The surprise of the Winter Meetings for me has been the Red Sox. Mainly, this is not the direction I thought they would go.
In the middle of last season, the Red Sox were able to dump all of their bad contracts with the exception of Lackey to the Dodgers. This gave Boston back financial freedom for this year to sign some hitters and maybe a pitcher. Instead the Dodgers have done this:
- Signed Ross (the Catcher, not the OF)
- Signed Napoli to a 3 year, 39 million deal
- Signed Victorino to a 3 year, 39 million deal
Ross is on this list because in the whole picture, he doesn’t make sense. If the Red Sox were going to go hard for Napoli, and they already had Salty, why would they sign another catcher? When they signed Ross, Salty looked expendable, now it looks like they will have to deal Salty because the roster is redundant. 39 million is also a lot of money for Napoli, it’s another bad contract. The contract’s redeeming quality comes from a “there are not a lot of catchers on the m...
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