Red Sox Set the Bidding on Bay

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated thinks the Red Sox will offer up to $15 million a year for 4 years to re-sign Jason Bay.  He also speculates that the Giants and the Mets might outbid them. Jason Bay likes Boston and might be willing to take a slight hometown discount but he is going to see what is out there.  This is going to be his best chance at a big payday; especially with the limited number of good free agents out there.  Bay is a good hitter with decent defense but he is not an MVP.  He does have the potential to be one but that is not a given and going beyond 4 years might be difficult for Theo.  This may be one case where John Henry has to back up the cash truck to Bay's front door because the Red Sox are in need of his bat .  They got burned on Teixeira last season and they can't afford to let it happen again.