Odds and Ends: White Sox, Mackowiak, Garcia, Rays

Sabathia would be a great a great pickup for the Rays, but what they really need is a big bat. They should've signed Barry Bonds, but now it may be too late for that. They should try to get someone fairly young that they can sign to a long term deal. Jason Bay is still fairly young, and they Rays could get him for a decent price. T

I've been endorsing a Bay trade all along. Too bad one of their trading chips went down in McGee. Just shows you that most prospects are far from untouchable and most don't work out the way you want, so why not get an all-star? Bay wouldn't be cheap, though, so don't pretend like one prospect would get it done. Look at the Swisher, Teixiera deals. I think Brignac and Davis would be a good start for Bay and Marte. They probably have other high upside prospects we don't know much about. Quantity deals are sort of making a comeback... see the Haren, Teixiera deals...

Nady could be cheaper, and wouldn't be playing out of position. He's had close to Bay's production and the Pirates probably don't want to trade Bay.

i see nady deal as much more likely. u gotta learn to crawl before u learn to walk and for tampa, just getting nady would be a big step. and like u guys said bay would be very expensive. i dont think that proposal of brignac and davis is even close, not to mention marte will probably be the most wanted lefty available(i cant think of a better lefty avail). the cards would give up something nice for him, im sure of that. nady for a couple mid level guys or one good prospect seems reasonable. tampa would maybe get type a draft picks for nady as well so that must be considered.

How about Bradley to the Rays for Wade Davis or JP Howel. Bradley is an impact bat like Bay and wouldn't play out of position. That seems like the best aquisition to me.

I would be very surprised if they traded for Bradley. Everyone knows that Bradley has a history of a bad attitude. Why would they trade for a guy like that when they just got rid of Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes?

I think either Nady or Bay would work by giving the Pirates a decent prospect and throwing Hinske or Gross in the deal with possibly another player.

Fukudome is worthless outside of wrigley (and wrigley's bizarre atmospherics this year). He's hit just one home run without the wind's help and has a .643 OPS outside of chicago. He would be viewed completely differently if he had signed with the White Sox, and even with the bizarre home field power boost the cubs are receiving this year he's not that exceptional (.843 OPS overall).

I wonder if the White Sox would make a play to get Freddy Garcia back?

We are thin at backup starters and could be in trouble if one of our 5 get hurt.

Also, Freddy's wife is related to Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, so maybe that would come into play.