Teams Expected To Make A Move

Matt Holliday please; I wouldn't mind wait till the off season.

Can you tell me how the Mets aren't on this list?

They have lost Moises Alou, Angel Pagan and Trot Nixon for the year due to injuries. Not to mention the on going struggles to get Ryan Church back into right fielder due to two concussions in the same season.

The Mets don't have real starting corner outfielders in the lineup every game. Those spots are cluttered up with names such as Fernando Tatis, Endy Chavez and Marlon Anderson. Although Tatis has been tearing it up lately, he the other two players are good role players but shouldn't be in the starting lineup day in and day out.

The Mets are obviously looking to get a corner outfielder by way of trade. How come you didn't add Raul Ibanez as a possible candidate to becoming a Met? Not one word about the rumors swirling around the David DeJesus might also become another possibility for the Mets? Not a word about Brian Fuentes being another option.

The Mets should be on this list easily.

Not to mention, why is the Red Soxs on this list?

I don't think the Rays will cool off, this appears to be their time, this is their team's new beginning.

As for Teixiera, it only makes sense if they intend to move Youk or Tex to left.

The Mets really don't have a ton to offer, this is clear, but still, that doesnt mean they couldn't pick up a Murton/Winn/Ibanez type of player. Especially Winn. I know a lot of people don't love him, but I like the fit. He won't cost anything that important from your system, you pay mostly in cash, and he fits LF, and also fits the number 2 hole, which is a double bonus because it gets Endy (I think I am a power hitter but I really don't have power) out of the 2 hole. As much as I love what Endy brings to the table, he is not an everyday corner OF, and he certainly certainly is not a number 2 hitter. He has no power and he does not make contact enough for the type of hitter he is. He also has gotten into a habit of trying to pull everything. Who knows when Luis will be back, so a number 2 hole hitter is nice right now. Then next year, you transition Fernando Martinez into the big club as Randy Winn Contract is expiring. No need to rush Fernando (though I am certainly not opposed to a cup of coffee.), and no need to empty out your system for a Holliday type that will just walk next year anyway.

I love how people just assume that the Yankees will make a run and get into the playoffs just because they are the Yankees. That is all I ever hear on any sports show. Guys saying.... look at what they did last year, look at 2006... but so what? The Yankees weren't without Wang for most of the season in those years. They didnt have to rely on Rasner and Ponson in those years for an extended period of time. Not to mention the 2 plus 35's they have in Moose and Andy. They have been great, but wit Andy you almost always expect some nagging injury and Moose is getting up there and could tire out. Not to mention the completely unreliable bullpen. I know they have been good recently, but besides Mariano I don't trust any of those guys. Now they think Matsui could be out for the year? Posada has been relegated to DH duties, Jeter is having a down year, Damon is hurt, Melky stinks. There just is so much going on with the Yankees this year that was not the case in years past. And oh yeah, the Orioles and Blue Jays are both extremely competetive this year, so it will be hard to beat up on those teams, and the Rays are a young, talented team with confidence, and more importantly, great starting pitching. I don't need to bring up the Red Sox. I just do not see it happening for the Yanks this year. I hope I am wrong, because it would stink to see the last important game in Yankee Stadium be some stupid all star game, but I think it is what it is. This idea that the Yankees will somehow catch the Rays because the Rays are younger and inexperienced is laughable to me. The Rays have the infinitely better pitching staff and defense, and while they do not slug like the Bronx Bombers, they can still hit a little bit. They are simply the better team then the New York Yankees are this year.

Atkins and Fuentes for Span mulvie and mabey someone like brian butcher or even a chris parmalee. . what do you think about the proposed Cuddiar deal? who would you rather have cuddy or span??

Then next year, you transition Fernando Martinez into the big club as Randy Winn Contract is expiring. No need to rush Fernando (though I am certainly not opposed to a cup of coffee.), and no need to empty out your system for a Holliday type that will just walk next year anyway.

Fernando Martinez should be brought along slowly; the Mets always rush their prospects and it drives me nuts. He's hitting .292/.333/.421 at Binghamton, which is nice but not really a breakthrough from his .271/.336/.377 line from 2007 at the same level. I'd like to see F-Mart really crush AA pitching before the Mets bring him to the bigs.

As far as this season, the Mets really need a corner OF who:

A. Brings some SLG to the table
B. Isn't brutal in the field, since they have lots of flyball pitchers
C. Won't cost the Mets Fernando Martinez or Jon Niese

I like the Raul Ibanez option. Perhaps he could be had for some combination of the Mike Carp-Nick Evans-Daniel Murphy trio.

The Mets had a nice draft this year, adding two guys who look like real legit prospects right out of the box: Bradley Holt and Reese Havens. Young Wilmer Flores is also looking like a phenom, so all of a sudden the Mets' minor league situation isn't looking so dire.

"if (not when) the White Sox let up."

Every time I start to take this site seriously, you go and prove that you're really just a punk Cub fan.

The White Sox will let up in October, right after receiving the trophy after game 4 in the visitors clubhouse at Wrigley.

Andrew Cabiness,

Alejandro Leal probably isn't a Cubs fan, he said IF, NOT WHEN, the White Sox slow down. And then you go and make a completley biased statment by saying the White Sox will sweep the Cubs in the World Series. The Sox are probably the least likely team to come out of the AL. They aren't better then the Angels, Red Sox, or Rays. And the Cubs swept the Sox at Wrigley, if anything you might win a home game or 2. All of this proves that you're the biased Sox fan.