QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 02:08 PM)
Mathematically speaking...
http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?i=1
I think I've realized that the Twins are just too good and that we're just what I thought we were supposed to be at the beginning of the year: a 88-90 win team. It's too bad, because if somebody told you the Sox would be on track to win 89 games at the start of the year, you'd think we'd have a great shot at the playoffs.
The Twins made great use of their resources signing Thome for cheap. He's been probably worth close to $10 million for them . Then they fortify the bullpen with Flores, Capps and Fuentes. The Sox spent a lot of on Manny and Jackson with mixed results. Take Thome off the Twins and put him on the Sox and I think we're ahead by a few games at this point in the season. Just a terrible year for KW probably his worse 1 1/2 ever. Keep Thome and maybe you don't have to trade Hudson. Now we have virtually no salary relief. Throw in Peavy's injury and the miniscule costs of keeping both Hudson and Richard and we have a ton of pitching and salary flexibility.