Unless your name is Matt Thronton, Aaron Poreda, Carlos Quentin, Gordon Beckham, Bobby Jenks, or Mark Buerhle, you can be traded.

Why is Poreda on the untradable list?

In today's baseball world you either eat salary or get prospects. The Sox rarely eat salary.

Thome is a left handed power hitter. The Cubs paid 10 million per year for that.

Obviously there are several players other teams would take. I'd like to know who is tradeable for legitimate prospects without eating salaries. I think that shortens the list. There are some players the Sox might be better off keeping, offering arbitration and getting compensatory picks:

Thome- someone will want him with his high OBP and left handed bat but I think it will be a salary dump. He can only be traded to an AL team and only to a team in need of a DH. How about the Red Sox.
Dotel- he should be the one to really bring in some players. EVERY contender from both leagues will be coming to KW for him
Dye- He would be a nice pickup because he can play the field and DH, has lots of playoff experience, hits for power and when he gets hot, is MVP level hitter. He might be a nice fit with the Cardinals. He would look pretty sweet batting behind Pujols.
Podsednik- what a crazy world it is when Pods is pulled off the scrap heap and then can be traded for prospects. He would be a nice playoff pickup for some team because he can pinch run, makes nothing and is on a 1 year contract. To tell you the truth, he might look good in Cubbie blue if they can close the gap.
Contrearas- if he can string together a few more good starts, he suddenly would look very attractive to a contender. He is expensive, but is done after this year. He has playoff experience and can be dominant.
Colon- If he can pitch, someone will take a flyer on him. The Sox will get nothing, but someone will think he might be decent down the stretch as a 5th, someone like the Mets.

The other two possibilities are Konerko and Pierzinski. The rumors have always swirled about Konerko and the Angels. I don't think they can just get rid of everyone and Konerko has another year on his contract. I know that Allen is giving lots of hope for the future at AA, but I think Paulie stays.

AJ might get you something. He is a lefthanded contact hitter with a little bit of pop. He is a playoff tested catcher. Still, I don't think the Sox would feel comfortable handing the job to Flowers just yet and AJ has another year on his contract. I think he stays as well.

In today's baseball world you either eat salary or get prospects. The Sox rarely eat salary.

Thome is a left handed power hitter. The Cubs paid 10 million per year for that.

They could hang onto them and go for the draft picks in what looks like a weak free agent pool.

yeah and offer arbitration to a 40 year old broken down DH who makes $14mil.

Jenks could have some good value on the open market. Why keep a great closer on your team when there's nothing to save (for the most part)?

Who has hit 80 HR's over the last 2+ years.

I'd rather free up the money rather than pay him and gamble that he'd stay healthy AND continue to produce at his age.