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Lester and Gonzalez for Tejada?? REALLY tempting imagine the lineup 1. Crisp 2. Loretta 3. Manny 4. Ortiz 5. Tejada 6. Nixon 7. Lowell 8. Varitek 9. Youk would be one of the best in baseball, right up there with the yankees. I would hate to loose Lester though

If Nixon is injured and has the type of season he's had the last couple of years compared to what Lee puts up, why wouldnt you want to have him on your team for the last couple of months and playoffs. This all depends on how Nixon plays. Murphy and one of the pitching prospects i mentioned probably wont have a spot on the team in the future. Ellsbury, Soto, Moss and Crisp are all young OF who are more talented than Murphy.

Who is the rental? Carlos Lee?? We could sign him at the end of the season. Nixon is also a FA to be so he would have to be signed also. I would hope we would sign Lee at the end of teh season if we got him. He's only 29 this season and entering his prime.

sign who at the end of the season

I think if you offered Nixon, Arroyo, a decent pitching prospect (Alvarez, Pauley, Phillips) and maybe David Murphy or Brandon Moss, the Brewers might have interest at the trade deadline, maybe even now.

ROTOWORLD-- I wonder what all they would want in return for Carlos Lee.

I guees the Mets are interested in Wells now. What about a Nixon/Wells for Floyd type of deal?

What about Carlos Lee who is going to become a FA next year? Theres been talk that the Brewers might not be able to re-sign him.

Atleast Theodore isn't playing tonight. Even though he has been awful this year, he always shuts down the Bruins.

Nice little comeback back the Celtics, only down 6.

They need to trade Pierce while his value is high, and get younger and build for 5 years down the road. Also, what happened to Steven Jackson? Rotoworld sayd he left the game with a back injury, but ESPN news is saying he is in the hospital.

his worth maybe the league minimum

i cant watch scalabrine play. All he does is jog up the court, stand at the 3-point line and not move then go back on D and do nothing.

Serrano also might be a good pickup. Kind of like a Jeremi Gonzalez type guy.

i think he was on the team in 04, then got injured and played for the mets farm system last year.

Allen had pretty impressive stats in AAA last year and is only 27. Maybe he could be on the team as a 5th OF.

season preview MLB.com's predicting the Blue Jays to finish first in the AL East, followed by the Yankees 2nd, Red Sox 3rd, Orioles 4th and D-rays 5th.

Boston.com

[u][b][i]Standings-- [/i][/b] GP W L Ot Pts [/u] 6. Tampa Bay-- 53 28 21 4 [b]60[/b] 7. New Jersey-- 52 26 20 6 [b]58[/b] [u]8. Toronto-- 52 25 22 5 [b]55[/b] [/u] 9. Montreal-- 50 23 21 6 [b]52[/b] 10. Boston-- 52 22 22 8 [b]52[/b] 11. Atlanta-- 53 23 24 6 [b]52[/b] 12. Islanders-- 51 23 25 3 [b]49[/b] 13. Florida-- 53 20 25 8 [b]48[/b]

Randy : Obviously RJ had a better season than Schilling last year because of Curts ankle injury. Id expect the same type of year with RJ, and atleast 1 trip to the DL. Hes 41 and has had back problems in the past. Schilling : Curt says he's ankles almost 100% and hes alot more healthier than he was last year. An ankle injury doesnt mean that the person's talent is declining. I assume by the start of the year that his ankle is fine and he'll be able to make 25-30 starts this year. He want have as good as stuff as he did in 04, but he'll put up an era of around 3.70 Carl Pavano : Pavano i think will have a better year this year, but might struggle in the AL and in NY. Pavano has only had one good year in his career. He'll be somewhere in between what he did last year and what he did in 2004. He also will be on the DL at some point with his shoulder problems. Beckett : Beckett has a lot of good upside and has some of the best talent in the league. He also has a chance at going on the DL .Overall he is a clutch performer, who will thrive in Boston. Mussina : Might not be the dominating pitcher he was a couple years ago, but still always pitches well against the Sox. He is aging and might see a slight decline in stats from last year. Wakefield : Has been consistent over the last couple of years and hasnt been slowed down by age at all. Id expect the same type of year out of him that he had last year. Chacon : Dont really know how he'll do in a full year on the Yankees in the AL, but he will most likely not have the sucess he had last year. Before getting traded to the Yankess, he had a career era of over 5. He did pitch for the Rockies, but he still didnt have a great away record. He doesnt strike out many people either. Id expect an era of around 4for him. Clement : Im not sure if Clement will ever be the same pitcher he was before the game he was hit in the head. He seems like the kind of guy who lets moments like that stay with him. Id rather have Arroyo in the rotation and Clement gone, but doesnt look like it will happen. I also dont like how he has always sucked in the second half. He could have a decline in his stats from last year. Although I think that Papelbon will be much better than Wang this year, we really dont know since neither have pitched enough in the MLB. Papelbon was more impressive last than Wang in their brief major league appearences.

I like raycroft, but 1 of the 3 need to go. You cant have 3 goalies on your team. Most likely, if they try to send 1 down to the minors, they will clear waivers. I think Raycroft is the odd man out since he hasnt helped the team this year and has the most trade value. They'll probably trade him after the Oylmpic break. Offense 1st line--Boyes/Bergeron/Sturm 2nd line--Samsonov/(Raycroft Trade)/Murray 3rd line--Ibister/Primeau/Axelsson 4th line--Fitzgerald/Green/Langfeld Defense-- Leetch/Stuart Boynton/Slegr??(Jurcina if Slegr isnt available) Tanabe/Gill Goalies-- Hannu/Tim Thomas who gets the most playing time when toivenen comes back, Hannu or Thomas??

The Bruins NEED to move Raycroft for a first/second line center.

bruins NEED atleast a 1 win in their 2 games with Montreal coming up. Also, anyone know whats up with Jiri Slegr? He hasnt played in a couple of games, but he is still considered to be on the roster and healthy. Bruins made a minor move today, getting Josh Langfield of waiver from SJ. They realeased goalie Craig Anderson.

ya i was just gonna post that. So far a very good performance against the best team in the Eastern Conference

Bruins are looking VERY GOOD tonight against Ottawa, up 4-0 with 9 minutes left in the 2nd period.