{"id":2057,"date":"2010-11-27T21:27:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T03:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2010-12-02T12:52:45","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T18:52:45","slug":"white-sox-news-konerko-rumors-fair-trades-for-floyd-v-mart-and-philliesthornton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2057","title":{"rendered":"White Sox News: Konerko Rumors, Fair Trades for Floyd, V-Mart, and Phillies\/Thornton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before the Detroit Tigers landed Victor Martinez<\/a><\/strong>, the Texas Rangers were allegedly interested in landing the free agent catcher.\u00a0 The Rangers, who seem to be looking for an upgrade from Mitch Moreland<\/a><\/strong> at first base, now might be interested in Paul Konerko<\/a><\/strong>. [Baseball Time in Arlington<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Jim Margalus shares his thoughts on the Chicago White Sox decision to decline arbitration on catcher A.J. Pierzynski<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 He also explores the potential outcomes of the White Sox decision, ranging from the \u201cmost likely to the most dangerous.\u201d [Sox Machine<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia Phillies have made it clear that they are looking to add to their bullpen before the 2011 season.\u00a0 But could they make a trade for the White Sox Matt Thronton? What would it cost them? This Phillies\u2019 blogger breaks down Thornton\u2019s career and explores the possibility. [Phillies Nation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Jon Paul Morosi thinks that the White Sox not signing Paul Konerko<\/a><\/strong> would be a huge mistake.\u00a0 Additionally, he compares the contract talks of the White Sox and Konerko with those of the New York Yankees and Derek Jeter<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 And of course, he weighs in on whether the South Siders can land both Konerko and Dunn. [Fox Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Other than Carlos Quentin<\/a><\/strong>, one name that continues to come up in trade rumors is starting pitcher Gavin Floyd<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Floyd has far more value than many believe, and would be welcomed addition to almost any starting rotation.\u00a0 However, the White Sox must make sure that they don\u2019t sell themselves short in their asking price for the right-hander. How about Geovanny Soto, Hunter Pence<\/a><\/strong>, or even Colby Rasmus<\/a><\/strong>? [Examiner<\/a>]<\/p>\n

A story that we continue to follow closely: former White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson<\/a><\/strong> — and member of the 2005 World Series Championship team \u2013 seems to have turned his career around after converting to a relief pitcher.\u00a0 Apparently the Yankees also believe that Anderson has some potential, as they signed him to a Minor League deal and invited him to Spring Training. [MLB.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

*This article was also published on 312Sports.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before the Detroit Tigers landed Victor Martinez, the Texas Rangers were allegedly interested in landing the free agent catcher.\u00a0 The Rangers, who seem to be looking for an upgrade from Mitch Moreland at first base, now might be interested in Paul Konerko. [Baseball Time in Arlington] Jim Margalus shares his thoughts on the Chicago White […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,11,13,14],"tags":[1379,1272,155,1303,1380,264,572,618,638,853,1381,227,1378,302,81,1377,71,539,297,61,1376],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}