Interesting..
I talked to a guy on AIM today who works with stats in the White Sox front office...
He said Theo originally offered Buchholz, Ellsbury and Bowden for Beurhle to keep him away from new york...Williams held off thinking he could get more for Beurhle from the mets or yanks, and almost did, as the mets had pelfrey and milledge on the table...but they pulled out, and the yanks wouldnt budge, so theo backed out...
take that for what it's worth...I think it's kind of scary that Theo wasn't that protective of these guys.
he also said the red sox have been using a new formula this year called RPP (run producing power) and so far it goes like this...
ortiz 481, manny 463, drew 407, youkilis 403, lowell 396, hinske 389, wily mo 372, pedroia 366, varitek 357, crisp 337, lugo 328, alex cora 318...