I actually liked Price. I knew we paid too much, but at the time I said something like, "He is the kind of pitcher you wait years for." I liked his competitive nature. He always seemed to pitch well versus us.
I don't think he had any attitude issues or work ethic issues, so it didn't really bother me all that much, when he went out hurt or underperformed my own expectations, which I admit were high. But as I said, I thought we overpaid to begin with and was for the signings, so I was okay with it.
I liked him but still think he did not earn that amount of money. We basically paid him $38M x 4 years.
Papi made a third of that most of his ring years, here.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I think he'll eventually sign a player to a big contract, but I'm not talking Mookie Betts territory. Maybe 6 or 7 years for a position player. That said, I'd be perfectly happy if he continued to sign the Kike's and the Renfroe's of the world. Those are my kind of moves.
Not a big fan of generalization...What the fuck is 'boatload of money"?
Chris Sale
2017 $12.0M
2018 $12.5M
2019 $15.0M
David Price
2016 $30.0M
2017 $30.0M
2018 $30.0M
2019 $31.0M
If David Price was paid a boatload of money, then Chris Sale was not. For Sale, Sox inherited team friendly contract from White Sox. One can argue the extension so far has not worked well for Red Sox but the original contract assumed was team friendly.
Giving up Kopech and Moncarda are another issue.....since they were only making league minimum, not sure we were paying boatload of money to Chris Sale. White Sox may still come ahead on the deal.
Get your numbers straight.
Last edited by Nick; 10-18-2021 at 05:36 PM.
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