Bosox, you also have to consider who you will have in that rotation, though. Matsuzaka, Beckett, and Papelbon will be there for awhile and you still have Lester. Buchholz has an ETA of mid 08- early 09. Bowden has an 09 ETA. Bard's will likely be later if he stays a starter. You are talking about finding spots for these kids. 1 of the three are likely to fail before they hit AA or while at AA. Another is likely to have trouble latching on at the MLB level. That leaves one out of the 3, IMO that will actually make the club and latch on, if you go by the statistics. The point being, you have a gaping hole in the closers role. You could package one of these kids together with WMP or Hansen or both to nab a closer. You just dont want to make the wrong choice.