The situations aren't comparable. We're talking here about two- or three-year deals that will total less than $25 million. Those aren't the contracts that get you in trouble. It's five years, $70 million (Drew), five years, $80 million (Lackey), eight years, $200 million (Gonzalez) or seven years, $140 million (Crawford) that do.
________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 4:16 PM Subject: Re: So And frankly I don't care what he bitches about. Far as I can tell, he's the best available bat on the free agent market. Am I wrong? (Josh Hamilton aside...) On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: I love how we always generalize about what other people think. > > > >On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> >wrote: > >I love how we hated the irresponsible big contracts the Sox were giving out, >but a month into the offseason we're already in the "pay him whatever he >wants" mode. >> >>Two years, $25 million is plenty for an aging DH coming off an injury-plagued >>season. He should be happy to get it. I believe the Sox can tender him for >>one year, $13 million. If he wants to pull a Ray Allen and take less money to >>play for someone else, fine, but no one else is going to offer him that much >>money, so what is the purpose of paying him more? Papi will just bitch about >>it in the second year of the deal anyway ... >> >>Ross is completely fungible. He had a good year (in the "Tom Brunansky leads >>the team in HRs" sort of a way), but he should really be a platoon player and >>he's never going to give more than he did in 2012. Sign him, don't sign him, >>I'm ambivalent. >> >>Steve O >> >> >> >>On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>They need to pay Ortiz whatever he wants, is my feeling. They can't replace >>the offense he has put up. Yeah, he's a year older, and >>>injured, but they need him now more than ever, both from a baseball >>>perspective and a 'public relations' perspective. Ross, I would >>>like to have back but not at crazy money. I would do 2 years for him but not >>>three (unless it was a club option). But he wants to be here >>>so I think that will get done as well. >>> >>> >>> >>>Dan D >>>Central NJ USA >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >>>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 1:21 PM >>>Subject: Re: So >>> >>> >>> >>>I don't see that Ortiz is worth the same money that he made the past two >>>years. He's 36, spent a big chunk of the season injured, and may be ready >>>for a slide. >>> >>> >>>If there was a deal it would need to be incentive-laden. >>> >>> >>> >>>On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>We do "The Trade" so we'll have financial flexibility. We're going to focus >>>on players who have proven they can play in Boston. Yet we're content to let >>>David Ortiz and Cody Ross go to free agency. 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