Who/What does your team NEED before trade deadline?

Newportz · 07-15-2008, 07:39 PM

No fantasy bullshit...

Don't need to hear how the Yankees need Hamilton and the rest of the Rays starters in order to make the playoffs....

Just real team needs,trade rumors looming before the deadline and possible key call ups from your farm leagues.

The Rays needs

Closer - With Percivals constant hamstring injuries putting our bullpen and game holding ability at risk, we've been looking on picking up a solid closer to help us during our race.

One thing though...We're not trying to dick ourselves like many teams have done in the past trading away key prospects only to fall short...

Here's our options/ who we've been talking with:

Huston Street - Oakland A's - I'd love to have street in a Rays uniform.
Brian Fuentes - Colorado Rockies

RHB -

5 out of the starting 8(Navarro is a switch hitter)batters in our line-up are lefties. We need to add some right handed power to the line-up.

Here's our options/ who we've been talking with:

Xavier Nady - Pittsburgh Pirates
Jason Bay - Pittsburgh Pirates

Also....I was a firm believer in keeping Price in the minors and let him build on his pitches....but the kid is 8-0 with a 1.63 ERA in 10 starts...

He needs the Joba Chamberlain treatment....Work him slowly into the bullpen closing out blowouts or holding games that are well in hand. Continue to increase his workload and responsibility until we try him as a starter....

Now's the time.

Your Idol · 07-15-2008, 07:45 PM

1. re-sign teixiera
2. jurrjens and campillo need to stay consistent
3. francoeur needs to get his bat going
4. we need to figure out who the center fielder is going to be
5. definately need more dominant closers and 1 more starting pitcher after we lost smoltz

absolute zero · 07-15-2008, 07:52 PM

I think the Cubs NEED:

1.) To stay healthy
2.) I'd feel a little more comfortable with some more relief pitching. Another ace would be nice, but I know that's out of the question.

I'm pretty much straight with our lineup actually. Marmol shows flashes of brilliance, he just needs to get his control down.

wilmer deryou · 07-15-2008, 08:38 PM

red sox need to get their ALL STAR DH healthy and some other players

and more arms out the bullpen to get to papelbon

and its over!!

shortstop and jason varitek..will work themself out

Dead Broke · 07-15-2008, 08:42 PM

Nice thread portz.

First of all we need Damon, Matsui and Wang to get well.

Honestly we don't need to go out and get no bats, we need to get more contribution out of the hitters we already have. Our bullpen has looked great so I have no complaints there but I wouldn't mind picking up a nice starter for the rotation maybe AJ Burnett. Someone we can plug in until Wang gets well and then continue to pitch for us

Old Soul · 07-16-2008, 02:26 AM

Cubs need 1 lefty reliever and that's literally it. Unless Theriot falls off hard in the 2nd half, in which case they would need to make an insurance move now.

~Eloquent · 07-19-2008, 07:49 AM

White Sox pitching has done suprisingly well...
almost reminisicent of 2005
another setup guy would be nice though...
and they could definitely use a speed lead off hitter
Cabrera usually leads off i think?
he's had a solid first half...
maybe trade Uribe for an experienced reliever

07-15-2008, 07:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Newportz Rays - ALCS Champions Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Petersburg, Florida Posts: 2,813	Who/What does your team NEED before trade deadline? No fantasy bullshit... Don't need to hear how the Yankees need Hamilton and the rest of the Rays starters in order to make the playoffs.... Just real team needs,trade rumors looming before the deadline and possible key call ups from your farm leagues. The Rays needs Closer - With Percivals constant hamstring injuries putting our bullpen and game holding ability at risk, we've been looking on picking up a solid closer to help us during our race. One thing though...We're not trying to dick ourselves like many teams have done in the past trading away key prospects only to fall short... Here's our options/ who we've been talking with: Huston Street - Oakland A's - I'd love to have street in a Rays uniform. Brian Fuentes - Colorado Rockies RHB - 5 out of the starting 8(Navarro is a switch hitter)batters in our line-up are lefties. We need to add some right handed power to the line-up. Here's our options/ who we've been talking with: Xavier Nady - Pittsburgh Pirates Jason Bay - Pittsburgh Pirates Also....I was a firm believer in keeping Price in the minors and let him build on his pitches....but the kid is 8-0 with a 1.63 ERA in 10 starts... He needs the Joba Chamberlain treatment....Work him slowly into the bullpen closing out blowouts or holding games that are well in hand. Continue to increase his workload and responsibility until we try him as a starter.... Now's the time. Last edited by Newportz; 07-15-2008 at 07:40 PM.

07-15-2008, 07:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Your Idol Go Dawgs Join Date: May 2001 Location: ATL bitch I'm from GA Posts: 4,294	1. re-sign teixiera 2. jurrjens and campillo need to stay consistent 3. francoeur needs to get his bat going 4. we need to figure out who the center fielder is going to be 5. definately need more dominant closers and 1 more starting pitcher after we lost smoltz __________________ "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

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wilmer deryou Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,407	red sox need to get their ALL STAR DH healthy and some other players and more arms out the bullpen to get to papelbon and its over!! shortstop and jason varitek..will work themself out __________________ myspace.com/theperplextonguepage

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Old Soul Nipple Nibbler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: I'll stay below the surface, breaking bread with worms. It's depravity, not gravity, that anchors flesh to Earth......... Los Angeles, CA Posts: 27,037	Cubs need 1 lefty reliever and that's literally it. Unless Theriot falls off hard in the 2nd half, in which case they would need to make an insurance move now. __________________ The venom is inside of me, the reason Greece is fallin to pieces The whole world's callin for Jesus And I'll let him take a strike or three Then crush his skull with a tree from the Garden of Eden I know he has a high threshold for pain So I'll tie him to a bull's tail and drag his flesh over Spain An equisite work of art I'll drop his head at the Louvre I'm impossible to stop once I get in a groove

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07-15-2008, 08:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dead Broke Someone get em a biscuit! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Danbury, Connecticut Posts: 886	Nice thread portz. First of all we need Damon, Matsui and Wang to get well. Honestly we don't need to go out and get no bats, we need to get more contribution out of the hitters we already have. Our bullpen has looked great so I have no complaints there but I wouldn't mind picking up a nice starter for the rotation maybe AJ Burnett. Someone we can plug in until Wang gets well and then continue to pitch for us

07-19-2008, 07:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
~Eloquent Cold Logic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: trapped where i cant leave,Florida Posts: 3,820	White Sox pitching has done suprisingly well... almost reminisicent of 2005 another setup guy would be nice though... and they could definitely use a speed lead off hitter Cabrera usually leads off i think? he's had a solid first half... maybe trade Uribe for an experienced reliever

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