2:55pm: Heyman says the Red Sox and Lackey are in agreement in a five-year, $85MM deal
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2:55pm: Heyman says the Red Sox and Lackey are in agreement in a five-year, $85MM deal
mlbtraderumors.com
Yikes, no wonder SOSH crashed.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Interesting. That seems a bit out of left field. I wouldn't be surprised to see them make a dea for a bat using Buchholz as the primary bait -- perhaps for Miguel Cabrera.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Red Sox metamorphosis to Yankees North continues.
Adrian Gonzalez is the target I believe, not Miggy.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
As a part-time BoSox fan (my AL team), I like it. Anything to foil the Yanks.
I think 5 years is a bit much for a SP, especially one with past health problems.
Or maybe Adrian Gonzales:
One rival GM theorizes that if the Red Sox sign free-agent right-hander John Lackey, they then will lock up righty Josh Beckett long- term and trade righty Clay Buchholz in a package for Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
Under that scenario, first baseman Kevin Youkilis would move to third and the Sox would employ a Mike Cameron-Jeremy Hermida type platoon in left.
The Sox's big investments would be Lackey and Beckett; Gonzalez will earn a club-friendly $4.75 million next season, and his deal includes a $5.5 million club option for 2011.
http://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/6677312207
Cameron in serious talks with Red Sox on two-year deal. CF or LF unclear.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Due to his defense Cameron could actually be more valuable than Bay but at close to half the price.
Mike Cameron Agrees To Deal With Boston
By Zach Links [December 14 at 7:58pm CST]
7:58pm: The deal is in the range of $15.5MM for two years, tweets Ken Rosenthal.
If Gonzo is going to fetch a package of players led by Buchholz, I'd be taking Theo's temperature on Votto.
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