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So Pedro’s talking to King George, despite the fact that he has made a promise to never sign with the Yankees. I stopped listening to what Pedro says a long time ago so that promise meant nothing to me anyway. I’m not surprised and I’m sure no one else is either.
And to tell you the truth, I really don’t even care. I’ve already said that I don’t want to see the Sox overpay to keep him here. If the Yankees (or I should say, Steinbrenner since the rest of management isn’t really that interested in signing him) want him, they’re gonna have to overpay him and give him a longer contract to do it.
If that’s what ends up happening than fine with me. We’ve already seen what’s happened with the last couple of pitchers the Yankees overpaid.
He has trouble with the Yankees lineup, but he’s never faced our lineup. It would be interesting to see how he handles it since it’s similar in the fact that there are no easy outs and it’s relentless 1-9 (depending on who we end up with at SS and catcher). I have a feeling we’d give him just as much trouble as they do, especially now that he’s getting older.
If he’s not happy with the contract we offered him, then let him go. We’ll sign Pavano and I still think Hudson can be had from the A’s. If that were to happen we’d still have the best rotation in the league with Schilling, Hudson, Pavano, and Wakefield. Number 5 would depend on whether we have to use Arroyo and/or Kim to get Hudson. I’m not worried about that as there are still options such as Billy Traber (see below).
Apparently Varitek is listening in on the discussions between his agent and the team. That’s a good sign. It tells me that he’s really interested in staying here and wants to make sure his agent isn’t gonna go too far.
It seems as though the biggest sticking point for him is the long-term deal with the no trade clause, because he wants to be able to have his family settle in one place and not have to worry about being uprooted during that time. I don’t blame him for that.
I don’t think Theo is gonna give him the no-trade, but he will probably end up going 4 years and giving him the no-trade stipulation he’s given other players, which states that if anyone else is given a no-trade clause, he will automatically get one. Hopefully that will be enough, and I think it should be, because I don’t think anyone else will offer him a 4-year deal with a no-trade clause. Let’s get this one done.
I wonder how many votes Theo would get if he ran for mayor of Boston. I wouldn’t vote for him. But the only reason why is because if he was running the city he wouldn’t be running the Sox. Now, if he could find a way to do both, then he would definitely get my vote.
And to tell you the truth, I really don’t even care. I’ve already said that I don’t want to see the Sox overpay to keep him here. If the Yankees (or I should say, Steinbrenner since the rest of management isn’t really that interested in signing him) want him, they’re gonna have to overpay him and give him a longer contract to do it.
If that’s what ends up happening than fine with me. We’ve already seen what’s happened with the last couple of pitchers the Yankees overpaid.
He has trouble with the Yankees lineup, but he’s never faced our lineup. It would be interesting to see how he handles it since it’s similar in the fact that there are no easy outs and it’s relentless 1-9 (depending on who we end up with at SS and catcher). I have a feeling we’d give him just as much trouble as they do, especially now that he’s getting older.
If he’s not happy with the contract we offered him, then let him go. We’ll sign Pavano and I still think Hudson can be had from the A’s. If that were to happen we’d still have the best rotation in the league with Schilling, Hudson, Pavano, and Wakefield. Number 5 would depend on whether we have to use Arroyo and/or Kim to get Hudson. I’m not worried about that as there are still options such as Billy Traber (see below).
Apparently Varitek is listening in on the discussions between his agent and the team. That’s a good sign. It tells me that he’s really interested in staying here and wants to make sure his agent isn’t gonna go too far.
It seems as though the biggest sticking point for him is the long-term deal with the no trade clause, because he wants to be able to have his family settle in one place and not have to worry about being uprooted during that time. I don’t blame him for that.
I don’t think Theo is gonna give him the no-trade, but he will probably end up going 4 years and giving him the no-trade stipulation he’s given other players, which states that if anyone else is given a no-trade clause, he will automatically get one. Hopefully that will be enough, and I think it should be, because I don’t think anyone else will offer him a 4-year deal with a no-trade clause. Let’s get this one done.
I wonder how many votes Theo would get if he ran for mayor of Boston. I wouldn’t vote for him. But the only reason why is because if he was running the city he wouldn’t be running the Sox. Now, if he could find a way to do both, then he would definitely get my vote.
posted by Bob at 11/17/2004 09:49:00 AM
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