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He will, but he'll see a heckuva lot more right handed pitching ;)

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Guy hit 4 hrs in triple A last season. I know Reggie has proclaimed him the next big thing, but at best Jackson will be a Granderson type player in 3-5 years. Why not make the deal? The winter meetings have gone very well for the Yanks imo.

Mets offer deals to (shocker) Bengie Molina, and (lets pray) Jason Bay.

I was looking for a solid #2 to move everybody down a slot after Johan, but not sure that is going to happen with these deals on the table.

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It's official. After two years of not playing, Barry Bonds' agent is reporting that Barry is retiring from baseball.

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Too funny...Mets going after Jason Bay. He came up with the Mets...think maybe they regret letting him go years ago?

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They said he is not officially retireing, he is just not playing baseball anymore. :r Hopefully we will not have to hear about him for another 3+ years.

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After 2 years of no takers, I think he's starting to reailze 45 is a good age to retire.

No disrespect, he IS the home run king after all.

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I did not like him when he was a skinny kid playing for the Pirates. When he is eligable for the HoF in a few years the debates are going to take over the sports world. I am looking forward to no Bonds talk for a few years until then.

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:tpd:

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THe White Sox picked up JJ Putz, 1yr $3M w/$3.25M more in incentives.

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:banger Hopefully he can help our bullpen.

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Philly letting Cliff Lee go for Halladay? I gotta say this is a bonehead move...pay Lee what he wants. He was money for you this year.

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I can see the reasoning if they felt like they were not going to be able to resign him after this year. They will have Doc for the next 4 years nows and they keep their #1 pitching prospect.

The other news is that Lackey and the Red Sox are close to a deal and the Red Sox have made an offer to the Cuban defector.

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But Drabek is part of the deal...I just don't see their reasoning. They just don't want to wrap a whole ton of money into Lee.

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That's a change from what I heard earlier then. It still could fall apart and the Yankees get him. :r

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I don't mind the way the trade is looking. Philly with Lee and Halladay would be quite scary. Philly with just Halladay makes them a little bit better, but not considerably so.

The other moves don't bother me so much. Lackey going to Boston was actually a bit of a relief, rather him than Halladay. He's a very good pitcher but not a great one imho. The Yankees can hit him. And I think they are crazy giving him a bigger contract than what Burnett got, he's not as good as AJ.

Cameron is old and no Bay or Holliday. He's past his prime, I hope he becomes Bostons everyday left fielder :tu

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Cameron also has played very little in LF and now he will be playing in the hardest LF in baseball.

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Sox pick up Juan Pierre for a leadoff role.

The White Sox are looking a lot better going into 2010. They have one of the best pitching rotations Ive seen in years.

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They are shaping up very nicely. :tu

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Angels locked up Matsui. Guess that means Vlad is done with the Angels. Matsui was a good player, i'll miss him.

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The Mets should sign Vlad. He would fit in well with the DL Mets. :r