Thoughts as the Sox Thump the Cards

So, the Cards/Sox game is going into the 5th inning, and we are getting whipped. I'm typing thankful that I didn't waste my money going to the game tonight, and hope that we can turn it around the next two nights on the southside.

Getting Albert back is going to be huge for us, and hopefully we'll have him for the Tigers this weekend. Initially I thought our pitching would be a huge strength for us this year, but we obviously have a lot of questions to answer there. Mulder has been nothing short of dissappointing in his last 6 starts, and Ponson has at least temporarily moved to the pen.

My suggestion is to move Wainwright to the rotation and bring up Reyes for another spot. Ponson would be fine in the bullpen, and if Mulder's stock hasn't gone down too much, we need to deal him for a bat. The Rangers, Mets, and Devil Rays all seem to have some interesting outfielders to deal, but I'm wondering if they'll want to much.

There just a month left until the trading deadline...I'm interested to see who agrees with my thoughts, and what other ideas might be out there. The Cards are still kicking ass in the Central Division, but this is the year to go all the way! Go Birds!

ps. Good to see Ponson had some balls and finally threw inside to a few batters!