That is all I will say on this one.
ENJOY!

but the Sox took him one pick earlier. So it makes some sense that Beane would want Poreda. And Fields could serve as a DH/1B for them and then move over to 3B full-time if Beane is ever able to dump Eric Chavez. But with Chavez currently out with a shoulder injury, Fields could start for the A’s at 3B right now.

burnett’s name has been out there, and he’s pitched well of late. i’d definitely like his stuff in our rotation.

the other supposedly available guys, like arroyo and washburn, certainly don’t seem like they’d be better options than duchscherer, unless it’s the deals that are more favorable with plans A and B, not necessarily better players.

Lately the Dodgers have been talking to several teams about a shortstop. The loss of Rafael Furcal has been “a killer’’ for them, in the words of one AL executive, and they are seeking a veteran replacement along the lines of Jack Wilson, Orlando Cabrera or Edgar Renteria.

L.A. has been talking about bringing Cabrera back to that area, as first mentioned on Foxsports.com, and there would appear to be plenty of chance there for a deal since the White Sox are a rare team that’s deep at shortstop—if the Dodgers are capable of pulling a deal off, that is.

Cuban import Alexei Ramirez, who’s showing some confused footwork at second base, is thought ready to man shortstop, giving the Sox unusual flexibility at a difficult position. It is believed the White Sox are targeting one or more of the talented Dodgers kids.

But the Dodgers, who at one time also showed interest in Sox third baseman Joe Crede, have been taking a hands-off approach on most of their prospects—if not all of them. One executive who recently spoke to the Dodgers got the impression that not only are top young players like James Loney and Matt Kemp untouchable, but so are somewhat lesser talents such as Blake Dewitt and even Andy LaRoche, whose stock has been falling for many months in the eyes of some.

A source told the Sun-Times this week that the Sox have several trade scenarios in place to acquire pitching, but each one involves moving third baseman Josh Fields in a package. The team hopes to have first-round pick Gordon Beckham signed in the next few weeks, and while he is a natural shortstop, he could be groomed as the third baseman of the future, especially if Fields is moved.

Names such as Jarrod Washburn, Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett have come up in the last week as possible targets, but each one is flawed as a realistic move, especially Washburn, a client of agent Scott Boras. Next.

No, if Williams makes a move, it will be for a name that’s not being floated, not for someone who is obvious.

It’s too quiet to happen any other way.

not going to be able to do anything interesting now that fields has become a lot more indispensable, at least until early next month.

Too much trade talk surrounding this club. I believe they only need to get a lefty reliever (Damaso Marte or Brian Fuentes) ... I think if they start messing around too much they are going to out think themselves and fall out of first quickly.

but with how poorly joe crede has played the last couple months couldn’t the sox be upgrading pretty significantly if josh fields plays comparably to how he did in the bigs last season? for as bad as crede’s been, couldn’t this dl trip be a blessing in disguise?

Fields heard he was mentioned in trade rumors, but with Crede’s injury, he noted, "the insurance policy went up a little bit."

LOL!

Joe Cowley wrote:

Williams is said to be willing to part with a package that would include Fields and right-hander Gavin Floyd for a big-name starter.

His reasoning is…

While it would seem any chance of trading Fields would be small now, not so fast: Crede got a cortisone shot Thursday for his back inflammation and seemed convinced his latest problem is largely a bump in the road.

If Crede, whose DL stay is retroactive to July 22, keeps improving over the next five days, Williams could still move Fields for the right price and have Juan Uribe fill in at third base until Crede returns.

Trading Floyd would definitely be selling high, although Kenny seems to love him. It’s funny that Cowley suggests Uribe start at 3B until Crede is healthy if the Sox trade Fields since he hates Uribe so much and wrongly expected him to be released / traded by now.

joe cool twits

Ken Williams just met with the media and said the climate on the trade market has turned really bad from a Sox perspective …

... Translation: Help might not be on the way.

translation: it’s doesn’t look liked just “a bump in the road”

The Sox are usually competing for the division every year but have only made the playoffs most recently in 2000 and 2005. That really isn’t very often. And how often are both the Indians and the Tigers going to suck in the same season and the no payroll Twins are going to be the only competition? Kenny should trade any prospects he can to acquire some pitching to step on the throats of the Twinkies once and for all.

