So 9 million a year for a guy who hits .324 with 21 Hr and 121 RBI's and finishes 5th in the MVP voting the year you win a world Series is "bad value"?
So JD Drew didn't exactly work out as planned but him for 5 years and 70 million is hardly outrageous. Perhaps a 5 year deal for an injury prone player wasnt a great idea but 14 million a year for a player with his numbers isnt that far out of the realm especially considering he made 11.4 million his last season with the Dodgers. And JD Drew regularly has 550+ plate appearances, he is hardly a platoon player.
You want to judge Dice-K now but at the time the Red Sox were hardly the only ones bidding for him. Supposedly the Angels bid $45 million in a posting fee and would have given him a similar contract.
They did outbid the Angels for Crawford but they gave up 4 star prospects for Gonzalez. Do you think that the Cubs or Dodgers or Orioles weren't going to pay for Him after this seson? Boston beat them to the punch because they have stockpiled a ton of minor league talent and are able to use it just like they did when getting Beckett and Lowell.
They were able to turn a year of Adrian Beltre at 10 million a year (a deal you hated btw) and 2 good prospects for Gonzalez AND a number 1 draft pick. That isnt a good deal? Where did they OVERPAY?
I didn't want to do it because it is tedious but lets compare the Yankees...
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