Done Deal: Schilling to Return
According to the man himself, Curt will return to the Red Sox for one more season.
Quantitatively, the deal is outstanding for Boston. There is $8,000,000 in guaranteed money, along with performance-based incentives, as well as (this is interesting) weight-based incentives. I recommend taking a gander at his latest blog post, linked above. He goes into great detail on the structure of the deal, and speaks frankly about the weight clauses.
As we look to 2008, Red Sox fans should feel pretty good about a front 3 of Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Schilling, along with Tim Wakefield, Clay Buchholz, and Jon Lester rounding out the bottom of the rotation. With a bullpen which will return most of the key components from the Championship squad, the team’s pitching staff should once again be among the best in the game.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
yes, starting pitching, starting pitching, starting pitching.
the weight clause is hilarious. I’ve been on the horn all morning trying to get 50 pizzas delivered to the schill house.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
My favorite part of the deal: if he gets 1 vote (one single vote) for Cy Young, he gets $1,000,000. Seems like an opportunity for the NY writers to send a little “FU” Theo’s way.