*official 2007 red sox thread*

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I stand by my statement that they overpaid for him. Why were the Dodgers so happy to let him go? Did you read about any team, any team whatsoever saying we really tried to get Drew but the Red Sox just outbid us for him? No, because there wasn't a single team outthere besides the Sox interested in him at big bucks.

I'll pose this one for you. This offseason, if the Sox let it be known that Drew can be had for nothing and they will pick up $ 4 million per year of his salary. There will be no takers.

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how can you stand by a statement that has been proven to be incorrect???

FACTS:

the dodgers paid ~11m a year for him in 05....11 million.

in 05 and 06 combined, he was worth a little less than soriano and a little more than carlos lee (if he wasnt injured in 05, probably at least equal to soriano, but he was hurt so hey that counts).

in 2007:

lee signs a deal worth 16.6m a year for 6 years
soriano signs a deal worth 17m for 8 years
drew signs a deal worth 14m a year for FIVE years


guess what? he wasnt overpaid....he was underpaid.

sorry, you are wrong. you can continue to disagree, but it doesnt matter. i just showed you in a very simplistic way how he wasnt overpaid this past offseason.