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Who can we most likely get to?
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McCray · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject:

i think our most likely bet is to go with the kids -- nip and owings and the flying gonzalez brothers.

next most likely, i'd guess, is padilla. FA.

then westbrook, maybe.

a distant last is bonderman. i want the guy, but it's going to be crazy getting him. it's an auction with 29 teams, quite a few of which see him as the last piece they need. i think we'll get outplayed.

but i think he is the best option out there.
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dirtygary · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

levski · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1763

oh, NOW everybody is jumping on the padilla flotilla. but when *I* mentioned him here, I got laughed out of Dodge.

How come "I don't know" isn't an option?
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McCray · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

for the record, i was cool with padilla's flotilla when you mentioned it. it's just, well, he's no bonderman. he's a good pitcher, but it's hard to get the hardon for that guy. bonderman, that erection lasts longer than 4 hrs. it hurts, but it hurts so good.

i've been drinking.
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levski · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1763

the tigers will be idiots to trade bonderman. they need to get rid of that old goat rogers, not bonderman...

and this is all a moot point as the dbacks won't really spend much money on the free agent market anyhow...
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And Tony Pena cuts in line...

shoewizard · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

McCray · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

lee mellon · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject:

Please no Vicente Padilla. The thought of him standing up at a press conference sends chills down my spine. Chills named Russ Ortiz.

moviegeekjn · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

TAP · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject:

lee mellon · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

So big I can hardly believe they fit on one monitor.

McCray · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject:

B. O. N. D. · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject:

Bonderman: AZ will be outbid. Thumbs up

Westbrook: CLE will probably keep him, but... thumbs up

Padilla: Too many "character flaws" to be a fit in AZ Rolling Eyes

Still, thumbs up

Lilly: Uh... FB pitcher, 28 dingers, 37 doubles, welcome to Chase!

Meche: Why? Other than less FB, almost identical to Lilly

Owings/Nippert: More likely than not, but maybe too soon

Other: My vote

Caveat: Don't know Seattle's or Toronto's parks
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baldmaga · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

Westbrook had his option picked up today

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject:

Well, the option pickup was a gimme....he still could be traded.

I wonder why Levski left Dontrelle Willis off the poll Rolling Eyes

dirtygary · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject:

The best bet would probably be to keep Livan to eat some innings, keep Vargas because he's still a sub 5.0 ERA guy and will only cost about $2M, Edgar Gonzo in the 4 slot, and let the others battle out for the 5. If it turns out we have a couple options, then we can trade somebody (Livan).
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David B · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

VIII · A-Ball Kid Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 14

Westbrook would be *the* realistic option, because his name was out there after the Deadline happened. He would be a great #3 pitcher, but I think we could do better.
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stu · Everyday Player Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 560

I'd look at the Orioles as a trade partner. First, since Earl and I left (there actually may be a cause and effect with Earl), they don't know what they are doing. Second, they need almost everything especially outfielders (the problem is that they are so dumb they may not know this). Third, they have some likely looking young pitchers.

O's stats from last year

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2006.shtml

I doubt we get Bedard or Loewn although I sure would ask. Of the other guys, I am only going by stats so tell me if they injured or wife beaters.

Hayden Penn was mentioned in trade rumors in 2005. He is 22, 6'3" 195 lbs; 133k/47w in 114 ip at AA.

Branden Erbe 19, 6'4" 180 lbs. 133/47 in 114 ip at low A

Garrett Olson 23; 6'1" 200lbs 77/19 in 81 ip at hi a; 85/31 in 84 ip at AA.

None of these guys are worth one of the Chosen, but Hairston and a reliever might get Penn.

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JoshByrnesWhenIPee · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

Peter Gammons on Bonderman:

levski · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1763

Dangerfield · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

Lyon, and the rubber band on his elbow, looks better and better all the time. Lyon's a young Sele, when Sele was young. Come on Sele Lyon.
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