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i know i just dont see anyone making sense for manny i really hope we dont trade him but if we do we better get giles in town for his obp

i hate the idea of splitting the salary i always feel that the team that gives up the player better be givin a player that is totally underachieving, which is not manny which is why i would really like to NOT trade manny i know we cant have our cake and eat it too, but id love to be able to have a manny, trot, giles of, while getting somebody to play 1b, and getting another sp

2005 salaries of guys that could be gone (not including manny) jd: 8.25 wells 4.075 millar 3.5 timlin 2.75 mueller 2.5 graff 1.1 mantei 0.75 total 22.925 in another of my posts i mentioned possibility of signing konerko and giles if konerko cost 12-13 a year and giles 8-9 a year that would give us a small amount of money left to make some moves so to be able to get a couple new hitters and still have money to adress the pitching, wed need to make some trades if we traded manny to the mets for beltran that would free up 8 mill, and would allow us to have an outfield of giles, beltran, trot-pretty nice manny for cameron would free up 12 mill manny for roy halladay (am hearing toronto could be in market for manny) would free up 9 mill

1b- Paul Konerko - would be great to get this guy 2b-Mark Grudzielanek - would be nice fit waiting for young guys to develop CF-Preston Wilson - if we let Johnny go, could be nice player in Fenway RF-Brian Giles- the perfect fit for the Red Sox, such a moneyball guy, we know they love him, if johnny goes (which i think he will) could move trot to cf and giles to rf 3b-Joe Randa-my top pick -Abe Nunez -Wes Helms The obvious team for Manny is the mets, but who do we get for him? the only thing that makes sense is beltran, theyd have to move floyd to cf it would let us let johnny go, and have beltran at leadoff he wouldnt be asked to produce as many runs but i dont feel like it would benefit us greatly, cuz beltran is gettin too much money i know were not gonna sign all those guys WITH manny but its fun to project: Renteria Grudzielanek Ortiz Manny Konerko Giles (maybe at the two spot) Tek Trot Randa/youkilis or P. Wilson Renteria Ortiz Manny Konerko Tek Trot Grudz. Randa/Youk some pitchers that we could go after: Matt Morris AJ Burnett * Jeff Weaver Paul Byrd* Tony Armas Jr Kirk Rueter Jarrod Washburn Kenny Rogers relievers: BJ Ryan Kyle Farnsworth Tom Gordon (some others, just got lazy searchin) id like byrd, good pitcher could be had for much less money than burnett and morris, maybe even weaver, even though hes a better pitcher than all but burnett in this fa class these red sox like their fair share of bargains (ortiz, millar, mueller, jeremy giambi-failed, walker, bellhorn) but they will pay for players they believe in: renteria, varitek i think konerko is a MUST, it allows us to spend less at 3b grudzielanek would be a nice addition at 2b brian giles would be amazing to have, such a great moneyball guy, man im salivating at the chance career numbers for giles: 299 ba, 413 obp, 542 slg, 954 ops last year for giles a lil worse: 301 ba, 423, 483, 905 man, that obp is ridiculous but thats cuz of petco hed be such a nice add while we wait for brandon moss and others to develop wouldnt mind havin preston wilson at cf if johnny goes either but, giles, man that would be awesome if they can find a way to get konerko, byrd, and giles ill be happy if they can do that while keepin manny: our 3-6 or 2-5 would be ortiz, manny, konerko, giles wow WOW of course not sure we can do that with mannys salary i feel like the best thing that can happen to our pitching is the young guys developing cuz we have too much money invested in matt clement (knew it was a stupid move) clement, schill, and wake are def in the starting rotation so if we can get byrd, hed be a fourth i dont wanna overpay for burnett, cuz we know hell get hurt but as we saw, u need two dominant pitchers to win it all if papelbon can start next yr great but im not sure hes ready to be a starter hansen will def contribute in the pen soon delcarmen will be in the pen next yr if papelbon doesnt start hes either our best setup guy or our closer i still have some faith in foulke, and were not tradin him, too much money, didnt do anything this yr to get value for him anyway thats all my thoughts heres the link to the fa's http://www.mlb4u.com/teamfa.html