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It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog: If the RedSox do it, they're just being gritty, not greedy
baseballmusings.com: Red Sox Looking to Spend Big?
DUELING COUCHES: Sox Plan To Increase Payroll This Offseason
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If the RedSox do it, they're just being gritty, not greedy
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
... be denouncing their own team? Doubtful! Still, Pete Abe, over at his new digs, was having fun speculating about a possible spending spree: ...
Red Sox Looking to Spend Big?
baseballmusings.com —
Peter Abraham wonders if the Red Sox are going to go after high priced players this winter:
So we’re talking to Theo Epstein Monday afternoon and he mentions that restructuring Tim Wakefield’s deal will save the Sox $1.5 million on the CBT, which is GM-speak for the payroll luxury tax, or collective bargaining tax.
“That’s important because there’s some things we want to do this winter and we don’t have a ton of room under the CBT,” Epstein said.
The tax threshold for 2010 will be $170 million. Are the ...
Sox Plan To Increase Payroll This Offseason
DUELING COUCHES —
... The tax threshold for 2010 will be $170 million. Are the Red Sox actually planning to approach that? They were around $125 million this season (Boston.com)." ...
Epstein and Red Sox preparing to be offseason's biggest spenders
Circling The Bases —
[image] Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe did some inferring based on a few Theo Epstein statements and came to the conclusion that the Red Sox may be preparing to spend a whole bunch of money this offseason Epstein mentioned to Abraham that part of the motivation for ...
Roy Halladay? Jason Bay? Joey Votto? For Red Sox fans, the waiting is the hardest part
Red Sox Monster —
... likely have more talent than any other team in baseball next year. The question is, can Boston find enough to remain competitive? Can they take names, plug holes and kick enough offseason tail to again put fear in the hearts of other organizations? Because hear me loud and clear: I don't think their current roster does. A couple notable items have popped in the last few days that make me wonder whether Boston is on the verge of making substantial upgrades to the roster. First, as Peter Abraham brought up on Extra Bases , Theo Epstein said in an interview that the Sox "don't ...
Boston Red Sox Fantasy Report
Advanced Fantasy Baseball —
... Unlike the rival New York Yankees, the Red Sox have avoided including extra years into contracts as incentives to sign. But Bay is an aging player (who some describe as a Three True Outcomes type) who is mediocre at best defensively and a perhaps a future designated hitter. Paying full price for Bay seems like something the Theo Epstein Red Sox would never do but then you hear things. Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports on the Extra Bases Blog this series of events: ...


