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I'd take that deal. Don't think the Angels would.

:lol: Oh man, that was awesome

I've been wondering that myself. There's been some speculation that possibly the Cubs and Twins can work something out that would make Lahey the PTBNL leftover from the Monroe trade. Oh yeah, forgot about that.

I'd rather not trade Lieber. Or Marshall for that matter, but we all know he slept with Hendry's wife or something and fell out of favor with the organization.

Well, I already did this in my blog so I'll just copy and paste it here: AL East: 1. Red Sox- I just think they have more weapons than the Yankees at this point. 2. Yankees- Not far behind, I give them the Wild Card. Hitters and pitchers are getting older. Hughes, Joba and Kennedy will help. 3. Blue Jays- Some talent, not enough to ever over take the top 2 in the division 4. Devil Rays- Plenty of young talent, a breakout year for the club is due shortly. 5. Orioles- Have some young talent, but nothing special. They'll spend the year in the cellar. AL Central: 1. Tigers- Solidified team with acquisition of Cabrera/ Willis. Sure, at a cost of two of baseball's best prospects (Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin), but the team seems to be primed for another playoff run. 2. Indians- They had a great season last year, almost reaching the World Series. They'll give Detroit a run and could still make a playoff appearance. 3. Twins- Bye-bye Johan. Still have a decent team, but a lot of question marks, such as the roation and at third base. 4. White Sox- Just can't put it together. With the acquisition of Nick Swisher, they'll be better. However, it's not enough. 5. Royals- Butler and Gordon should provide plenty of offense and Teahan should rebound from his putrid 2007 season. but the rest of the team isn't as encouraging. AL West: 1. Mariners- This will be a tough division. Acquiring Bedard probably gave Seattle the advantage. 2. Angels- Losing Lackey for the first month won't help their chances. 3. A's- Billy Beane is never a player in the FA market, but he always fields an above average team. 4. Rangers- Pitching isn't there. NL East: 1. Phillies- I really see them improving upon last year. They made the playoffs despite suffering injuries all year. Adding Lidge to the mix moves Myers back to the rotation where he's better suited. Lidge will miss the beginning of the season, but I think he'll be effective when he returns. 2. Mets- Adding Santana and getting Pedro back from injury should help the team in it's playoff quest. 3. Braves- Have enough young guys to make it interesting. 4. Marlins- Lots of young talent. They won't be great, but they'll make some teams sweat. 5. Nationals- Were busy with minor moves this offseason, but other than Shawn Hill, the rotation is a mess. NL Central: 1. Cubs- Improved offense by adding Fukudome. Pitching could have used another addition, but Zambrano, Lilly, Hill is as good a top-3 in the NL as any. 2. Brewers- Improved bullpen, but it's not enough. 3. Reds- Dusty's in town. How long before he destroys Harang, Cuetto, and Bailey's careers ala Prior and Wood? 4. Astros- Rotation is a mess, but offense is decent. 5. Cardinals- Fallen from grace after winning the World Series only a couple of years ago. Pitching is a question mark, and how bad is the offense? LaRussa has Cesar Izturis penciled in as the starting shortstop and batting 9th—behind the pitcher. 6. Pirates- I don't think I need an explanation. NL West: 1. D-backs- Adding Haren to the rotation makes this team very formidable. This will be one of the tougher divisions in baseball. Any of the top 4 could come in first. 2. Dodgers- They have plenty of talent to put everything together. 3. Rockies- If pitching can hold up, it will compliment the superb offense and defense. 4. Padres- Hitting isn't there, and PETCO Park is not very nice toward hitters. However, their pitching staff is as good as any. 5. Giants- Too old and too untalented to compete for even 4th place. Playoffs: AL- Yankees over Mariners, Red Sox over Tigers NL- Cubs over D-Backs, Phillies over Dodgers AL- Red Sox over Yankees NL- Cubs over Phillies World Series- Cubs over Red Sox in 7 (Yeah, I'm a Cubs fan, big whoop, wanna fight about it? My blog, I can be hopeful if I want. If I wanted to be unbiased, I'd say Cubs over D-Backs, but losing to the Phillies in the NLCS, and I'd have the Red Sox beating the Phillies in the WS) Awards: AL Cy Young- Justin Verlander (Tigers) Honoranble Mention- CC Sabathia (Indians), Josh Beckett (Red Sox), Erik Bedard (Mariners) AL MVP- David Ortiz (Red Sox) Honorable Mention- Alex Rodriguez (Yankees), Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), Grady Sizemore (Indians) AL Manager of the Year- John McLaren (Mariners) Honorable Mention- Terry Francona (Red Sox), Joe Girardi (Yankees), Jim Leyland (Tigers) AL ROY- Adam Jones (Orioles) Honorable Mention: Evan Longoria (Rays), Jacoby Ellsbury (Red Sox), Clay Buchholz (Red Sox) NL Cy Young- Cole Hamels (Phillies) Honorable Mention- Jake Peavy (Padres), Johan Santana (Mets), Carlos Zambrano (Cubs) NL MVP- Matt Holliday (Rockies) Honorable Mention- Ryan Howard (Phillies), Aramis Ramirez (Cubs), David Wright (Mets) NL Manager of the Year- Lou Piniella (Cubs) Honorable Mention- Charlie Manuel (Phillies), Bob Melvin (D-Backs), Joe Torre (Dodgers) NL ROY- Kosuke Fukudome (Cubs) Honorable Mention- Jay Bruce (Reds), Geovany Soto (Cubs), Andy LaRoche (Dodgers)

