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looks like manny for tejada might still be possible baltimore sun

Updated ideas for 06 team 1. Bronson Arroyo and Alex Cora for Jeremy Reed 2. David Wells for Duaner Sanchez and James Loney 3. Sign Royce Clayton, J.T. Snow and Eric Byrnes LINEUP 1. Mark Loretta—2B—R (whos .365 career OBP is better than Damons .353) 2. Kevin Youkilis—1B—R (very good at getting on base, rarely K's) 3. David Ortiz—DH—L 4. Manny Ramirez—LF—R 5. Trot Nixon—RF—L 6. Mike Lowell—3B—R 7. Jason Varitek—C—S 8. Jeremy Reed—CF—L (put him down in the order for now) 9. Royce Clayton—SS—R (defensive specialist at SS, probaly bat around .270) BENCH John Flaherty—C—R (catches wake) Eric Byrnes—OF—R (plays RF against lefties) Tony Graffanino—IF—R (nice utility IF to have on the bench) J.T. Snow—1B—L (defensive specialist who can start every once in a while against a righty) Adam Stern—CF—L (late inning pinch-run guy) BULLPEN MRP—Rudy Seanez—R MRP—Lenny Dinardo—L MRP—Duaner Sanchez—R SU—Mike Timlin—R SU—Guillermo Mota—R CL—Keith Foulke—R ROTATION 1. Curt Schilling—R 2. Josh Beckett—R 3. Tim Wakefield—R 4. Matt Clement—R 5. Jon Papelbon—R

portland tribune i wouldnt mind giving him a shot in spring training. If we can find a SS who can lead off, id be fine with ellsbury batting 9th.

ESPN says the sox are very close to signing him and it will probaly be announced by tonight or tommorow

the redsox final offer was 3 years at 30 million with an option on the 4th year rotoworld

if he can play like he did in 2004 with the A's, hed be a solid choice in CF. If he plays like he did last year, hes a 4th OF and maybe late inning defensive guy

:stop: absolutly no. I despise him. That would make the FO look so bad. They dont get anyone, BUT JEFF WEAVER. I hate his derek lowe attitude and also the fact that he is not as good as anyone else in the rotation now. It would be a panic move.

id sign eric byrnes and have him platoon with nixon. There arent any good FA cf's available, so i think we have to get one in a trade, probaly Reed. Lf is occupied by manny do there isnt a need for a starting OF

it actually isnt as bad as it sounds as it really could be a 4 year/ 48 million rotoworld i would have been willing to pay 48 million over 4 and do the same thing they did with the option

yahoo and espn say 5 year deal, mlbtraderumors says 4 year deal with option for 5th year

in that case i agree with the sox. way to much for millwood. i was hoping he would stay at 4 years. although i read a 4 year deal with an option

interesting to find out what he got. If it was 4 yrs at 44 million, red sox should have made sure they got him

red sox blow another chance to get a big name guy

even though the paper said nothing is done yet, MLB.com says glaus took his physical today and will be announced Tuesday.

top 5 guys that would be called up for any reason 1. Delcarmen 2. Hansen 3. Lester 4. Cla Merideth 5. Edgar Martinez

lester could replace dinardo if he fails to get lefties out.

todays toronto star says no agreement has been made yet, but the blue jays are still working on getting glaus

toronto star so maybe the sox might have another chance at him.

st. petersburg times

ya he had a 5.59 era in 49 innings in AAA last year. Also, does anyone know about the rule 5 guy we got, Jamie Vermilyea???

thats exactly what i was thinking. Sanckez or Brazoban with choi for wells. Choi isnt going to play with Nomar there and we could use him off the bench or to platoon with youk.

I like: 1. Schilling 2. Wakefield 3. Beckett 4. Millwood 5. Papelbon i think if beckett, millwood and schilling can stay healthy, that rotation ranks right up there with the white sox. If one guy goes down, i think lester can come up and be like the papelbon of last year. papelbon would be the best #5 starter in the league. Hes a future all-star who has great stuff and a good mentor in Schill. good interview with papelbon on MLB.com

hopefully they might have one for John Flaherty in the next few days

tejada pre-allstar=== .329 avg .373 obp .604 slg tejada post-allstar=== .276 avg .322 obp .416 slg

thats a very good team. Defense and Pitching were the biggest reason why the Sox won in 04. Izturis and Lowell are top 5 at their positions defensively. Loretta is solid at 2nd and Youk didnt make one error last year at 1st. Nixon and Crisp are both good and both have pretty good range. Manny can be good sometimes (most of the time he isnt) but as long as hes driving in 140 runs, im happy.