There goes Bill again talking about who cares if you walk Soriano? Another good hitter is on deck! He won't hit homers like Soriano! If Bill was a manager I'm pretty sure he would walk a good hitter in a tie game in the 9th inning with 2 outs just so he could face the "lesser hitter."
That's all well and good that we have $25 million or whatever coming off the books with Gagne, Capuano and Sheets. The problem is he doesn't take into account the raises that will be given to Suppan, Bush, Fielder, Hart, Hall, Weeks etc.
This is a point that often gets overlooked. If we win 10 or 11 games so far this month, which is really just a .500 record we're talking about clinching the wildcard right now.