Odds and Ends: Darvish, PECOTA
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Nice to see the snow has stopped in Illinois. Here are some random links for today...
Peter Gammons believes a posting fee for phenom Yu Darvish could exceed $100MM. It's a fun idea, but the Nippon Ham Fighters probably won't want to post him anytime soon. We wrote a bit about him on January ...
C.C. Sabathia Extension Rumors
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Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has some details about the Indians' December contract extension offer to ace C.C. Sabathia. The four-year extension would run from 2009 through 2012 and is believed to be between $68-72MM. There would also probably be some kind of bonus added to Sabathia's $11.25MM '08 salary ...
Red Sox To Let Beckett Walk After 2010?
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In Peter Gammons latest piece, he explores the trickle-down effect that the extension signed by Johan Santana will have on other pitchers. While the article focuses on pitchers closer to free agency (ie. C.C. Sabathia), there was one surprising quote from an unnamed Red Sox official: ...
Red Sox News & Notes - 2/4
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As I sit here writing this, I can honestly say I am still in a bit of shock from last night’s Super Bowl. I can only imagine how the Patriots organization feels. So let’s now turn our focus again off the Pats and take a look at the Red Sox.
I caught this on ESPN.com from Peter Gammons:
“We’d better enjoy [Josh] Beckett the next three years,” one Boston Red Sox official said, “Because we won’t be able to sign him after his deal is up after 2010.”
That’s not something we really want to ...
The Sky Is Falling!
Center Field —
... The Lull- the period when there is next-to-nothing going on in the sports world except random basketball games and fake sports like "soccer" and "hockey".*
*Kidding!**
** Sort of.
I guess that also means it's time for everyone to start dreaming up stuff to freak out over, since there's no actual baseball news and P&C; is still 10 days away. Things like a tiny little tidbit in Peter Gammons' latest article, which has apparently caused several writers to start wringing their ...
