I think it will be a close call. We've seen the comfort level of Sano, real resurgance from Mauer, Hicks, and a little life from Santana lately. The starters, aside from Pelf, seem poised to continue giving the team a chance to win, as long as we can avoid our dumpster-fire bullpen. The questions for the grind of the 2nd half, through the dog days and beyond, are: Which are the "real" Mauers, and Hickses, etc? The ones we've seen lately, or those we've seen earlier? Like others pointed out- can we remain relatively healthy? Can the kids keep it up, and make adjustments as the league adjusts to them? For the rest of this year, we still don't have SS sorted, and definintely need a C to spell Suzuki- maybe hit a little, and throw out some GD runners for a change, so I see those critical positions as big question marks. For the front office: We Need BP Help! And it looks like we have to go outside- and NOT 60-year-olds like Scott Atchison kind of help. The Tigers just snatched up Feliz, and he had a good first outing. (98 mph- couldn't we use that in the pen?) If we don't make the playoffs, I won't be gutted, because none of us expected to be in this position at Break-time. But I do remember a certain 85-win team that made a lot of noise in the late 80's.... and that always gives me hope.