I don't doubt that.

And the Rockies released Giles.

QFT

Bad luck, bad front office, poor player development.

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Wow, pretty bold prediction for Soto, with Martin, Molina, McCann all young and in the N.L. Eventually, it will called the Geovany Soto Game instead of All-Star Game

300!!!!!!!!!!! :yahoo:

awesome...at least it is done thank goodness for closure CLOSE THREAD PLEASE But we didn't reach 300 pages

Dumb.

Here guys....a quote from Bruce Almight's lastest column over at the herald. That's the reason why they signed Johnson, because of the "grit factor." Have fun guys. You should have your eyes checked, pronto!!!! I read it as Bruce making a joke about the grit, and how the Cubs want that, while pointing out that they also need his OBP. And that shade of green is killing my eyes

Someone tell me how PVR works and why Ian Kennedy is a 9.

If the Pirates don't want you, it's time to hang up the cleats:

That's a shame. It's like a drug you can't quit even tough you keep telling yourself it's the last time.

Slayer- "Raining Blood" Thank me later.

mk

2004 CF - Corey Patterson 2B - Mark Grudzielanek RF - Sammy Sosa LF - Moises Alou 1B - Derek Lee 3B - Aramis Ramirez SS - Alex Gonzalez C - Michael Barrett ???? Plus Nomar, kind of. That lineup was pretty stacked. Oh yeah...I forgot about Nomar. ](*,) ](*,) With the addition of Nomar, that was definitely a stacked lineup. Thinking about the potential of that rotation is even more disgusting. I remember 2-3 games after we got Nomar, we were in Colorado for a series, and we were just basically taking turns batting around the order with everyone getting their hits, and I thought that there were basically no holes in the lineup. Whoops forgot about OBP. The lineup was like Patterson, CF Garciaparra, SS Alou, LF Sosa, RF Ramirez, 3B Lee, 1B Walker, 2B Barrett, C The OBP on that team wasn't all that bad. Ramirez- .373 Nomar- .364 Alou- .361 Lee- .356 Walker- .352 Barrett- .337 Barrett- 337 Sosa- .332 Patterson- .320 Not great, but not atrocious. I think we were right at the league average that year in terms of team OBP. Does Barrett count twice?

I lol'd And I just made it one page closer.