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If we really did offer Fields, Owens, Gio, Danks and if indeed they turned that down......I say we just forget about Miggy and move forward. They're the ones looking to unload him, let them annoy the hell out of another team.

As for those Capuano wishes...PLEASE NO. Capuano might be out of baseball before too long because he's terrible. He's had worse numbers than Count has the past year and a half (6-20 with an ERA well over 5).

I'd hate to see Crede go, but it's been known to be inevitable since October. Since I live in the Milwaukee area and attend around 5 or 6 games at Miller Park per year....It'd be nice to have Crede in Milwaukee for a year.

QUOTE(whitesox61382 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 05:24 PM) I think many Sox fans will be pleasantly surprised by Quentin, and I think Mags is a pretty good comparison in terms of production potential. Wow! Quentin has drawn Magglio and Abreu comparisons in this thread. I can't wait to watch this guy on an every day basis.

QUOTE(jenks45monster @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 05:22 PM) I just read an article from David O'Brien of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that say the Sox are reluctant to offer Jones anything more then 10 mil. per year because they don't want to deal with Boras. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-bl...id=blogs_braves Lame.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:33 PM) You serious? Ozuna is "no longer young" at 33 but Loretta is "not that old" at 36? No kidding. Ozuna is beloved in the clubhouse and he's a jolt of energy every time he plays. It'll be great watching him play again next year.

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) FWI, they're are going to be talking White Sox baseball coming up on MLB.TV's live coverage of the winter meetings. If they mention anything news worthy, I'll post it here. Should be tons of news on Quentin. Thanks!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) Iwamura isn't cutting it for you? That guy is the f'n man.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 03:06 PM) GREAT POST! We might lead the world in AAAA arms. LOL...we've been through this.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) We have 5 guys of Danks quality (Danks, Gio, Broadway, Egbert, Floyd) no real need to have 6. I don't think there is anything wrong with adding another guy like that. All it does is give the coaching staff another option and another look this coming Spring. With only having Javy and MB as strong holds in the rotation beyond next year...we're going to need all the options we can get.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:54 PM) On the CLTV Sports Round Table last night Bob Sokamato (sp?) predicted and and it was a pure guess------ Konerko for Weaver or Santana and Figgins again he was only guessing but I think he may have some decent insite if he was going to make a preditction. I think Owings is really overrated and that deal I am not quite sure on as I think you should get better value for Konerko.....Orlando Hudson? Hudson is a big reason as to why Webb has had the success he's had. I've had Webb the past two years in fantasy baseball and God bless the MLB Package....I've been able to see almost every game. Webb has become a great pitcher, but it's no coincidence he's taken the next step with a 2B being able to take away ground ball base hits away to the right side like that. Right handers really can't inside-out Webb very much anymore. As good as P-Ko is.....they wouldn't deal Hudson for him.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 12:04 AM) //A diverting rant That's going to be such a joke. Baseball is going to be crucified. Meanwhile, is anything ever mentioned about Shawne Merriman being suspended for steroids? Nope -- hell, he's featured in that neat little commercial Nike (?) has out. It pisses me off the way the media perceives steroids/PEDs in baseball versus steroids/PEDs in football. and Merriman is a douche bag. I loved seeing Jones-Drew knock the syringes out of his ass.

QUOTE(rcpweiner @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:22 PM) Jesus. If that's the case, why don't the White Sox and D'Backs just get married and have babies together already! (Or, even better, they could just combine their teams to form one SUPER-SQUAD!) This is a great organization to have a long-term relationship with.

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) Padres, Mariners, Astros, and Ray are interested in Erstad. Notice no green font. I was wondering why that was in black....

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:15 PM) It's been there so long for Anderson that I think they got it engraved. Agreed. Although I think it's a shame because I think he'll be a solid Major Leaguer. It was too much, too fast with him regarding the circumstances in '06. He was hurt all last year in AAA, I think in a setting like Florida.....he could really excel.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:15 PM) Amazingly, there's still potentially room for 1 of them. Jim Thome has an option year for 09...if he struggles with injuries this year or shows his age, it's possible that the Sox won't want to pay the $14 million for him, at which point, JD becomes the obvious next candidate for DH (and I'll grant that the Phillies may pick up a small amount of Thome's money). That would create an opening in the OF for either of them. Or a struggling Owens could do the same thing, if we don't pick up another OF this offseason. I wouldn't mind seeing either of them getting another shot. I do think Anderson's days on the south side are now numbered, though.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:09 PM) I don't think that is the case at all. Quentin's stock is significantly low right now, and the Sox need a LF. It wouldn't shock me in the least to see him traded once healthy, but I think Carlos will stick around. Writing has gotta be on the wall for Sweeney and Anderson doesn't it? It's probably been on the wall for a while.

QUOTE(heirdog @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:04 PM) The longer this trade goes without a KW comment makes me think more and more that Quentin will be flipped in another deal. I hope that's not the case unless the next deal really blows our socks off...Crawford, Cabrera, Bedard? Anyone heard any comments from the Sox brass on the deal? I'm sure they won't comment until they've spoken with Carter. This probably got leaked a hell of a lot sooner than they wanted it. I'm sure Carter won't be too upset about this. He'll be groomed to be the future 1B of a team that may have the brightest future in the game.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) The Dodgers have offered him a 2 year, $32 million deal. Oh we can beat that! COME ON, KW!! Be the man one more time!

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 01:59 PM) Alright, so now LF is filled for cheap. Now go spend money on CF. If that happens, good deal for our Sox. I guess I'll post more later. Hopefully we'll be celebrating a Druw Jones deal later as well. (Complete speculation off of my own wishful thinking....we haven't been linked to Druw Down at all as of yet).

I'm happy to see all of the positive feedback on this deal. I couldn't believe the amount of bad mouthing KW got on the OC deal. I'm surprised those same people aren't upset we didn't pull down Upton for Carter.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 12:46 PM) Jerry Owens, who if this goes down we pencil in to CF. If they make another move for a CF, then I'd say it's possible that we'll see a 1-2 of Cabrera, Quentin. That's my guess, too.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 12:31 PM) Suddenly, our OF got a lot stronger. As of right now, Quentin is our starting LF, with Owens in center and Dye in right. If we sign one of Jones/Rowand/Fuku, our OF could be sitting pretty for a while. Fuku/Quentin/Dye & Owens 4th Quentin/Rowand/Dye & Owens 4th Quentin/Jones/Dye & Owens 4th Oh please yes.

Signing Druw Jones would make too much sense for us. I really want this guy in Center next year. I understand the reasoning as to why people wouldn't want him, but he was my #1 choice coming into FA for CF.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Dec 2, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) The rumor was Hughes and Kennedy (in addition to Melky). It was more or less shot down. I'm not entirely sure what you're saying here... These teams are just posturing...if the Yanks really wouldn't deal Hughes AND Kennedy for Johan, while letting him go to Boston... I can't even predict that outcome because it's too far-fetched.