some other young pitchers that won't cost as much.  We are still rebuilding so there's no need to mortgage the farm system to win now. 

Names to consider that would come cheaper than Jake:

Zach Greinke - offer Frenchy and Medlen

Jeff Niemann - offer Flowers and Owings

Jeremy Sowers - had a bad year so could get him cheap

Ian Snell - once again, bad season makes him slightly cheaper

I know these trade values are probably way off, but they are all cheaper than Peavy.  Who would you want?

As of right now we are still sitting with the 6th pick of next year's amateur draft.  That number could change depending on the Pedro Alvarez/Eric Hosmer situation.  If Alvarez goes back into the draft pool next season do we take the Boras client?

Another name moving up draft boards is Mike Minor, LHP from Vanderbilt.  He went 3-0 with an ERA of .64 this summer.  He looks to be Vandy's ace this upcoming season and could post Price-like numbers.  Depending on how we finish the season, Minor could fall to us.

With Young out, the Titans will be a better team.  We've known this for a long time and now an injury has forced Tennessee to turn to his better QB, albeit Kerry Collins...

Here's to hoping we can stop the run next week.  If not, Adrian Peterson will look like Jones-Drew circa 2006.  Of course we did go on to win it all so...

Houston disappointed me.  I knew Jacksonville would flop but I believed the Texans were ready to step up and contend for a wild-card spot.  Maybe Pittsburgh is just that good...

I hate to see Brady go down and wish him a speedy and complete recovery...

I'm glad to see Delhomme get that TD to beat SD at the end of the game.  I also wonder how many people are currently looking on their fantasy league's waiver wire for Dante Rosario...

The rosters are being set and there could still be some changes.  Here is who we have designated to play in the Fall League as of right now.

Hanson, Marek, Heath, Medlen, Flowers, Pope, and Brandon Jones.  I believe the rules prohibit more than 1 player below AA to play and Tyler Flowers fits that bill.  My guess is that Heyward will make his debut in Arizona Fall League next season.

Here's the link: http://mlb.mlb.com/documents/2008/08/26/3370621/1/2008_AFL_Rosters.pdf

I know a bunch of people weren't able to make it into the Stampede Blue Fantasy Football leagues.  I was somehow lucky enough and am looking forward to the season.

However, I am also in another league on Fleaflicker that is a keeper league.  We currently have two openings and the open teams have players such as Brady, Tomlinson, and Peterson.  If you would like to takeover one of these teams, please let me know your email address and I'll shoot you over an invite.

Just wanted to put this out there..  I am in an online keeper league (using Fleaflicker) and we have 2 openings for teams this season.  We need to get these filled ASAP so we can get the rosters reset and a draft date scheduled.  One of the teams has Tomlinson and Brady while the other has Peterson.  Please let me know your email address if you're interested in playing and I'll send you a league invite.

Thank you.

So it looks like we'll get a top 10 pick in the draft next season.  Although some are calling it a weak draft class there is definitely some good looking prospects.

Here are some options:

Grant Green:  USC SS, Can he play 3B?  He's been lighting up the Cape Cod league.  He is a 5-tool player but may not make it out of the top 3 players picked.

Alex White: UNC RHP.  Good movement on a 96 mph fastball.  Shouldn't take too long to reach the majors.  May not make it out of the top 5.

Strasburg and Ackley won't make it to our pick.

Aaron Crow?  He didn't sign with the Nats and should spend little time in the minors once drafted next season.

If we go with a High Schooler we could take the local kid Tate.  Do we really want to spend another 1st rounder on an OF though?  There's also Givens (SS) and Purke (LHP).

A good writeup on prospects can be found here.

What direction should we go???

What would you ask for from the D-Backs, Rays, Red Sox, and Yankees?

Here's my stab at this:

DBacks :  Tex for Chad Tracy, Micah Owings, and Cesar Valdez.

Rays: Tex and Ohman for Niemann, Ryan Reid, and Jesse Darcy

Red Sox: Tex and Ohman for Bowden, Bard, and Reddick

Yankees: Tex for Dellin Betances, Jeffrey Marquez, and Brad Suttle

Of course I'm sure there's no way we'll get these kind of returns.

The drafts between 2005-2007, what would you change in the first 5 rounds...

I'll start with 2005 in this post:

Here's what the Braves did:

Joey Devine (1)

Beau Jones (1)

Yunel Escobar(2)

Jeff Lyman (2)

Jordan Schafer (3)

Michael Broadway (4)

Will Startup (5)

Here's my picks:

1st Round: Clay Buchholz- He was drafted one slot after Beau Jones and he already has a MLB no-hitter on his resume.

other notables available: Michael Bowden, Luke Hochevar, Travis Buck, Colby Rasmus

Supp 1st Round: Chase Headley: We would have our 3B of the future already in our system and may have also moved him to LF.

other notables available: Nolan Reimold, Garrett Olson

2nd Round: Yunel Escobar - turned out pretty good so far

2nd Round: Taylor Teagarden - a pretty good Catcher prospect in the Rangers system

3rd Round: I'll stick with Schafer thank you very much.

4th Round: German Duran, 2B - Wasn't taken until the 6th round by the Rangers.

5th Round: Steven Pearce, 1B - Good prospect in Pirates system.

Other notables taken later in draft: Austin Jackson (Yankees CF prospect), Jemile Weeks (recently drafted by Oakland), John Lannan (Nats pitcher), Justin Smoak (recent ly drafted by Rangers), Yonder Alonso (recently drafted by Reds)

My wife and I are currently living in Texas and because she is from Houston we are planning a trip down there to see the game in October.  However, I have a few questions...

First of all, we are expecting our first kid in the beginning of September and want to take him to the game.  Do we have to purchase a ticket for a one month old?

Secondly, what is the best way to score the tickets?  I've been on stubhub and they have plenty on there.  Is there another site or does anyone know somebody that might want to sell?

How are the Texans fans toward opposing fans and what section would I want to sit in?

This will be my wife's first football game and obviously our son's first game as well.  This will also be my first Colts game though I have been to plenty Saints games and quite a few college games too.

Anyone else planning on being at this particular game?

Thanks