The Jays are the best team in the AL East

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the red sox replaced a solid pitcher (wells) with another (beckett)

except wells still plays for the red sox

are about to lose a 130 rbi hitter (manny)

'lose' would mean they would not get anything in return. also, i would say the chances of manny playing somewhere else next year are SLIM. again, why does everybody assume he is not going to be in LF next year? not only has his contact become a bargain (when compared to furcal and konerko) but what teams can give the red sox what they want?

oh wait, i forgot!!! manny ASKED TO BE TRADED! it must happen! i remember the time i requested my boss's (sp?) give me head. low and behold, bammmo!

and still have doubts about their ace (schilling), bullpen, and closer (foulke).

fair enough. however, if you were given 1:1 odds would you wager that these two will outperform what they gave last year?

the yankees lost a declining setup man (gordon) for an promising setup man (farnsworth)

wow. at *best* the NYY can expect farnsworth to be 60% as effective as gordon last year.