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[quote=SCM33;806867 Who would require a big contract? I said trade Ellsbury, which will save us from a Scott Boras albatross. Trade for Bourn. Sign Mike Napoli, but let Ortiz go....so the funds will be relocated to Napoli. Signing Gonzalez will be peanuts. Swisher is a mid level guy, hes not getting big money. Hafner is also a mid level guy, you could probably get him cheap as well. Signing Youkilis is not going to happen, but it was just a thought. Im not suggesting any one player in specific, but they have a major need for guys who can get on base. All of the above get on base at pretty good rates, minus Gonzalez.....but he is an upgrade over Aviles regardless. Obviously Lohse and Sanchez will cost some money, and if I had to choose......Sanchez any day of the week over the 35 year old Lohse. Swisher will get close to Werth money, and Bourn is a free agent, but I like your Napoli idea.

Why would you want to add a bunch of old players on big contracts for a team that needs to rebuild?

All terrible ideas.

Except that Trout had Trumbo beat in WAR by 8.0, and by more than .100 in OPS. Trumbo sucks. Oh, wait. Trumbo $ucks.

He's 26, and his career OBP numbers in the minors suggest otherwise. Plus, he had an absurdly awful second half. I'd rather see them work out a trade for a young pitcher.

Terrible trade.

The Rays need to move to Tampa.

He's still putting up big numbers, and we probably don't have to go more than two years for him. This is a no brainer.

That was 15 years ago, and Bogaerts has a lot of detractors who question his defensive abilities at SS.

I like Angel Pagan as a replacement for Ellsbury if we trade him. He's a good stopgap in CF. We're going to need one in LF, RF, and 1B. Possibly SS.

Texas is not going trade Andrus for Ellsbury straight up. Too much talent for an injury-prone CF who can walk next year. Maybe they would give us Derek Holland.

I'd take a chance. You can't find elite production at SS like Tulo.

I don't think hating the Yankees was what earned you that crown.

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The pitching is pretty weak, considering McCarthy is coming off a major injury, but I think it would win at least 80.

Dread $$$ux $pent $170 million thi$ year, and were the la$t place team in the AL East. Talk about being the least! LOL

I bet if you started using $ux you could troll that guy pretty hard.

Can you cut down on the 12 year old insults about the Yankees?

CC steps it up tonight, but they lose game five to Fister.

I think Martinez is the DH for the Tigers in 2013, but I like the idea.

2 years, $25 million.

That's a hit to center if Jeter is playing SS.

Why do you quote two Red Sox employees to support your argument? Do you expect them to give a negative report on Brentz? I don't look at baseball reference, I read scouting reports, and here's one from Matt Sullivan of fangraphs.com Maybe he becomes another Middlebrooks, but Middlebrooks destroyed AAA pitching for a few months before he was called up. It's an awfully risky proposition to have him rushed immediately to the bigs. Let's see what he can do at Pawtucket first. Although, I would use him as a trade chip. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=1000&type=8&season=2012&month=0&season1=1974&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=14,25&players=0&sort=17,a This is how he stacks up with other 25 year old 1B with 1200 AB's. It's an awfully big gamble to suggest that it's just Safeco robbing his power. At least, Beltre had a track record and the physical strength to suggest otherwise. Smoak has never hit big league pitching. OK, but you keep penciling him in for his AAA numbers. I'm saying that's too hasty and that we should have another option in case he fails. He's a young left hander with good stuff, who had a lower ERA in a tougher league, and a more hitter friendly ballpark. He's being paid the minimum. Factor all that in, and he's a lot more valuable than a pitcher coming off a horrible season. Another worrying issue is that his velocity is down, and his pitches don't look as a sharp. Also, Barry Zito is starting over him. I don't care. The Rockies would never do this deal. Not in a million years.

No, they aren't, and it's not even close.

No, he's not. Have you not been watching him in the postseason? All of it has been from the stretch.