This is news? Old news - old rumors.

Jermain Dye would be a good fit in San Francisco. He grew up in the Bay Area and San Francisco needs a power hitter desperately.

morning str A's - I agree Dye would be a good fit in SF.

I think the Giants should have made a push for Dye before the trade deadline. They might still be playing. The Giants needed power and they go and get a part-time player in Garko and an injury riddled Freddy Sanchez?? How has Sabean not lost his job?

Dye can easily belt 35+ homers next season.
i always thought bobby jenks is overrated. dotel has amazing stuff and strikeout totals, but his control is horrible and he is extremely injury prone.

Jermaine Dye is a free agent if the Sox don't pick up their side of a $12 million mutual option (he would get a $1 million payout). Dotel is just a free agent. So they aren't going to be traded (the only possibility is that some team trades for the right to pick up Dye's option...which is unlikely since a .250 / .27 / 81 35 year old declining outfielder is not going to be worth $12 million.
I agree that SF will be a good fit - they seem to like old guys and he might sign something like a 2-year, $14 million deal to join them. He grew up in the Bay area, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

Mr. Miller needs to check his facts a little better, as Dotel is a free agent. Dye could be as well if the Sox decline his option, which is very likely.

Might as well throw in Fields and Konerko and see who nibbles. any starter would be gravy since a healthy Sox team in 2010 will be in the thick of things....Seattle, how about dealing Ichiro?

They do need to do something. They just looked flat this year.

I wouldn't think the Yanks would want Dotel back...

Perfect....as a Cubs fan, we'll take 'em all...we need an RBI guy to protect Lee and Ramirez (Dye), screw Marmol we need a closer (Jenks), and you can never have too many setup men (Dotel). We'll give them Milton Bradley, an a couple of young pitchers, case closed.

Trade Pat Burell for Dye. Old guy for old guy. Since Dye is free agent, maybe Rays can save money, keep Aki, play Sobrist in RF. Dye can DH (atleast for 1/2 the season).

#13,
You can't trade Dye for Burrell unless the Sox first pick up his option. In that case, the Rays would HAVE to pay him $12M...and in fact would be losing money since Burrell isn't making that much and is also a free agent after the 2010 season.
It'd be a dumb move for the Rays and isn't happening.

Jenks is better then even his numbers. He might get into a little trouble but he is a stand up Closer. Dye is my favorite player. Class act. and Dotel is either the most dominant player in history or sucks. hahaha

Dye to giants!!!!!

First off, let me say that I am a diehard, season ticket holding Sox fan living in the suburbs of the Chi and I am constantly checking up on rumors concerning the Sox. Every day I look into everything from rumors to injuries to contracts to the farm system so I would say that I have some decent knowledge about the Sox organization.
Secondly, getting back to the topic, if Dye had been traded every time a rumor about him being traded came up, he would be on about his 10th team by now. The Sox may pull the trigger on him this time but only if they bring back Thome as a F.A. If Thome does not re-sign with the Sox, I would be very surprised to see Dye traded. Either way, I hope Jimmy gets that ring in L.A.
As far as Jenks and Dotel go, trading Jenks would be a bad move that would come back to bite the Sox. Unless some team out there is willing to pony up and give us a ton of players, prospects or cash, Jenks should not be traded PERIOD. The pen needs work as is and at the moment, Thornton and Jenks are the only reliable guys out there. The rumor is Thornton as a closer but I dont like that one bit. If we lose Jenks, we have only 1 proven arm in the pen and that makes me want to slap someone. Dotel is hit or miss. He can be lights out or he can be David AAArdsma so there is no way to tell what he is going to do day in and day out. I wouldn't mind seeing him back but only if there are no upgrades to him at the moment.

How many times will Dye be on the block?
A package for him and Jenks would be great for anyone interested.

Clayton the 05' champs don't need a loser like Bradley and the Sox don't want to pay his inflated salary, with mediocre stats. As for Dotel i see him signing with a National League team. Jenks is gone no matter what, but i guaruntee that he will get signed somewhere else in the AL, as long as were talking about Jenks i saw him buy a "Cubs Parade (Guys holding hands) Sox Parade (WS Champions)" shirt. I don't think he wants any part of the North Side lol, sorry.

This article doesn't make any sense. How are you going to trade away players that are to become free agents? (Dye and Dotel). The only player of value here is Bobby Jenks. Dye and Dotel won't be back regardless. And that blurb about not signing any free agents is BS. I can't see Kenny Williams NOT sign a couple of more players this off-season unless it's because of Peavy's and Rios' contracts.

Kenny made his 2010 moves (Peavy and Rios) and they needed to be made. The Peavy acquisition has been under-appreciated in my mind. Dye and Dotel are free agents, so no trade (let's get our facts straight!). The Rios situation is one of many things that got Riccardi fired. I don't feel he's going to live up to the contract....BUT, you have to admit he's better than what the Sox have had out there for years. Konerko has a no-trade clause, but stated he'd consider waiving it in the right situation. I think they almost have to keep him, because they could end up with NO power next year, especially if Quentin doesn't stay healthy. Don't expect big moves...just some tweaking to the pen and maybe a veteran 2B. They could use a C that can throw some people out as well.

Mark Miller are you paid to write this. How can the Sox trade free agents. I am a novice fan and knew this. If you were my employee I would fire you.
This is like the wrestling sites in the 90's which just wrote unsupported comments to try to get hits on their site. I am so disappointed that yahoo.com would have such ridiculous commments on its site.

hey big ditka and everyone who is questioning the ability to trade players who are about to be free agents-
the reason a team would trade for a player who is about to become a free agent is because then they dont have to have a bidding war with 28 other teams to try and get a player that they covet. for example, if the giants want dye, they can trade for him and sign him to an extension without letting a team like the yankees or cubs or mets throwing huge sums of money at him and swaying his interest. duh.

who cares its the white sox, the bums of chicago
go yanks

who cares its the white sox, the bums of chicago
go yanks