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No it does not but if you throw that money around it better be for player better than what scouts tag a 4/5 starter at best.

His stuff is nowhere near that good as Papelbon. I look at him as a #4 at best. Complete and uneccessary overpay for the MFY.

I'm hearing the Yanks won the bidding

Week Thirteen NFL Football Spread - NFL Game Dates 11/30 - 12/4, 2006 Spread Category : Date & Time Favorite................ Spread.................. Underdog 11/30 8:00 ET At Cincinnati.............. -3.............................Baltimore 12/3 1:00 ET At Chicago . ..............-9.5...........................Minnesota 12/3 1:00 ET At St. Louis............... -6.5.............................. Arizona 12/3 1:00 ET Indianapolis.............. -7.5 ......................At Tennessee 12/3 1:00 ET At New Orleans.......... -7....................... San Francisco 12/3 1:00 ET At Washington.......... -1.5................................ Atlanta 12/3 1:00 ET Kansas City................ -5 .........................At Cleveland 12/3 1:00 ET At New England.........13.5.............................. .. Detroit 12/3 1:00 ET San Diego.................. -6............................. At Buffalo 12/3 1:00 ET NY Jets.................... -1.5........................ At Green Bay 12/3 4:05 ET At Miami.................. -1.5.......................... Jacksonville 12/3 4:15 ET At Pittsburgh.............. -8........................... Tampa Bay 12/3 4:15 ET Dallas...................... -3.5......................... At NY Giants 12/3 4:05 ET At Oakland................ -3 ................................Houston 12/3 8:15 ET At Denver.................. -3................................. Seattle Monday Night Football Point Spread 12/4 8:30 ET Carolina.................. -3.5.............................. At Philadelphia Straight Category : Date & Time Favorite.......................................... .... Underdog 11/30 8:00 ET At Cincinnati........................................ .......Baltimore 12/3 1:00 ET At Chicago . ...............................................Min nesota 12/3 1:00 ET At St. Louis............................................. ....... Arizona 12/3 1:00 ET Indianapolis...................................... ......At Tennessee 12/3 1:00 ET At New Orleans..................................... San Francisco 12/3 1:00 ET At Washington........................................ ........ Atlanta 12/3 1:00 ET Kansas City.............................................. At Cleveland 12/3 1:00 ET At New England........................................... .... Detroit 12/3 1:00 ET San Diego............................................. ...... At Buffalo 12/3 1:00 ET NY Jets.............................................. .... At Green Bay 12/3 4:05 ET At Miami............................................. ..... Jacksonville 12/3 4:15 ET At Pittsburgh........................................ ..... Tampa Bay 12/3 4:15 ET Dallas............................................ ......... At NY Giants 12/3 4:05 ET At Oakland........................................... ..........Houston 12/3 8:15 ET At Denver............................................ ........... Seattle Monday Night Football 12/4 8:30 ET Carolina.......................................... ............ At Philadelphia Monday Night Football Total Points Scored : ................ __41_____

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Roberts is a FA. Linebrink headlining a manny deal would be awful. The Pads also have a weak farm system.

pretty foolish move by the Drays if this is true. They should be able to get a better pitcher than Buehrle who I think is not that good to begin with. This would be highway robbery for White Sox if true.

Durham is a FA. He can't be traded.

Theo also wanted to keep the Matsuzaka negotiations as quiet as possible.

Meet in the middle at 11.5/12 million and get the deal done.

If he is thinking Papelbon is a #5 it is a joke. His fastball may not be as hard as verlanders but he has a hell of alot more movement and his splitter is better than just average. I would expect the splitter to be alot better this year as well as his slider which was not that bad. The only pitch Verlander has a significant edge is his curveball. His fastball is hard but it is straight. I'd rather have Papelbon's fastball which has a lot more movement.

It shouldn't be. He is likely a pitcher who can win 15 games for us next season. Who knows what type of pitches he is working on this offseason. Hell he has the work ethic to learn a new pitch. He ended up learning the splitter from schilling and its a pretty damn good pitch in my mind.

Yes but he is essentially a 2 pitch pitcher as well. Fastball and Curveball.

Where would Drew play in NY? Matsui, Damon, Abreu, Melky Cabrera.....JD Drew ain't going to NY.

Duncan is a crap prospect now....He's fallen so far that he isn't even a top 10 guy anymore.

Red Sox sign RHP Chris Jaile to a minor league contract

In the American League offense comes before defense.

Lugo's bat is significantly greater than that of Gonzalez and his defense is good enough. Gonzalez is not good enough to play in the American League where Shortstop is considered an offensive position.

The last time I checked Bill James still works for the Red Sox and is a pretty big voice in the Sox FO. He gave a very solid 2007 projection for Pedroia that I'm sure the FO will likely go with in their assessment. His projection for him were numbers that had ROY potential. Loretta is good as gone.

Here is a quote from Mark Loretta that was in the Boston Globe

Good defense no offense shortstops are not worth 5 million plus a year especially in the American League.