Seriously?
The Red Sox made a "serious" offer to Jon Lester, rumored to be between 110 and 120 million dollars for six years.
Russell Martin, a decent, but not front tier catcher, just received over 80 million dollars for five years.
With a host of teams involved (at least Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto), an offer of an AAV (average annual value) of possibly sub 20 million isn't insulting, just not competitive.
As a public relations maneuver, making an offer is a start. As a competitive bid for one of the top two starters in free agency when baseball swims in money, it's more of a sad joke on Red Sox fans than 'serious'.
Red Sox management hasn't proven itself anything but fortunate from 2013, sandwiched around a brace of disasters. Just as success leaves fingerprints, so does failure. And every Red Sox fan knows whose fingerprints are on this one.
Russell Martin, a decent, but not front tier catcher, just received over 80 million dollars for five years.
With a host of teams involved (at least Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto), an offer of an AAV (average annual value) of possibly sub 20 million isn't insulting, just not competitive.
As a public relations maneuver, making an offer is a start. As a competitive bid for one of the top two starters in free agency when baseball swims in money, it's more of a sad joke on Red Sox fans than 'serious'.
Red Sox management hasn't proven itself anything but fortunate from 2013, sandwiched around a brace of disasters. Just as success leaves fingerprints, so does failure. And every Red Sox fan knows whose fingerprints are on this one.
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Lester pitched 93 MPH
They new Andrew Miller LHRP was better he pitched 95 -97
They now get 7 years of bad luck and Ben Cherington and owners
ARE IDIOTS FOR TRADING ANDREW MILLER = AMERICAN PAROAH :(