; Pat Borders, c; Michael Cameron, of; Shigetoshi Hasegawa, rhp; x-John Mabry, of; Edgar Martinez, dh; Mark McLemore, ss; Arthur Rhodes, rhp; Rey Sanchez, ss. Ben Grieve, dh; z-Travis Lee, 1b; Al Martin, dh; Rey Ordonez, ss; Carlos Reyes, rhp; Terry Shumpert, dh. Juan Gonzalez, of; Rafael Palmeiro, dh; John Thomson, rhp; Ismael Valdes, rhp. Mike Bordick, ss; Kelvim Escobar, rhp; Cory Lidle, rhp; Greg Myers, c. National League Team Players Carlos Baerga, 1b; x-Miguel Batista, rhp; x-Mark Grace, 1b; Felix Jose, dh; Raul Mondesi, of; Mike Myers, rhp. Darren Bragg, of; Vinny Castilla, 3b; Julio Franco, 1b; Matt Franco, 1b; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; Darren Holmes, rhp; Javy Lopez, c; Greg Maddux, rhp; Kent Mercker, rhp; z-Shane Reynolds, rhp; Gary Sheffield, of. Antonio Alfonseca, rhp; Shawn Estes, lhp; Doug Glanville, of; Thomas Goodwin, of; x-Mark Grudzielanek, 2b; x-Mark Guthrie, rhp; Eric Karros, 1b; Kenny Lofton, of; Troy O'Leary, of; y-Sammy Sosa, of; Dave Veres, rhp; Tony Womack, ss. a-Jimmy Haynes, rhp; Barry Larkin, ss; Todd Van Poppel, rhp. Greg Norton, 3b; Darren Oliver, lhp; x-Steve Reed, rhp; z-Chris Stynes, 3b; Mark Sweeney, of; Gregg Zaun, c. Luis Castillo, 2b; Andy Fox, 2b; Chad Fox, rhp; Lenny Harris, 3b; Rick Helling, rhp; Todd Hollandsworth, of; Mike Mordecai, 3b; Ivan Rodriguez, c; Ugueth Urbina, rhp; Gerald Williams, of. Brad Ausmus, c; Orlando Merced, of; Dan Miceli, rhp; Brian Moehler, rhp; Ron Villone, lhp; Jose Vizcaino, ss; x-Rick White, rhp. Wilson Alvarez, lhp; Andy Ashby, rhp; Jeromy Burnitz, of; Ron Coomer, 1b; Rickey Henderson, of; x-Brian Jordan, of; Tom Martin, rhp; Fred McGriff, 1b; a-Paul Quantrill, rhp; Robin Ventura, 3b. Dave Burba, rhp; x-Royce Clayton, ss; Keith Osik, c; Eduardo Perez, c; Todd Ritchie, rhp; x-Glendon Rusch, lhp; John Vander Wal, of. Wil Cordero, 1b; Vladimir Guerrero, of; Jose Mercedes, rhp; Fernando Tatis, 3b; Todd Zeile, 3b. Pedro Astacio, rhp; Jay Bell, 2b; Tony Clark, 1b; John Franco, rhp; Tsuyoshi Shinjo, of. Terry Adams, rhp; x-Rheal Cormier, rhp; x-Jose Mesa, rhp; Kevin Millwood, rhp; Dan Plesac, rhp; Todd Pratt, c; z-Kelly Stinnett, c; Turk Wendell, rhp; x-Michael Williams, rhp. Jose Hernandez, ss; Patrick Meares, 2b; Jeff Reboulet, 2b; x-Pokey Reese Jr., 2b; Reggie Sanders, of; Matt Stairs, of; Julian Tavarez, rhp. Miguel Cairo, 2b; x-Chris Carhpenter, rhp; x-Mike DeJean, rhp; Cal Eldred, rhp; x-Jeff Fassero, rhp; Joe Girardi, c; x-Sterling Hitchcock, rhp; Steve Kline, rhp; Lance Painter, rhp; Orlando Palmeiro, of; Eduardo Perez, of; Russ Springer, rhp; Garrett Stephenson, rhp; Brett Tomko, rhp; x-Fernando Vina, 2b; Chris Widger, c. Rod Beck, rhp; x-Trevor Hoffman, rhp; Keith Lockhart, 2b. Rich Aurilia, ss; Marvin Benard, of; Alberto Castillo, c; z-Jose Cruz Jr., of; Andres Galarraga, 1b; Jeffrey Hammonds, of; Dustin Hermanson, rhp; a-Robb Nen, rhp; Sidney Ponson, rhp; x-y-Felix Rodriguez, rhp; Benito Santiago, c; x-J.T. Snow, 1b; Timothy Worrell, rhp; x-Eric Young, 2b. Note: x=team option for 2004; y=player option for 2004; z=mutual option for 2004; a=player may terminate current contract).

When I was looking over our beloved Sox this past year the one thing that we never really had was a true slap the ball around leadoff guy. With castillo being a free agent and knowing that were going to have a hole to fill at second I think going after him would be one of the best moves we could make this offseason. I'm not 100% sure about this but I think we lead the league in hitting into double plays which shows that we need to get more speed and put some pressure on the other teams D for a change instead of allowing them to sit back and wait for the double play balll like they did all last year that was the main reason for so many rallies getting killed cause all we have are big slow guys who all try and hit the ball a mile. Having a guy like catillo would make this team atleast 10 wins better dont forget this kid also know how to throw the leather around as well. He would make the offseason a success on his own if he signed with us IMHO.