Thome, Dye, Podds, BA, Contreras, Ozuna, Uribe those are the recent Sox players, another 10+ of ex Sox guys out there

Dotel (OK I know why he will never be signed until June 30, Class A my ass)

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what's your point? Are you a bitter cub's fan?

I am a bitter Cubs fan. I always liked Dye,but he might be a little long in the tooth now.
I could see Hendry signing Pods,who in turn would bat about 245 for the Cubs. He has Aaron Miles written all over him.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Can't make a Sox statement without a Cubs comparison, that bus is never late.

Really had no point, just an observation when looking over the free agent list. Could be extrapolated into a number of things.

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Just evidence of Kenny Williams putting a club together on the fly every Winter.
Anderson is the only "home grown" player on your list, and he was a BUST.

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Once again, let me use BA as a fine example. BA was Kenny's number 1 project. Kenny and his scouts have closely watched BA since High school in Tucson, where the Sox used to play. BA even went to the U of A for 3 years, in Tucson where Kenny watched him .

I understand drafting a kid in any sport is a risk. Part of the risk is that you only see him 4 or 5 times, as you need to see so many other players. Talking to some Sox people , Kenny must have watched close to 100 games that BA played in. Talked to the kid for years.

For Kenny not know that he was a cocky douchebag that didnt listen is a huge fault.

I am not sure what is dumber. Spending 5 years scouting a kid in as much detail as possible and totally missing on him or going to Dinner with a psycopath asshole and signing him to a 3 year deal because you saw something in his eye!

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How many times has Hendry been divorced?
He should have seen "that look in the eye" before and knew damned well what it meant...dinner or no dinner!!!!!

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The Cubs should look at signing Uribe to a 1 year deal, assuming he wants to sign in their price range. They're not exactly settled at 2B, could use a backup 3B, and Uribe is coming off of a pretty good 2009 in SF.

I would sign him. Would he be the best/only SS on the team?

Cubs need a high OBP at 2B.

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Why?

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He's never going to be a high OBP, but I don't think the Cubs are going to find a guy who fits that profile for the money they'd spend on a guy of Uribe's ability.

You forgot Joe Borchard on your list.

Thome is done
Dye is a DH
Contreras is 67 and bad.
Ozuna = meh
Uribe = no
Pods = Joey Gathright minus jumping over a car

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I think the Cubs should sign Thome and put him in Center and bat him leadoff. He would solve a lot of their problems.

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--yet I can't look away."

Actually a bunch more Ex Sox players, I just named those of very recent vintage but you can go J Reed, Garland, Wells, plenty more

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David or Kip? Frank Thomas is still out there too. He could spell Derrek Lee a couple times a week.

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Kip....if they are tossing our Borhard...pretty sure Kip Wells played many more games than Joe B

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The one I am trying to figure out is Carrasco. Had a nice season as a mopup/middle relief guy and probably should be on the cheap. Will never be more than a back of the bullpen guy but you could do much worse.