Yes, very good point. Off the topic of the whole manny deal, I wanna know why Delcarmen wasn't used last night. Timlin has a sore arm and is among the league leaders in appearances, why not pitch Delcarmen?
But yeah about manny, the only team that will be able to take him on is a major market team with a lot of money because the sox won't and shouldn't have to pay for him. I personally like the deal because i love huff and cameron, and i don't like shoppach and manny. I think this deal has the potential to have as positive an impact as the nomar deal last year provided we don't have to give up Delcarmen, Pedroia, or Hanley to get it done. I'd add papelbon to that list too, I really don't want to part with him. The sox have other plus prospects they could put in a deal that would get it done and won't really affect the sox, part of having a good farm system is using it to acquire good major league players through trade. I like the trade as is, a lot.