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The only way this would work would be to carry a third catcher. You can't be going to your backup every time a starter implodes or feels something pop and risk him being injured and having to play Youkilis or God only knows who else behind the plate. Then the question becomes where does this roster spot open up and at what cost to the team dynamic? The only way to keep the manager's options intact would be for this catcher to also be an effective reliever himself or herself. And I say herself because you're as likely to find a girl that can do this as a guy.

Even if there was a Biggio type position player out there to trade for, who do you want to part with to get him? It's a lot to go through just to be covered for moving Wake to the pen.

I'm at the point with this insurgence of young pitching talent where I've become willing to just let go of guys like Schilling and Timlin. And if it keeps guys like Buchholz and Masterson in the minors too long, the Sox may just have to pass on the best one-up in baseball one of these years.

But anyway, this year the sanest approach is to let Wakefield continue to make his starts and hope he starts clicking with more consistence. If not Buchholz is supposedly staying at Pawtucket awhile to work on his arm slot. And Schilling is possibly on the horizon. There's also the question of whether the rotation itself is strong enough to withstand such a change. With Dice-K and Lester's tendency to struggle to make five or six innings, do you really want a guy taking space in the bullpen who you're reluctant to bring in?

One question; do they have options left with Delcarmen? Because Aardsma is our second best out of the pen right now and Hansen has improved enough to deserve a longer look.