Fantasy Baseball: Do you think Bobby Jenks we be the closer til the end of the season for the Chisox?
462444
I agree with the previous answer.  There is a very good chance Jenks will lose the job at some point. Guillen is impatient and tends to switch closers more than most managers.  Jenks' reporting out of shape is also common.  It held him back during his minor league career.  Combined with his spring ineffectiveness he could be the first closer to lose his job.
1142735
As a member of Red Sox Nation, I am fed up with the middle relief.  The only ones that can be trusted now are Delcarmen and Timlin.  Taveras, Foulke, Seanez, and Riske are just plain bad.  Bring up Hansen.  Trade for some middle relief help from a bad team.  Something NEEDS to be done.
676754
smoltz and kent are already in. smoltz has better credentials than dennis eckersly(both were great starters and closers) whose already in. kent is already all-time leader in hr by 2nd basemen. other than that i agree with your list.
625160
Of course! The closer, the better!
991955
I gotta agree, Joe Crede is having a heck of a year. I also think Travis Hafner should be starting(sorry, I'm a Cleveland fan).and I think Grady Sizemore should make it. Jermaine Dye is having a solid year, and deserves consideration. And what is up with Jason Varitek leading at catcher. I think everyone who voted for him should have their ballot thrown out, and their heads sewn to the carpet. Lets not forget about Tom Glavine. He should be collecting social security by now, instead he is leading the Majors in wins. I just Hope Guillen makes fair selections, and doesnt get 3/4 of his starting lineup in the game, the way Joe Torre has done in the past. Good luck Sox fans, its too late(again) for my dear (pathetic) Tribe to be thinking postseason.
297640
I think one of the only things Leyland is going to accomplish this season is inflating Pudge's ego even further than it already is. How many "managers" are we going to rely on to try to turn this horrid losing season streak around??? I think we need to start focusing that question to Dombrowski and Ilitch. My one hope for this season is that Leyland really stresses the "basics of baseball" and focuses the ENTIRE team on playing "small ball"
1004931
I think they will move him into a starting role at the beginning of next season.  With his clearly dominant stuff the Sox are much better served letting him throw 200 + innings instead of 90.  However, he has been so valuable this year that he must stay there for now, and they really dont have much of a choice at this time.  I say work Hansen into the role or get somebody in the offseason.
607642
Yes it was love at first sight. Last year (when I moved away from Atlanta) was the first year since becomming a fan that I didn't go to a game. I used to joke that the upper deck of Turner Field was my summer home, I was there so often. I love John Smoltz (though I think he should be moved back to closer), adore Marcus Giles, cried when Javy Lopez left, and have full confidence that (even though our pitching staff sucks right now) at the end of the season we will have another division pennant to hang on the left field wall, I chop till my arm hurts weather at a game, watching one on TBS or listening to Skip, Chip, Pete, or Don on the radio. I even have a "shrine" to the Braves in my bedroom.\nGo Braves. Don't stop the Chop!
1179187
Hitting has been a surprising plus for the Sox.  Euk and Loretta have been excellent and Lowell has been a very pleasent surprise.  Trot has hit well all year and Jason is starting to come around.  It looks like Crisp is starting to hit again (it is almost like he was in spring training for the past few weeks after his injury).  And I will take .250 out of my #9 hitter everyday (especially when he continueally flashes the leather).  Manny and Papi have not been consistant, but they have been getting the job done....they will be fine when it is all said and done.\n\nD-fence has been awesome.  I have never seen defence like this in Boston.  It is a pure joy to watch.\n\nThe bullpen is coming along.  It was good to see Timlin pitch well last night after the injury.  Papelbon is a stud and the young guys are starting to get it done in middle relief.\n\nI think the biggest question mark is the rotation.  I think the top three are ok with Schilling, Wake and Beckett (although I would like to see Beckett step up and be a stud #2) and I think one of the young guys will fill in admirably at #5 which leaves us with Clement??????\n\nIf we could trade for a solid/experienced # 3/4 who could give us innings we would be all set.
631441
He played last year in Toledo at AAA level,  he played a whole four innings in the whole season.  He had a ERA of 2.25.  I'm not sure if he is playing this season but I'm guessing no. Was that good enough for you?
417439
I'd definitely be on the look-out for a replacement for Loaiza... If he keeps pitching (if he is allowed to by the A's) like he has been, any one of those pitchers you mentioned might be the better option this year...
