This is disgusting. The Red Sox are a big market team who make money similar to the Yankees yet they continue to do business like the Kansas City Royals.
Don’t kid yourself. Jeremy Hermida (who will make MUCH less than Jason Bay in 2010) will replace Jason Bay in left field next season.
The Sox scratched Tim Wakefields 4 million-dollar player option and signed him to a two-year deal worth 2.5 million per year because, as Theo Epstein said, "it gives us a little more payroll flexibility than picking up the option."
Now we learn that the Red Sox are considering signing 35-year old Hideki Matsui, who is looking for about 8 million a year and is essentially a DH at this point in his career because his knees are so bad.
Red Sox fans should be asking what the hell is going on? Lord knows Im baffled.
Why are the Red Sox shopping in the discount bin at Building 19? The Sox can afford to pay Jason Bay but they are choosing not to. They have the prospects to make a GOOD offer for Adrian Gonzalez but they have yet to (presumably because prospects are the cheaper option).
The Red Sox should not even be in the Hideki Matsui discussion. And the fact that they are is sickening considering the money they make.
GO BACK TO MASSHOLE SPORTS HOMEPAGE
Now that reports of meeting with Lackey's agent are out now,a week before FAs can negotiate on November 20th, this article really is starting to look like an idiot wrote it.
ReplyDeletejust relax... the Red Sox are not interested in Matsui. they are trying to drive the price up for the Yankees.
ReplyDeletewhen the dust settles this offseason, they will most likely have bay or holliday and another starting pitcher or two: halladay, lackey or harden, as well as possibly adrian gonzalez. plus, they are positioning themselves for a great 2011 bumper crop of free agents, which include: joe mauer.
why in the world would the Sox sign John Lackey when they have five starting pitchers signed for next season? Beckett, Lester, Buchholz, Matsusaka and Wakefield?
ReplyDeleteIts just propaganda so fans think that the Sox are actually looking to spend money...when they really arent.
Bay is going to strike out 200 times next year...After someone over pays for him, he will regress...Rumors have it that "they" are two years away from having a legit test for HGH(human growth hormone) and by looking at that visor J.Bay seems to be growing, one can only imagine how much bat speed he will lose in the 2nd half of his contract...
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