Sox Offseason Outline

The Sox have to make a big splash this offseason. The Twins are finally going to trade and sign some already there talent. The Indians are improving. The Royals are going to spend 40 million inthe free agent market again. The Tigers are going down the hole so that is a sigh of releif right now. The Sox need to sign 2 starters, 2 releivers, a third basemen, a shortstop, and some speed from the bench. The could get all this in trades, but it would be too expensive for all those players.

I say sign the two starting pitchers. Derek Lowe would be a good acquisition. The other starter to sign would be Ryan dempster. I know everybody is going to say Dempster the Cubbie. Well I saw that Dempster wanted to stay in Chicago. The Cubs also might not tender Ryan Demster a contract. Ryan Dempster would be a good spark to the White Sox rotation. If Javier Vasquez doesn't go out of town, the rotation will be Makr Buerhle, Ryan Dempster, Gavin Floyd, Derek Lowe, and John Danks. That would be a very good rotation. The two people we should sign/trade for our bullpen are Arthur Rhodes and Jaun Cruz. I know you are saying another lefty in Arthur Rhodes. Well Boone Logan and Matt Thornton are pretty dominant lefties. But imagine another tough lefty in the bullpen just stopping hitter after hitter.

The Sox could probably trade for the third basemen help or sign some third basemen to a one or two year deal. I also saw that the Sox are trying to trade for Garret Atkins. If they trade for Atkins, the Sox would have a third basemen for today and the future. But if the trade of Garret Atkins doesn't work out the Sox could sign Casey Blake. Blake might get renenergized being in the AL Central again. he might also hit better against the Indians who traded him away to the Dodgers. The Sox should also try to sign a shortstop, or move Alexia Ramirez from second to shortstop and sign a second basemen. The shortstop they could sign should be either Rafeal Furcal or Edgar Renteria who just filed for free agency. The secondbasemen they could sign could be ither Orlando Hudson or Mark Grudzielanek. They both would be good, but Orlando Hudson would be better for the long run than Mark Grudzielanek. If they just move Alexia Ramirez, Chris Getz might be ready for the major leagues.

Last of all the Sox need some speed from the bench. I know Brian Anderson is pretty fast, but a franchise that is starved for speed they need another speedster starting or from the bench. If the Sox sign Orlando Hudson, they might not need more speed but if they don't, they should sign someone like David Eckstein or Jerry hairston Jr. Their might be a possibility that the Sox could resign Scott Podsednik just to be one of their pinch runners. That would be pretty good, even though that Podsednik's speed has been declining over the last couple of years and his game depends on the health of his legs. The Sox have a big offseason ahead of them. Let's just home that GM Ken Williams has a good plan and that the Sox can contend next year and the years to come.