November 16, 2006

Report: Red Sox Offering Drew 4/48

Philadelphia Daily News:
The Red Sox aren't through yet. Multiple sources say they are set to sign free-agent outfielder J.D. Drew, the Phillies' old amigo, for a 4-year, $48 million deal.
The Herald adds that more than a dozen other teams are interested in Drew.

With reports of Alfonso Soriano and his career .325 OBP commanding as much as $20 million per year and Frank Thomas signing with Toronto for somewhere around $10, snagging Drew at $12 per year is not only pretty good, it's a steal.

Drew needs to stay healthy, but his numbers are much better than what we've been used to from right field.
OPS+   Nixon  Drew
2000 108 122
2001 129 162
2002 114 110
2003 149 133
2004 123 158
2005 112 148
2006 98 125
Career 117 133
Reading Matsuzaka's comment that he is "most looking forward to facing Ichiro Suzuki", SoSHer Noah writes:
It's waaaaay to early to speculate on which game he'll start, but I'll do it anyway. Let's say Schilling starts the season opener in KC on Monday 4/2, and Matsuzaka starts the second game on Wednesday after the off-day. That would put Matsuzaka on schedule to start the home opener on Tuesday 4/10. It would also give him 5 days rest (an extra day) going into that second start. And Ichiro would be the first guy to the plate in the top of the first. That's too awesome for them not to do it.
Matsuzaka Watch includes info on all of his 2006 starts (some video also). Here are some of his stats from Seibu:
Year  W  L   IP     H   ER  BB   K   ERA WHIP
1999 16 5 180 124 52 87 151 2.60 1.17
2000 14 7 167.2 132 74 95 144 3.97 1.35
2001 15 15 240.1 184 96 117 214 3.60 1.25
2002 6 2 73.1 60 30 15 78 3.68 1.02
2003 16 7 194 165 61 63 215 2.83 1.18
2004 10 6 146 165 47 42 127 2.90 1.42
2005 14 13 215 172 55 49 226 2.30 1.03
2006 17 5 186.1 138 44 34 200 2.13 0.92
108 60 1402.2 1140 459 502 1355 2.95 1.17
Johan Santana was the unanimous choice for the AL Cy Young. Chien-Ming Wang (15 second-place votes and 6 third-place votes) was second, followed by Roy Halladay (12 and 12).

2 comments:

9casey said...

Rangers, Red Sox discussing Manny
Nov 17 - The Red Sox are talking to the Rangers about a possible deal for Manny Ramirez, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports. Texas is looking for a bat to help bolster its lineup.

Zenslinger said...

Another report mentioned Sox getting drew at 2 years, $30m.