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Told you all Tampa Bay wasn't going to spend the money to get Dye.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Dec 10, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) what a draft that was for the red sox....ellsbury, buccholz, lowrie, bowden and hansen All in the 1st round after the Sox took Broadway.

Are the Yankees really that much richer than everybody else or are they more willing to operate in the red to uphold a winning tradition ? Maybe MLB should increase the luxury tax. It doesn't seem like much of a deterent to overspending.

In this economy the team willing to spend the bucks makes the big news. No surprise its the Yankees. Expect the Red Sox will be signing a few FA also.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Dec 9, 2008 -> 10:54 AM) I think KW intends on getting a pitcher. I don't think Marquez will be our 4th starter. I think he will have to battle it out with CR/AP for 5th with the losers trying to find a way into the bullpen. The Sox need another starter and it would be better to get the pitcher with Dye and get the position players via free agency. Free agent pitchers want too long and too expensive contracts for the Sox. Is it just coincidence that the initials for Richard and Poreda spell CRAP ?

That article came out about a week ago.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 5, 2008 -> 02:43 PM) I'd rather have Charlie Villanueva. Bulls need that post up offense and Skiles doesn't seem to want to use it. Thats cuz Villanueva would rather shoot jumpers just like TyTom.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 4, 2008 -> 04:26 PM) If Chris Getz is better than Cabrera, he should have been playing against Tampa in the playoffs. Getz was injured for the playoffs.

Brian Roberts, Lastings Milledge, Ricky Nolasco

After the Swisher trade , I said this , which I still think is valid. We now have more middle infield prospects for Baltimore to choose from. Still thinking Kenny makes a big push for Brian Roberts. "This was the obvious 1st move of the off season. Does it make Vazquez the next to go ? Maybe but I still don't think its enough to fill a vacancy created by moving Javy. I think it lessens the chances of a Dye trade though there could always be an offer that KW can't refuse. I'm excited because the KW plan has started unfolding. Look for much more to happen in the next 6-8 weeks. KW also has more prospects to trade now. If you're looking for a big name, think Brian Roberts or Carlos Beltran ....." Stay tuned.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 29, 2008 -> 05:42 PM) Contreras can't pitch yet, can he? Not until July at the very earliest . Our Sox players are not playing in Cuba . They're not welcome there but they USED to play for the team he mentioned.

KHP , from 2005-2008 Taveras had a .000 BA on 3-0 counts in 19 AB's probably not because he was swinging and making outs on that count but I think its more like he had no batting avg because he never swung at 3-0 pitches . So any statistical analysis probably shouldn't include 3-0 batting average unless its .000 because he was actually 0 for 19 by making contact and making outs on 3-0 pitches which I think is highly unlikely.

Freddie is hurt again. Hurt his shoulder in the Venezuelan league recently.

Guess they didn't like the Swisher trade

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Nov 15, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) I like what I've read about this Link kid. Hopefully he can show he can be a good major league pitcher, this way maybe we can deal Jenks like KW wants to do, seemingly. I don't like this stuff on Beckham. I hope it's nothing. Hasn't been an athlete created who a scout doesn't have at least 1 negative thing to say about him/her.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 11:01 AM) But you know what? There's been plenty of reason to do exactly that over the last 2 seasons, but Ozzie just refuses to do it until someone is actually injured. The 3rd year's the charm ?

QUOTE (sti3 @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 10:26 AM) LOL. 1) The Sox almost never do platoons and 2) That would be the most insanely expensive DH ever. Since there are way more right handed pitchers than lefties , Thome would still get the majority of AB's at DH. Asking Dye to DH once in a while against lefties isn't a bad thing considering Thome's struggles against them. So by platoon I mean Thome and Dye, because of age, getting more rest and getting more quality AB's from the DH position and otherwise Dye will play the OF. I think that's very reasonable and not laughable.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) Fair enough. Jimmy did a good job of staying healthy this past season. Hope his back hangs in there with all those hacks he takes. I don't hate Jimmy, especially after that blast against Minnie. I also like Dye, though, quite a bit actually. Which is exactly why the Sox will work JD into a platoon at DH with Thome if the Sox keep Dye and some other pieces fall into place.

If Tampa Bay trades for Dye or any OF close to Dye's 09 salary I'll eat a bug. You all have lost it

"If Dye doesn't get traded I hope someone on the Sox approaches Dye about playing some LF and DH for the good of the team. Trading Swisher would open up those possibilities even more. Even with no experience in LF Dye is no longer suited to RF full time." That's what I said Nov. 7th in the " Phillies interested in Dye" thread. I also said somewhere that trading Vazquez would not be the 1st move KW makes because there was no way in hell KW would open up a hole in the starting pitching staff without more viable options than he had. He now has those options. This was the obvious 1st move of the off season. Does it make Vazquez the next to go ? Maybe but I still don't think its enough to fill a vacancy created by moving Javy. I think it lessens the chances of a Dye trade though there could always be an offer that KW can't refuse. I'm excited because the KW plan has started unfolding. Look for much more to happen in the next 6-8 weeks. KW also has more prospects to trade now. If you're looking for a big name, think Brian Roberts or Carlos Beltran or more prospects from the Mets.

RIP Herb Score and condolences to the family.

I'm sure many of the names you listed are on KW's radar since he has his multiple plans of attack in the off season. Always have to have fallback options.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2008 -> 08:21 AM) I am pretty happy with my statement! I was pretty content with mine too. I said he'd get a long look in ST and unless he's outstanding (which he was) he'd start the season in AA or AAA. One scouting report was pretty much dead on about him , good athlete , good wrists, young Ernie Banks /Hank Aaron body type.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 9, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) Do you know what it means for a team to be "interested" in a player? A reporter, say Joe Cowley, walks past Kenny Williams at the GM meetings and asks in passing "does that Rocco Baldelli interest you at all?" KW responds "Yeah, sure." and it shows up in the papers the next day: "White Sox show interest in free agent outfielder, Baldelli." Or a reporter asks a few GMs if they'd entertain the idea of maybe thinking about discussing the possibility of having internal discussions regarding perhaps talking to a Rocco Baldelli about signing a minor league deal with their club perchance, the next day's headline: "Rocco Baldelli Draws Interest from 6 Teams." It's a clusterf*** of hyperbole. I'm not some rube who just started following baseball. I honestly believe Baldelli will sign a ML contract for maybe $1 mill. and be productive . Probably more productive than Wise and Anderson in 09. Though I certainly hope not. Even if all 6 teams that showed interest did it in the way you describe that's means they didn't dismiss the idea entirely based on him having the disease unless they were being PC.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Nov 9, 2008 -> 02:06 PM) Hillenbrand is garbage. He lost some of his power, is slow, is bad defensively, and couldn't draw a walk if his life depended on it. Right now he's about equal to an injured Crede even with his defense. Yep you're right . I wasn't penciling him as opening day 3rd sacker just throwing his name out there as an option should all else fail. I know even Fields is the better option . Still might give him a look see for a minor league contract.