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Byrnes? Atkins? Taveras? Is this 2007 again? I feel like we’re reading “Six Feet Under”. Reminds me of a Green Day song (come on, you all know it) about, um, self-gratification.

There are a number of decent plays for JD’s spot in right just because a defensive upgrade can do a lot for the overall numbers. Everything about JD says “trade his ass”…I assume this is obvious enough to at least some of the better front offices.

i’d do it myself by i don’t have any upside interest in this site and you people get enough content from me already.

Keep ‘em illegal for the under 30 guys, but let Dye, Thome, and Konerko pop them all they want.
Though with Manny Trillo as our Bunting/Running coach maybe they won’t need them.

Byrnes..He was awesome a year ago…Alittle pop in his bat and he has stolen 50 bags…I say why not buy low on eric…Trade Dye for another pitcher.

Swish in left.Byrnes in center.Q!in right.

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if any trades are set up involving Konerko. It doesn’t matter if Williams arranges a 9-for-1 deal with the Angels, as a pure example. The first baseman has earned, and I stress the word “earned,” the right to veto any trade as a 10-year-veteran and having spent at least five years with the same team. I don’t expect Konerko to go anywhere.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081103&content_id=3661127&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

Taveras, Atkins, and Byrnes. Crikey, that’s bad stuff. Of the 3, Atkins is the most dangerous in that I think it would take actual talent to acquire him and those road splits make question his loyalty to America. I would assume Taveras and Byrnes would be free-ish and there’s a reason for that (Taveras = .308 OBP)

I’d like to see the Sox rumors move on to a higher level of players I don’t want them to trade for like Coco Crisp and Randy Winn

I can see Willy Taveras in a White Sox uniform. I think though, the Sox will have to give up a lot of prospects for on eof the stolen base leaders this year. Byrnes, he sucked big time this year when he was “healthy”. He had one good season, not any more like the 2006 campaign.

According to Dave van Dyck of the Chicago Tribune, the Mets are interested in White Sox pitcher Javier Vazquez. Van Dyck implies that the Sox could move top prospect Aaron Poreda into the rotation to replace him.

Vazquez has a connection to Omar Minaya, who traded him to the Yankees in December of 2003 as the Expos’ GM. Vazquez is owed $23MM for 2009-10. He’d give the Mets a pretty deep rotation. Van Dyck doesn’t believe it’d take much if the Mets paid all of his salary. Aaron Heilman could be a start.

Vazquez is owed $23 million over the next two seasons and Chicago likely would have to take a contract – perhaps Castillo’s – in return. The Mets also might have to part with a prospect to make the deal work.

Anonymous Mets official says it probably a “pipedream”.

I like how the Sox have to take Castillo’s contract for the Mets to be able to afford $23M over the next 2 years.

I think the Sox are better served just to hold on the Vazquez than trade him for crap. Just my opinion.