Guest JimH Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 It was Ken Rosenthal of the Sporting News who picked the Twins to win it all. Phil Rogers of the Tribune picked the Sox to win the division and Colon to win the Cy Young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 After tonight's game the fact that I don't want Valentin back has been reinforced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Rogers is thinking about trades. It's very possible KW will pull a monster trade with STL. Koney + Maggs to STL for Renteria & Drew. STL has been shopping Drew forever. He's a better than avg player. The O power-outage in STL down the stretch will put the pressure on & Maggs is a perfect fit with their rivalry with the scrubs. Tino is making 7.5mil, so they can afford Koney. Val will NOT make his 575 ab's required to lock in that option. So the SOX can shave over 10mil & shore up the infield. They can then use that 10mil to sign Colon. They can save another 4mil if they involve a 3rd team to take Drew. And come away with an arm in the process. Colon's the key. You don't let a 102 mph freak get away. You're basically conceding if you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighHeat45 Posted September 17, 2003 Author Share Posted September 17, 2003 we cant get rid of maggs!!!!!! that would be conceding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Rogers is thinking about trades. It's very possible KW will pull a monster trade with STL. Koney + Maggs to STL for Renteria & Drew. STL has been shopping Drew forever. He's a better than avg player. The O power-outage in STL down the stretch will put the pressure on & Maggs is a perfect fit with their rivalry with the scrubs. Tino is making 7.5mil, so they can afford Koney. Val will NOT make his 575 ab's required to lock in that option. So the SOX can shave over 10mil & shore up the infield. They can then use that 10mil to sign Colon. They can save another 4mil if they involve a 3rd team to take Drew. And come away with an arm in the process. Colon's the key. You don't let a 102 mph freak get away. You're basically conceding if you do. Juggernaut, its not 575 ABs supposedly, its 575 plate appearances, and unfortunately he will make that i believe. He's at 531 plate appearances, right now total. And theres what, 13 games left. We are stuck with JosE6 next year I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighHeat45 Posted September 17, 2003 Author Share Posted September 17, 2003 Rogers is thinking about trades. It's very possible KW will pull a monster trade with STL. Koney + Maggs to STL for Renteria & Drew. STL has been shopping Drew forever. He's a better than avg player. The O power-outage in STL down the stretch will put the pressure on & Maggs is a perfect fit with their rivalry with the scrubs. Tino is making 7.5mil, so they can afford Koney. Val will NOT make his 575 ab's required to lock in that option. So the SOX can shave over 10mil & shore up the infield. They can then use that 10mil to sign Colon. They can save another 4mil if they involve a 3rd team to take Drew. And come away with an arm in the process. Colon's the key. You don't let a 102 mph freak get away. You're basically conceding if you do. Juggernaut, its not 575 ABs supposedly, its 575 plate appearances, and unfortunately he will make that i believe. He's at 520 plate appearances, not counting sacrifices. And theres what, 13 games left. We are stuck with JosE6 next year I'm afraid. Maybe Jose will fall down a flight of stairs or get hit by a car and he wont get the 30 some plate appearances he needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 This is encouraging: It's an intriguing bit of news that Williams recently approached Bartolo Colon, Robbie Alomar, Carl Everett and Tom Gordon to sound them out about contract extensions. Colon is probably a dream. No one can ever outbid the NYY & you would have to think there is no better replacement for the Rocket than Colon in that rotation. But you never know. I think if there is a chance to lock in Colon at a 10-11mil/yr you have to take it. Gordon will be difficult to keep. There are several teams like the NYY willing to pay 4-5mil a yr for Gordon. Everett & R Alomar should be signable. But it can't happen unless you prune Val, Maggs, & Koney from the salary books. Thomas' 100 RBI's for 6mil is still good value. The most disturbing news in the article is that Lee, Buerhle, & Garland all get to test arbitration waters. I have to agree with Rogers. That adds another 15 mil to the books easy. So best case is probably: Losing Colon, Maggs, Koney, & Val. Keeping Lee, Crede, R Alomar, Everett, Thomas, S Alomar, & Olivo. Adding Renteria, Borchard (or Drew, or some new guy). Keeping Garland, Buerhle, & E-LO. I just hope if there is any way possible that we keep Colon. You guys don't much care for stats but his don't lie: OPS vs: 97' 810 98' 704 99' 711 00' 700 01' 741 02' 687 03' 688 (680 vs LH, 690 vs RH) 2 dominant yrs in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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