What about drafting Clay Buchholz or Jacoby Ellsbury? What would you have done differently? He was right about Damon, Pedro, maybe not Lowe, because he would have been a better option then Clement, but still at the time that wasn't the case. He has upgrade the rotation since 04, he has a better 3rd basemen then in 04 (this year's Mike Lowell is better than 04 Bill Mueller) He has a better Bullpen. Actually I might revise my rotation assesment because if DiceK can pitch like he did from June to August, then we have a much better rotation then we did in 04.