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I can't watch because I have to leave for work, ironically, also at a baseball game (just AA)

Coming from a Spurs fan, I'm not sure if you want Roger Mason Jr.

Berkman should have told A-rod to bend over.

I'd love for someone to start a fake rumour that the Red Sox were going to get Julio Lugo from the Orioles. It can be an elaborate episode of Punk'ed, right after the episode where LeBron James says he's coming back to Cleveland.

I gave up on the team long before the cool kids were doing it.

We can DFA Drew while we're at it.

I'm sure that Jermaine Dye is still available.

While A-rod might need 4,000 more sexual partners to get to Chamberlain's mark of 20,000, he'd still need another 10,000 women to get to Chamberlain's mark of 20,000 women.

You aren't in this league.

Keep in mind, I'm not sure if Boras gets paid (much) if Ranaudo doesn't sign.

I take Tim Stauffer.

It's been Divinity's turn for a bit, but I won't make my pick for a few hours when I have to leave for work, unless Divinity does make his pick, and then I'll make my pick at that point.

Whoever we have now is the worst by epic proportions. I've never seen incompetence to this level at that position. Then again, Julio Lugo always deserves a vote on the "World's Worst (Blank)" threads. I hope that when Lugo dies, that his obituary is filled with how bad he was in Boston.

Sorry dude, but I have to defend Jacko on this one. Jacko did not say that the rumor was that he wasn't going to sign. He said that the rumor was that Ranaudo was floating with the idea of going back to school (ie getting his class schedule) and Jacko said that Boras does this ALL THE TIME, in order to get negotiating leverage. If anything, it looks like Jacko was implying that he will sign, just that Boras was doing whatever he can to take the process to the final day in order to get more money.

Haha yeah, what a bad call. I had Gaby Sanchez on my fantasy team as welll. I hope that umpire got fired for that.

Here's my take. Beltre - 5% likely to return. I'd put it was 0%, but I felt optimistic. In any event, Beltre has played way too good to want what Boston wants to give him, and with Boras as his agent, he's definitely going to want to test the market. He's a type A, so Boston won't mind getting the draft picks, and I think that Boston would be concerned to sign Beltre to a long term deal because of potential inconsistencies between contract years. I think that this is another chapter in the "sign a veteran looking for a chance to redeem himself" phase. V-mart - 75% likely to return. I really think the Sox are going to give V-mart close to what he wants. The Red Sox really do need a catcher, and even if he might better be served as a 1B/DH, I think that the Sox will give into his demands in order to ensure his production behind the plate and fit more powerful options at 1B/DH/3B etc. I think that signing him would be more beneficial than letting him go for 2 draft picks and starting Salty. Ortiz - 85% likely to return. At the beginning of the season, I was going to say 5-10% since there'd be no shot at him getting the $12 million option, but now, he's played well enough that the Sox may either take the option and then end the Ortiz chapter in Boston history, or they may decline the option and sign him to a longer year/smaller AAV type contract. In any event, I definitely see him in Boston for at least one more year.

I think he's available.

At least that'll get Lowell some playing time to make him feel better. In any event, I didn't think we were making the playoffs anyway, so at least this will get us a better draft pick.

So, who's turn is it? I think we're on the last round anyway.

It depends, will V-mart and Beltre be type A free agents?

Wiggington is taken.

I'm glad that he hit it. Now I can watch TV regularly without being interrupted by an steroid using attention whore weakly grounding out. Congratulations A-rod, you're still a douchebag.

That'd make it Jbay's turn, but if he doesn't pick in a little while, Suns can pick again. We're coming up on the last round anyway, so it's probably not that big of a deal.

If we do it, it'll take place after the voting for the Midseason Redraft is complete.