Red Sox win the bidding to speak to Matsuzaka

[Reckoner]

And it only cost them 51.1 million, just to negotiate! Oh well, it should be a nice rotation next season with Schilling, Beckett, Matsuzaka, Papelbon, and Wakefield 😀

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[cliftonite]

Congrats.

<--- Yankee fan.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
And it only cost them 51.1 million, just to negotiate! Oh well, it should be a nice rotation next season with Schilling, Beckett, Matsuzaka, Papelbon, and Wakefield 😀

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51.1 million just talk to the guy....

Also, there is a rumour that the are offering JD Drew 50 million.


Hmmm....and they did not want to pay Damon any more?

 

[cubby1223]

But the real question is...

Do you believe in the gyroball?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
But the real question is...

Do you believe in the gyroball?

I Believe in YO MAMA!

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: cubby1223
But the real question is...

Do you believe in the gyroball?

I Believe in YO MAMA!

But what about Joe?

 

[Al Neri]

old news... give me a break!

 

[anxi80]

they'll recoup it quickly. i would just be worried about putting a lot of faith into a guy who is used to pitching every 7th day and is now being asked him to go every 4th/5th day. but the guy throws a thousand pitches every week so im sure they'll put him on a lighter program to get the most out of him every outing.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
old news... give me a break!

Seeing as how the winning bid was just announced a couple hours ago, how would you quantify this as "old news"

 

[EPCrew]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Hmmm....and they did not want to pay Damon any more?

Damon wanted another year. The money was there.


Boston wants the rights to talk mainly so the Yankees don't. They may even trade him away afterwards.

 

[Indolent]

that's just insane... 51 million just to have the right to talk to him?

 

[xXped0thugXx]

That and JD Drew puts them at half of the Yankees yearly salary right there... WTF is going on?


Busch League I tell you

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: xXped0thugXx
That and JD Drew puts them at half of the Yankees yearly salary right there... WTF is going on?


Busch League I tell you

$51 million is more than the salary cap in the NHL.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: xXped0thugXx
That and JD Drew puts them at half of the Yankees yearly salary right there... WTF is going on?


Busch League I tell you

$51 million is more than the salary cap in the NHL.

I think when the Pistons won the NBA Title their team payroll was less than that.

This is crazy.

 

[Miramonti]

They must have been tipped off wrong because they apparently overbid by quite a bit.

 

[sash1]

BoSox are goin all the way this year! 🙂 🙂

:thumbsup: Red Sox!