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You could not get Adrain Gonzalez without giving up Clay Buchholz in the deal. I think it is very unlikely the Pardes deal Gonzalez, He is a local kid who is very cheap for years and years to come. I find it very hard that the fans of the Padres would accept that trade and is the only thing putting people in the seats. I like the idea of Rich Harden depending on if Wakefield comes back or not. If he does come back then and we dont trade Buchholz then I find this signing very unlikely but if one of those two dont happen, I can see Harden as an attractive option. `

Dave Roberts has been on this list. Everyone in the world knew he was trying to steal and after 6 pickoff attempts steals 2nd base and is the reason why we won the 2004 World Series.

Its far from an awful idea. He is a great defensive 1st baseman and will hit around .280 10 RBI 70 RBI with that gold glove caliber defense. At the bottom of the order I think that would be a great idea.

This offseason I there will need to be some turnover on this team. Right now you have Jason Varitek, David Ortiz, Mike Lowell who is an injury risk all of who are hurting this team. These are the 4 guys that I look like that need to go. Here are the locks for the team next season: CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia C Martinez 1B Youklis RF Drew LF ? SS ? DH ? 3B Mike Lowell has lost a lot of range and his defense is cumbling and has a lot of injury corcerns. These are major holes that we need to fill to be able to compete next season... Here are my ideas to fill each of these holes: SS: Decline Alex Gonzalez's option and resign him to a lighter deal. The free agent market is very thin and there are no better option on the trade market.. You resign him to a 2 year deal and put him at the bottom of the order. This is what I see as our best option. DH: We need to eat Ortiz contract. The time has come when he is hurting this offense to the point where its getting to be too much. Looking at the free agent market, there are a couple of options I really like there. Bobby Abreu is a guy who I would really like in that role. A guy who has some pop. who gets on base, hits for AVG and has 78 RBI'S this season and yet is flying very much under the radar. Bobby Abreu at DH. 3B: Mike Lowell has lost a lot of range at 3rd and has had chronic injury problems throughout the past couple seasons. I would try to trade him too another AL team who needs a DH and a veteran leader. I would fix this problem in house. You move Youk to third and put Casey Kotchman who is a great defensive 1st baseman at 1st. That solves two holes at once in an effective way. LF: The only two attractive, run producing options on the free agent market are Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. Matt Holliday is a more attractive option too me because he has a higer AVG,OBP, and similar power and RBIS throughtout his career and is a much better Left Fielder. I would let By Walk and Pursue Matt Holiday. So Matt Holliday is your answer in LF. So the lineup here looks like: CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia C Martinez 3rd Youkilis LF Holliday DH Abreu RF Drew 1B Kotchman SS Gonzalez Rotation: Beckett Lester Dice K Buchholz Wake

Extremely Scary moment. Hope he is alright.

Thats ballgame.

Huge strikeout.

This is Daniel Bard type stuff.

This kid can bring it.

It was a horrendous call on top of it.

unbelieveable. A Friggin BALK.

You are just a Gonzalez hater... He has made a lot of good play tonight and you are just nit picking,

Wow this is a friggin track meet right now.

Wow this is pathenic. Varitek couldn't throw at Mike Lowell right now.

Is it me or does Heidi look hotter in the hotter weather?

Why did we send Reddick down for this guy?

Come on lets get some more out of this.

Now lets tear there hearts out!! Lets Sweep and put this race to bed!

GOT HIM BALLGAME ONE HELL OF A FRIGGIN WIN!

Anytime you have a pitcher running the bases it is a danger no matter what the situation is. He could break a finger, injured his hand in some way with someone who is not use to running the bases. I would have gone with Kotchman who isn't the best runners in the world but is use to running the bases unlike Buchholz.