Congratulations Sox!

[GeoffM]

Thanks for the support.

Trust me people, as much as I'd love to eat my own words, the Yankees will again be the favorite next year after yet another busy off-season, and again they will be the team we all love to hate.

As for that Jones for Brown deal, I think Atlanta must be on drugs or something. What happened to them keeping payroll low for now? Now they are going to trade one of their bright younger stars for a pitcher who I believe will be ineffective next year.

[jimmytheg]

brown only has one year left on his contract, while jones has a long term deal, and the yankees would foot the majority of brown's salary for next year as part of the deal. Hence the Braves reason for doing the deal.

And let's not forget, that at the beginning of last season, the Red Sox were the Vegas favorites to win the division...just like they were at the beginning of the playoff series this year, and as I imagine they will before next year when everything is said and done

[GeoffM]

With the Yankees already having a glut of CFs, I don't see them acquiring Jones when they could just as well go out and get Beltran and keep Brown, even though Brown as I said is on the twilight years. He is still better than what they have.

[eddo31]

as much as i am a sox fan, i do believe that the yankees will be the favoerite every single year. their money advantage, even over the sox, is so staggering that it is almost insurmountable on a long term mbasis. you can beat them in any given year, but in th elong run they will come out on top.

steinbrenner is really their only weakness. he makes a few too many impulsive moves that tie up a lot of money, and they also lock in inferior players because of the money they make.

i think they will go out and get a good starting pitcher (pavano or radke, mort likely), and make a deal with a big time outfielder. the only reason that they will trade brown is because they dont like his attitude, other than that he did a very good job for them this season, and they need help with their pitching staff.

many of the players that they have on the team are overrated at this stage of their careers. of course, that is what happens when the majority of the free agent signings that you make are of veteran players. i think that all of the small pieces of evidence around giambi suggest that steroids make have played a huge role in his game (weight loss, tumors, significantly worse performance since testing began, etc), and i dont think the he will ever be the same player that he once was.