Let's Do A Mailbag

What are the Pads going to be doing to rectify our gross deficiencies in quality outfield depth?

From now on please ask questions like the one above in such manner:

The Padres outfield sucks yo. What the dilly?

With the growing concern about climate change, what would your administration do to alleviate this problem and what steps would be taken to reverse these effects?

In your opinion, what are the chances of the Orioles trading Bedard to the Dodgers now (post Kuroda signing) for any players that DO NOT include Kemp,Loney,Bills,Kershaw..? I dont see any other clubs making better offers now, especially with Arizona just trading away their chips for Harren. If I was Colleti, I'd tell the Orioles GM to pick any THREE from this list: ethier/abreu/elbert/miller/McDonald/bell/dewitt/dejesus/meloan. I think that's a better offer than "most" other teams could give. I see the Orioles starting to feel a bit more pressure now and soon folding in, trading away Bedard for less than what they have been demanding. They better hurry up, time is running out and they can get more for him the sooner they trade him. Otherwise, he cannot wait to leave Baltimore.

I have heard that the WhiteSox are having trouble finding any real interest in Joe Crede on the trade market and therefore are considering making Paul Konerko available in trade instead. I would assume that this would mean that the would continue to play Crede at 3B and move Fields to 1B if they do actually trade Konerko. It is also my understanding that the WhiteSox are hurting for quality outfielders since they lost out on both Fukudome and Rowand. So, with these circumstances in mind, my questions are: Do you think the WhiteSox would consider trading Konerko to the Giants for Randy Winn and Noah Lowry? If such a trade were to happen how would you rate the trade for both the Giants and the WhiteSox?

"Anything goes, I'll pick a bunch and answer 'em on Monday."

In that case, I just picked up a new Cleveland HiBore driver, and it's well known that you should tee the ball lower for this driver to reach maximum efficiency. So how low should I tee it?

#5 SP, SD?

giantsrainman,
if the white sox ever did that trade, i think there would be a line outside of US Cellular field waiting to take turns to slap kenny williams in the face. the sox are getting old fast, the last thing we need is a 60 year old corner OF with no power. Lowry is a nice player, but not worth konerko.

Who do you predict will land the following free agents?

-Carlos Silva
-Bartolo Colon
-Matt Clement
-Kyle Lohse

No offense Tim, but cant you just start a thread once a week for people to ask you questions? I dont want to start yet another email account that I wont use just to ask a question once in awhile.

You need to start a whole new email account just to ask Tim a question?

Yikes.

Where is Kenny Lofton looking to play this year? Will any team put him in CF?

Also, what teams are in the running for Otsuka? I can see him easily outperforming Gagne once again.

Which NL West position prospect is more likely to be dealt? Matt Kemp or Chase Headley?

I fell asleep a few weeks ago,is Kenny Williams still the GM of the White Sox? Or do they have a GM?

what does matsui offer to the sox? they already have an "aging but capable" RF and a young LF with potential. theres no reason to trade for matsui.

HeyBlueJay,

Still sad you didn't get Lincecum?

Casper310,
Your Dodger offer for Bedard is laughable. A true #1 ace, Cy Young candidate for a pile of odds and ends? Silly.
I doubt that the Dodgers would want Bedard now with Kuroda signed. But it definitely would have taken Kemp or Kershaw and probabably both.
What makes you think that the Orioles are on a clock with Bedard?? They have him for two more years. He can be traded at the trade deadline this year, or December next year. Personally, if I were Andy McPhail, I'd rather take the draft picks than what you suggested.

The mets are not in any worse shape then any other NL East team in terms of starting pitching, but the NY media, and I guess just baseball media in general whine about how they need an ace. So all the fans buy into it. These are the same people who bashed Omar for not pursuing Zito hard enough. Hamels and Myers, and Smoltz and Huddie may be better then the Mets top 2, but I will take Duque and Perez over James/Reyes or Moyer/Eaton every single day. Also, if Pedro doesnt get hurt again, he has shown he can be at the very worst a number 3 guy. He still might post a sub 3.50 year in 08, which is a solid number 2 these days. I would be fine with a guy who will eat some innings and save the bullpen. As much as I would be thrilled to see Johan in a Mets uniform, the price is too steep imo.

" I dont care what anybody says, lack of an ace did was not the reason "

Sorry about the "did was not" thing. I guess I couldnt decide if I was going to say "did not cost the mets", or "was not the reason for their collapse". and I just sort of mixed them into once sentence.

You would rather have draft picks then Meloan/Elbert/ and your choice out of one of those other guys? Not sure. I like Meloan and Elbert a lot though, so maybe I am just biased. I would rather have those players then the picks.

NW

Paul Konerko is a run producer and a clutch performer. The White sox would never make that Winn/Lowry trade. An aging outfielder, and a 4th starter for someone like Konerko who is a fan favorite, hits 35+ homers, drives in 100+ ribbies, and comes through in the playoffs. Maybe we will listen to Crede offers but there would be no match for Konerko.