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Time for a change. |
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Those trades - and the free agent dollars spent to fill the holes they created - continue to hamstring this team. However, I cannot fault the Santos trade; had we not traded him he'd be on the shelf for us right now. But the Swisher and Jackson deals were disastrous.
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We just didn't get a thing for any of them. All were basically prospects off of off years and they continued to decline (except for Swisher 2 - I don't know what that was - we traded for several AAAA players - not real prospect in the bunch). Sometimes it's better to trade for younger less developed prospects with potential. I said it before, and I'll say it again - these veterans have given it all they have this year - they are just past their prime and most of the ones who aren't aren't complete players. |
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I posted it. That's what I had heard at the time from someone with strong connections to the brass.
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Jon Heyman
Rick Hahn will ascend to GM on south side. now comes hard part: what to do about peavy, a.j. & youk. http://cbsprt.co/VvbQQi |
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So Heyman thinks that AJ and Youk will be retained,with Jake headed to LA? Hmmm.....interesting.
Certainly, I would be ok with that scenario. Sox have no ready replacements at 3rd or catcher. Now, how much do they have left? I think AJ can be productive for 2 more years...not so sure about Youk. |
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From today's David Haugh column:
[Tribune Link -- Requires Subscriber Login] http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...5533563.column "Now the primary focus is on enhancing the fan experience and looking not at our fans as to why they didn't come out as we anticipated, but at ourselves first,'' Williams said. "It's a mistake to have great expectations of how people spend their discretionary income with all the economic uncertainties. What can we do creatively to enhance the experience, more than just the baseball team, so that once again we can be aggressive with our projections and, as a result, payroll?''
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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is. |
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Our pitching should be set already. I say this with Peavy returning and Danks coming back as strong as Jake did this year. Our rookies with a year under their belt should be better.
Starters: Sale, Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Quintana or Santiago Middle Relief and late relief: Jones, Veal, Crain, Thornton Closers: Reed, Myers It looks to me like Humber is a forgotten man and I don't want to see Septimo or Liriano again. The big decisions will be with Youk and AJ. I'm on the fence with both of them, neither is getting any younger. Love to pick up another Rios type outfielder by trading Dunn, I would then have a rotating OF with one of them being DH for each game. BJ Upton comes to mind as I'm sure the Rays won't be able to sign him.
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I see the chances being extremely slim that either Peavy or Myers come back. |
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How does a buyout work, if the Sox don't pick up Jake's option and another team signs him do the Sox still have to pay the 4 million buyout? |
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