Eric Chavez called the labrum in his throwing shoulder “shredded” on Saturday after a poor throwing session.
Chavez may be done as a third baseman in this league. “My career is definitely at a crossroads,” he said. Chavez might be hinting at a possible move to first base, as he said he’s refocused his attention on becoming a productive offensive player once again. “The way I feel about my arm, I know the end result already,” he said.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Beane probably wants Josh Fields in any trade for Justin Duchscherer and/or Huston Street which is why Kenny is saying this…

Kenny Williams said:

“Obviously, the Yankees were able to get something done to help them, that seemingly helps them, and there have been some other deals. From our vantage point, I’m really not seeing anything that makes any sense. As a matter of fact, the things that are in front of us right now would do nothing but harm us for the present and the future.“

it sounds like Crede didn’t really have to go to the D.L. The Sox wanted to make sure that he would be healthy for the late season run. The Sox just wanted to rest Crede, just like Contreras.

Maybe Fields is still on the block?

He can play CF a hell of a lot better than Wise and won’t cost much.

The White Sox, who hold a 3½-game lead over the Twins and a 7½-game edge over the Tigers in the AL West, don’t seem inclined to make a major deal before the non-waiver trading deadline on Thursday. That became clear this past week when they reached down to their farm system for Triple-A Charlotte left-hander Clayton Richard when they needed to replace injured right-hander Jose Contreras in the rotation. Contreras, who has a strained elbow, is eligible to come off the disabled list on Wednesday.

Except for possibly adding an extra reliever, the White Sox plan to stick with what is already on the roster. “I’m not having the variety of conversations I have had in the past,” White Sox GM Ken Williams told the Chicago Tribune. “Every idea you can come up with, you have to take something away.”

The White Sox don’t have a lot of top prospects to trade, especially after Josh Fields was called up from Charlotte when third baseman Joe Crede went on the disabled list Friday with back problems. Double-A Birmingham left-hander Aaron Poreda is the White Sox’s top bargaining chip, but Williams doesn’t seem willing to cash him in for a player who might only be in Chicago for two months. “I’ve learned some hard lessons in the past, and those lessons are just throwing additional talent, as much talent against the wall as you could possibly throw, doesn’t always work because it doesn’t always fit,” Williams said. “I don’t think there’s anything major that’s out there to be had. I don’t think that there’s anything more than a healthy Jose Contreras can provide us.”

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7863

ESPN’s Buster Olney wrote:

Now that Scott Linebrink has landed on the disabled list, the White Sox are quietly taking the temperature of the reliever market, in case they have a fit and find the need to add a right-handed reliever.

Earlier in the month, when there were health concerns about Bobby Jenks, the White Sox had checked in on the availability of Huston Street. But Jenks has been throwing well in recent days, racking up three saves in the past four days.

AJ Burnett

To White Sox for RHP Jack Egbert and 1B Brandon Allen

Prediction: Goes to White Sox

The most aggressive team right now? The Chicago White Sox, who seem frustrated by the lack of movement and are focused on adding relief help right now. The least aggressive is the Twins, who drew this shocker from an AL exec: “They could blow up the market by tossing one of their good young starters on the market, but they lost their cojones when Delmon Young had a bad first half.”

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7871

A.J. Burnett is off the trade market.

Link:

The Braves have had conversations with several teams, including the Marlins, Red Sox, Rays, Tigers and White Sox, regarding reliever Will Ohman. But the Braves aren’t highly motivated to move the 30-year-old Ohman, who is making $1.6 million this season. He is also having the best season of his career, and is viewed as a late-inning left-handed option for the club in 2009.

The Rockies have arguably the most sought-after reliever on the market in veteran Brian Fuentes, with the Cardinals, Mets, Phillies, Rays, Red Sox, White Sox and Yankees among the teams eyeing the lefty.