647789
As a Tiger Fan For Life, I'd like to hope that they are for real.\n\nI think Leyland is the key to the success of this team. Last year Trammell was manager, and for some reason, he just couldn't motivate his players.\n\nWith Ilitch, it's not that he hasn't spent money (he has); but he has spent it unwisely. Also, Mike Ilitch is more concerned with his other team (deadwings), and has no time to care about The Tigers.\n\nI've said this one hundred times, I would be very happy if the Tigers finished with 81 wins (seeing as how they haven't finished at .500 in 12 years).\n\nDo they have a chance for the wild card or even the division title this year? We'll see. Our next 10 games will be a good sign (4 against KC, 4 against the evil yankees, and 3 against the equally evil red sox).\n\nIf we can win 7 out of those 10, while the white lose 2 of 3 to Oakland...we may have a chance.\n\nWhatever happens, I am enjoying this while it lasts.
434976
I do! I like Bobby Cox.  I think he has to be one of the greatest managers in MLB.  Not to mention two of MLB greatest player's...Chipper and Andruw!  Go Braves!
971706
AL: Johan Santana\nNL: Brandon Webb\n\nThe awards will be announced Nov 14 for the NL and Nov 16 for the AL.\n\nOverview:\n\nJohan Santana will run away with the AL Cy Young. He was very close in getting the Triple Crown, leading the league in strikeouts (245), ERA (2.77) and was tied in wins (19) with Wang from NYY. He posted an amazing 19-6 record, making 34 starts, and helping the Twins reach the postseason. He also posted a WHIP of 1.00. Johan Santana is a sure bet.\n\nOther pitchers in the AL will fall very short. Wang from the NYY also managed to go 19-6, however he had a higher ERA (3.63), and low strikeout totals (76K's in 218 innings). Plus being on a Yankee team with that batting order to score alot runs for you every game plays into effect on how many wins he recieved this year. \n\nAnother candidate, whom I thought would have made this a two way race would be Roy Halladay. Surely it was between him and Santana, until Halladay ran into some bad luck near the end of August, and getting injured in the middle of September. He went 16-5 with a 3.19 ERA pitching 220 IP in 32 starts. If i had to pick between both pitchers on the fact on who I would want at the top of my rotation I'd go with Halladay over Santana. Halladay can eat up innings, is dominant pitching in the AL East, one of the best, if not the best pitcher in the Majors. \n\nOverall: Santana will run away with this award.\n\nNL: Two way race between Carpenter and Webb. Put it this way, the selection of pitchers in the NL for this award is just a joke. \n\nChris Carpenter will recieve consideration for the NL Cy Young, the second year in a row. He deserves it: 15-8, 3.09 ERA, 221.2 innings, 184 K's, 5 CG and 3 SHO. He helped St. Louis make the postseason with his conistent pitching throughout the whole season. However Webb leads Carpenter in some categories. \n\nBrandon Webb went 16-8 with a 3.10 ERA, notching 235 innings, alongside with 178 K's and also 5 CG and 3 SHO. \n\nOverall it will be a close race between both Carpenter and Webb. It will be tough to decide who wins, though im leanings towards Brandon Webb winning the 2006 NL Cy Young.
565930
I would have to say no. Kearns and Roberts are both great players but so are Wright and Mench (to a lesser extent). Only problem here is the fact that Roberts is on the DL. Being that he is on the DL for a groin injury, you have to wonder how much he would try and use his speed. Most players take it easy after a groin injury as if they injure it again, they could be done for the season. Even that, it would take away from his SB which is the appeal for a guy like roberts.\n\nGordon and Lowe for Weathers and Zito is more or less and even trade.\n\nIn terms of replacing Giles with Roberts (given the health comes around), that makes sense. However, i wouldnt quite drop shelton yet. I know he has cooled off quite a bit, but does pack more punch than lowell for relatively the same runs and RBIs.
997248
Not bad, but, you can't play Howard, Delgado, and Hafner all at the same time.  I would trade one of them and either Ramirez or Chavez (both 3Bers) for better middle infielders.
892264
It's obviously a risk signing anyone close to 40, but it's tough to pass up considering how much he'll upgrade the DH position.  His numbers should far surpass last year's DH-by-committee group of Shea Hillenbrand, Gregg Zaun, Eric Hinske, Cat, and the rest of that motley bunch.\n\nHe's been hurt a lot lately, but he's appeared in 135 or more games in 12 of his 16 seasons, and he had over 550 plate appearances in 2006.  If he can come close to repeating last year's success, I'd be very happy.\n\nNow, as for signing Royce Clayton when Julio Lugo is available, well, that's another story.  I guess it upgrades the D, but I hope they're using that leftover money to go hard after Meche and/or Lilly.