Now I am really starting to wonder about the AL East. With the Yankees staying with its weak-ish starting rotation, the Bosox strong in pitching but less so elsewhere and the Jays actually acting like they were in the business of not choaking in August it may actually be a three horse race. The Glaus deal may be confirmation:

The Red Sox were reportedly pursuing a deal for Glaus to fill their need at first base. They have turned their attention to J.T. Snow. Glaus was the 2002 World Series MVP for Anaheim, following a season in which he had a career-high 111 RBI. In 2000, Glaus led the AL with 47 homers. Glaus had a no-trade clause to Toronto but waived it after seeing the rebuilt Blue Jays and talking to Reed Johnson and Anaheim’s Garret Anderson, who have played on the new turf on Toronto. "Once I got that alleviated in my mind and I looked at the roster, the decision became fairly easy," Glaus said. "This team seems poised to make a run. We’re young and very talented."

So what does Boston have to do now? Something drastic like packaging Foulke, Clement and Arroyo for some slugging or in-field and eat some wages hoping Papelbon has it? A glance at the 40 man roster today seems to indicate that there are three outfielders playing for the team - Nixon, Ramirez and Stern - the last having that fan favorite of an accompanying statement: "No Major League Stats Available." Comfort and joy.