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Can Yankee fans stop comparing Brett Gardner to Carl Crawford. Brett is a good player and Carl is a much, much better player.
I like the Gonzalez move, but this move is the kind of one that has made me less interested in the Sox the past several years. The classic Theo moderate overpay. Say what you want about Dan Duquette, but when he ponied up, it was for a stud. Manny & Pedro provided the core for what became the team(s) that broke the curse. I feel more comfortable breaking the bank on sure-things like those guys. Or like Adrian Gonzalez, for instance.
If the Yanks or Sox want to get get the best player available and do so b/c they are in a financial situation which allows them to do so, so be it. They earn the right to do so by having a successful and profitable team.
But overpaying for guys like JD Drew, Lugo, Renteria and Crawford or even Lackey, or the Beckett re-sign, it's just boring. Ironically, it feels cheap.
Sox overpaid by a lot in this case. John Lackey is another above average player who won't nearly produce as much as we are paying him.
If they can get a solid player in all aspects of baseball (which is what Crawford is), they should. Why? They can afford it.
Why would you expect ellsbury to lead off over Crawford?
Why do people keep throwing around the word "cheaper"? This is baseball. There is no salary cap. The Sox have one of the highest payrolls in the league and a fanbase that shows up regularly on game day to show for it. If they can get a solid player in all aspects of baseball (which is what Crawford is), they should. Why? They can afford it.
It's never good practice to overpay a guy. I don't think anyone else was going to hand Crawford a contract nearly that rich, so why did we? Same with JD Drew. We bid against ourselves.
Overpaying these 2nd tier guys - Drew, Lackey, Clement, Beckett, Lugo, Renteria - adds up. In the meantime, we've missed out on better players who would've cost more, but been better value. In the end, we pay the same total amount for a collection of parts which are less than the sum of the one stud we could've had.
It's a bad strategy, and it makes Red Sox baseball boring & predictable to follow. That said, yes, at least they are spending this year and adding intriguing pieces to the team. It will help the ratings, I am sure.
yankee fans have been saying this for years.
I don't mind the amount of $ per year they are paying crawford but the 7 years really bothers me.....If he was a great Pure hitter like A-Gon than it might be worth it but for a guy that rely's on speed as a Huge part of his game will slow down faster.....I would have preferred a 4-5 year deal....We can all blame the stupid ***** Nationals with the Werth deal which is what set the precedence of all these other deals.....
This.Baseball players don't lose thier speed. If you check out the really great ones, they were still very fast right up till they quit. Carl Crawford is a great one. He might lose a little, but when you can tag up from second and score, you can afford to lose a little.
Success, IMHO, still means developing good players through your farm system. They just aren't cheaper to start but they are indoctrinated in your way of playing baseball and with your franchise. I don't know if the Red Sox have really done that as much as they need to in order to stay competitive in the AL East.
This contract is going to be a nightmare in three years, maybe sooner. This should help quiet the pink hats...