Final Score
Angels 10
Red Sox 4

Feeling the Heat: Up till now, the Red Sox haven’t faced much pressure from “The Nation� to make a deadline deal. I wonder if that’s changed now that they’ve lost 2-of-3 at home and the Yankees acquired Bobby Abreu?

Curt Schilling didn’t have it last night, and the red hot Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (or whatever they’re calling themselves these days) made the big guy pay. All in all, it wasn’t a great series for the Sox against the western division contenders. You’d like to win at least two when you have your Big-3 going, but these things happen. You just wish it wouldn’t happen so close to the trading deadline, especially when your top competitor has made the biggest splash of the deadline thus far.

David Wells makes his return Monday and I hear a lot of optimism from the team and the fan base. I’m not sure where this is coming from, to be quite honest. Anything Wells gives you from this point on is a bonus. To count on him to be your number 3 or 4 starter and have that balky knee hold up through a pennant race is really stretching it.

I hope I’m wrong. The trade market doesn’t contain any sure things on the pitching mound and getting even mediocre arms is going to be difficult, so we really could use the David Wells of old. Unfortunately, I think all we’re going to get is an old David Wells.

What do you think? Can we count on David Wells to help fill the pitching void?