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Red Sox won’t re-sign Beckett?
Less than a week after the Mets finalized their record-breaking deal with Johan Santana ($22.92 million a year), at least one Red Sox official’s sticker shock has resigned him to the idea that the club won’t be able to retain Josh Beckett after the 2010 season.
“We’d better enjoy [Josh] Beckett the next three years...Because we won’t be able to sign him after his deal is up after 2010.”
I don’t know exactly what position you have to fill in to be considered an “official” (managment? club house attendant? urinal mint manager?), but this sounds like a hopelessly stupid statement to make at this point in time.
Beckett had a fantastic 2007, and he has as much talent as anyone in baseball. But he’s already 27, and would turn 31 during the spring of 2011. Who signs a thirty-one-year-old pitcher to a 6 year $150 million dollar deal?
Further, Beckett would have to pitch three more equally awesome seasons before he’s in Santana’s class. He certainly has the talent to do it, but talent can only take you as far as your health will allow, and nobody knows how Beckett will hold up as he enters his 30s.
He has already spent a considerable amount of time on the disabled list for a twenty-seven-year-old pitcher. Granted, his injuries have been minor, but do you invest $150 million in a player with a history of finger blisters when each blister dock his annual value by 2-3 starts?
And why couldn’t the Red Sox afford him in 2010? We have very little idea what their roster will look like at that time, or even what the salary market will be. The one thing we do know is that the Sox will continue to play in one of the biggest markets in baseball, and should maintain their status near the top of the MLB payroll chain.
The Beckett/Santana comparison really isn’t valid at this point. Speculating on a 2010 roster move before the 2008 season even starts is just stupid.
5 stupid points are awarded to the Red Sox “official.”
1 stupid point is awarded to Gammons for relaying the quote.
10 stupid points are awarded to me for further speculating about it.
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