KillahChrome

According to NESN and ESPN

Awesome! Favorites for World Series? lol

Hardboiled

Source: Boston Red Sox to sign Carl Crawford to 7-year, $142 million deal - ESPN Boston

Holy crap

cmasspatsfan

No way, Felger says they're cheap ba$turds

PatsFanJess

I didn't think this week could get any better. Holy ****

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Real World

That contract is absurd. Nice player though. Man, $20 million per for a guy who's never hit 20 homers, and has an OBP of .350? Hey, no salary cap so the money is irrelevent. The Sox should have a sick team. A little too lefty in the line up, but nasty all over. They have to be the favorite at this point.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
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Hardboiled

Cliff Lee by Sunday?

Hardboiled

True. The line from Yankeedom will be that the overpayment is to keep him away from the Yankees. Does this put the RibMaster back in CF?

ausbacker

I'd be very happy to have signed Crawford. That said I can't begin to imagine that is the deal he is getting. That would put Gonzalez near 250 million for 8 years if you pro-rate Crawford's "apparent" contract with AG's actual production.

Henry must be killing the stocks atm.

captain insano

wow now we are talking i cant believe that got this guy. they are going to cover a **** load of ground in the out field between crawford and elsbury. and they are going to have a very deep bench. i wish i could be more optimistic about josh [whiplash from watching him give up hr after hr]beckett and lackey. those two contracts for those guys look really bad at this point.

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Real World

I'm a Yankees fan and I was hoping the Yankees wouldn't sign Crawford to some ridiculous deal, since they have already have a Crawford junior in Brett Gardner. I felt the same way about the Sox and Ellsbury. Were I a Sox fan, I'd have much preferred that this money be invested in some right handed power, as well as some bullpen help. Ellsbury and Crawford are virtually identical players. Their stats are very similar if you look at them. This past season must have soured the front office on Ellsbury. Regardless, Crawford is a terrific player. He absolutely makes the Sox better. I just think the contract isn't a good one. Again, it's only money. Something which the Sox have to spend.

Defensively the Sox should be outstanding in the OF. Think of the ground that a foursome of Ellsbury, Crawford, Cameron, and Drew will cover. Their infield should be terrific as well. That will certainly help the pitching staff bounce back this year.

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Leo Tolstoy, 1897