Gregg Zaun said Tuesday that it would “probably be a good thing” for the Blue Jays to trade him.

Zaun added that he’s previously requested a trade with general manager J.P. Ricciardi, who proceeded to tell reporters Tuesday that no teams are interested in Zaun. “We’ll gladly move him if we can find someone who wants him and that’s where we’re at,” Ricciardi said. “Right now, there’s been no takers for him, there’s been no inquiries about him.” It seems unlikely that no one would take a veteran, switch-hitting catcher who’s hitting .243/.349/.370 this season and .251/.344/.387 for his career, and Ricciardi saying something has never really made it more likely to be true.
Source: Toronto Star

Good IMO, scary from a leadership position and actually quite funny. Screwdriver and tasy freezes!

The Rangers have also asked about two other pitchers: the Twins’ Boof Bonser and the White Sox’s Nick Masset, a former Rangers prospect, according to a source.

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/794075.html

Jayson Stark wrote:

The White Sox haven’t been able to muster much interest in their prospects in their quest for either a starting pitcher or a reliever who might have the ability to start. So clubs they’ve talked to say they’ve made Orlando Cabrera available for the right arm. But the three teams looking for immediate shortstop upgrades are the Cardinals, Twins and Orioles—and Cabrera wouldn’t be a fit for any of them.

Doesn’t he usually try adding a player every year at the deadline who will be a type A or B free agent, thus increasing his draft picks for the following year?

.273/.336/.428

SI.com’s Jon Heyman reports that the Diamondbacks have offered Chad Tracy to the Reds for Adam Dunn.
It’s not a completely unfair offer, but it doesn’t make any sense for a Reds team with Joey Votto at first and Edwin Encarnacion at third. The Reds would probably rather have Micah Owings. At least he could play left field, in theory.
Source: SI.com

Buster Olney was just on espn and said the White Sox are talking to Oakland about Street and dangling Cabrera out there and the Dodgers need a SS. I don’t understand getting rid of Cabrera if you’re not going to get a starter. Richar and Getz don’t do it for me for the stretch run.

The post is from around 9:00 P.M. so it is apparently a new rumor. I’m assuming that the deal would be for Huston Street and Mark Ellis…

Dodgers get:
SS Orlando Cabrera

A’s get:
LHP Aaron Poreda + more Sox prospect(s)?
Dodgers prospects

White Sox get:
RHP Huston Street
2B Mark Ellis

Ramirez moves to SS, Ellis starts at 2B, and Street sets up for Jenks. Would be an amazing deal if Kenny could get it done.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Mariners have asked for Nick Blackburn, Scott Baker, Kevin Slowey, Glen Perkins or Denard Span as part of a package for Adrian Beltre.
The Twins apparently won’t go that far for Beltre. It’s possible they’re focusing more on Brian Roberts at the moment, but he’s a long shot as well. They are shopping Boof Bonser and Craig Monroe, but they have to know they’re not going to reel in a big fish with that kind of bait. Perhaps Mark Grudzielanek is within reach.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

KW dumps Cabrera. Why? No more fun signs at Sox Machine!!

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk203/mjcebay/tags/poetryclub.jpg

I couldn’t find the timestamp on this post, but CBSSportsline.com says the Dodgers are not looking for a SS…

The Dodgers’ on-again, off-again search for a shortstop apparently is off again. Following Nomar Garciaparra’s knee strain, they were prepared to disable him and resume looking for a shortstop. But then, according to a source, when manager Joe Torre told Garciaparra the club was going to disable him, Nomar said he was feeling better. He took a round of batting practice Tuesday, the Dodgers think he can make it, and with Rafael Furcal now expected back before season’s end, Los Angeles apparently will not look to trade for a shortstop, after all.

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10914094/2

.282/.352/.449

Mark Gonzales wrote:

Executives from two teams believed Williams was trying to land a reliever before Thursday’s 3 p.m. trading deadline.