This year, I don’t want the Sox to trade the farm for Dye or Texiera or whoever. I do happen to think that they need a better fourth OF than Wily Mo (or Hinske). I happen to think that Wily Mo could still very easily develop into a solid ML OF for the next ten years, if he’s (finally) given the opportunity to play every day so he can learn to hit a major league breaking ball (among other things) - cuz the guy does have some skills (beginning with considerable strength, mercy when he does hit it… he usually smokes it). For a playoff run, though, I’d prefer the Sox had a veteran bat who could more easily adapt to the part-time role, and who ideally offers better defense and more speed than Wily Mo (or Hinske).

I hear Bobby Kielty may be claimed off waivers… that’s fine - but I’m not sure he’s *that* much of an upgrade. I saw Eric Wilbur on Boston.com suggest Eric Byrnes of Arizona, who would be a perfect choice in my mind… except for the fact that the D-backs are in a playoff race of their own, so I don’t think they’re looking to dump Byrnes (unfortunately). I’ve seen Randy Winn and Dave Roberts (in a return trip) mentioned, they’d be good additions.

But back to the point - the caller’s logic was that the he “didn’t care about this year” so the Sox should do *nothing*… this in a year where they have a comfortable divisional lead, and seem to have most of the parts necessary for a meaningful playoff run.

I don’t want them to make a panic move nor do I want them to make a move for the sake of making a move - and indeed if no viable trade is available, then the “do nothing” option is fine. But (a) they should certainly look to do *something* (albeit minor - 4th OF, or perhaps some veteran bullpen help, if somehow had cheap), and (b) we should most definitely care about this year when a WS is entirely possible, which is not necessarily the case *every* year (even for the Yankees).