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I doubt very much that KW is done dealing, for the simple reason that what he's got now is a half-rebuilding, half-win now situation.  If you're rebuilding you don't keep so many aging, expensive veterans; if you're looking to win now you don't have this many holes and question marks and rookies penciled into starting spots in your lineup and rotation. Two factor that are working against making any significant moves...

Word is breaking all over the sports blogs tonight.  Every Chicago sports fans' greatest nightmare is coming true.  Jay Mariotti is back with a forum to share his idiotic thoughts: Jay Mariotti Now a Columnist at FanHouse I thought that maybe, just maybe, we had gotten rid of him for good.  No such luck.     so what do you do?  give him free advertising!   .... brilliant! spread the word doofus.

Cleveland has gotten much better, adding Wood and DeRosa, and Pavano too.  Plus they will not likely have the same injury wreckage they did last year (Martinez, Hafner, etc).  I think they win the division. Minnesota if you recall had the same record we did, and they get a full year of Liriano now. We took some steps back so I have us 3rd in the division...but I think KW has a plan and we can be really good for a while starting in 2010. And...

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But by my logic in the previous post ...Floyd and Getz are already fairly cheap,so really all we'd gain by losing Roberts next year would be a couple first round picks like we did with Cabrera..seems to me a good young pitcher like Floyd would be worth more then a few first round picks and some think Getz may very well be an above average player..don't know, maybe K-dub has something cooking!

perhaps you could repeat your thoughts in a few more threads too....

I recall reading that Beckham's defense isn't all that great. His bat should certainly get him to the majors, but there's a good chance he shifts to a corner infield position. He seems to have the arm strength to handle third. This could also allow for Getz to play second. With that said, I believe it's more likely KW is pursuing Roberts so that the WS can make a world series run sooner. Consider this, you get Roberts at...

Yeah Kenny has been a pretty good GM I'd say. My only gripe with him is that our farm system isn't a little better, but it seems to be improving in the past 2 years or so.     I agree.  I was real upset that season the club let Carlos Lee and Magglio go well, they really had no choice with Magglio but, anyway I thought how in the world are we going to contend after losing 2 great players and the SOX went on to win the WS. ...

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say this deal will happen when pigs fly. A team that seems intent on cutting payroll is suddenly going to add three significant salaries, and give up a young pitcher they will control for years? And Perez would be a disaster in the Cell.  Just  put the outfielders in the bleachers.

Peter Gammons seems to think that Beckham will make an impact this year.  I'm not sure if you caught his latest column, but he rattled of names of players with little to no mlb experience that he believed would have an impact in '09. Here's the quote: "So in 2009, we focus not on the names and the celebrity value of additions to clubs, but what Jay Bruce , Ian Stewart , Dexter Fowler , David Price , Cameron Maybin , Max...