Down-to-Earth Canadian Demands More Loonies and Toonies
Left fielder Jason Bay has rejected Boston’s latest offer of 4 years and roughly $60 million dollars.
With the exclusivity deadline looming at midnight tonight, it appears that the Sox will now be forced to compete with other teams if they wish to retain Bay’s services. I’d imagine that Bay’s agent will soon be getting a visit from Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, armed with daddy’s blank checkbook. Who knows, maybe baseball’s version of Captain Pike will join his sons on the visit? One beep for an additional $5 million dollars, two beeps for each additional year?
At this point, the Sox will have to think long and hard about making a run at Matt Holliday. In a vacuum, I’d prefer Bay, as he’s proven that he can play in Fenway Park just as well as he can in any stadium. However, letting Bay go and signing Holliday would at least net the team an extra draft pick. With Billy Wagner’s probable departure, that would leave the Sox with 4 draft picks before the second round. Not a bad consolation prize.
I plan on running a more detailed comparison of Bay and Holliday. Realistically, I’ll have this up on Monday.
You have a great sports blog here. This is my first time visiting but I’m liking it! I have two sports blogs myself. We need to stick together. I’d like us to exchange links to help spread some traffic around to each other.
Let me know if this is possible.
Jason
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