At roughly 7:48 PM, it was announced via multiple Twitter posts that the Adrian Gonzalez trade had been completed.The Red Sox will hold a press conference tomorrow (11 AM: a "major baseball announcement"), but it looks like there is no official contract extension. The prospects will remain the same.
SI's Jon Heyman posted that the team is "satisfied a multiyear deal can be arranged ... have common ground on parameters" and added: "Appears red sox will add about 7 yrs at about $23 mil per to a gon's $6 mil '11 salary. But no extension will be announced yet".
Which would be 7/161 (more or less) from 2012-18.
[UPDATE: Heyman's SI article states that "both sides have apparently agreed to the parameters of a new deal, believed to be for eight years and worth a total of about $167 million." That looks like Gonzalez's 2011 salary ($6.3) plus the 7/161 deal.]
...[I]n at least some respects, the best course the team can take might be to agree with Gonzalez to the parameters of a deal right now, and then wait until, say, April 8 (the day of the Fenway opener against the Yankees) to announce it. ...
The right shoulder, on which Gonzalez underwent surgery in October and that will keep him from playing until spring training, could serve as the ostensible justification to delay a deal. The Sox could say that they simply want to see the slugging first baseman back on the field and healthy before they formalize the extension. ...
The real reason why the Sox might want to wait until after the start of the regular season to announce an extension, if at all possible, is financial. Specifically, the luxury tax implications for the timing of the announcement of a long-term deal are huge.
Youkilis/Gonzalez are our new Manny/Ortiz combo.
ReplyDeleteWon't be as historically good, but extremely good none the less.
Put Pedroia in front of that, and perhaps Crawford behind, and we're golden.
Oh yeah, next stop Carl Crawford! Yes pls.
ReplyDeleteGordon Edes:
ReplyDeleteHearing that Sox wanted to include language to protect themselves if Gonzalez shoulder was issue. Gonzalez convinced Sox he wanted to come... Sides agreed to keep talking on extension. He came in wanting 22-25 mill a year 8 years Luxury tax implications also a factor
Ken Rosenthal:
Source: Red Sox initially offered 5/120. Gonzalez countered at 6/150. Parameters in place. Not clear where talks stand.
Step 1: Red Sox initially offered 5/120; Gonzalez countered at 6/150
ReplyDeleteStep 2: ?
Step 3: 7/161
Heyman's SI article: "[B]oth sides have apparently agreed to the parameters of a new deal, believed to be for eight years and worth a total of about $167 million."
ReplyDeletei.e., 2011 ($6.3) plus the 7/161 deal.
I believe Crawford is going to be looking for same deal werth got........I don't see that happening with the Red Sox..
ReplyDeleteCrawford should get paid more than Werth, but that Nats deal is a tad nutz.
ReplyDeleteNuts as it may be, it's a clear precedent and Crawford's going to be hard to get now.
ReplyDeleteHow about some pitching???
To me, the Edes article seems to indicate this (the extension) is a done deal, just without making it official.
ReplyDeleteWhich suits me fine.
I hated to hear about the Werth deal, I was really hoping we might pull that off too, although that was certainly unlikely along with A-Gon.
Crawford would be great, but I've a feeling he is indeed going to look at the Werth deal as some kind of precedent for himself, even though that was really an unrealistic deal IMO.
But what do I know? Go for it Theo!
Hard to see Crawford getting the equivalent of Worth's contract with the Sox but he would look good in a Boston uni.
ReplyDeletePat Gillick elected to HOF by Veterans Committee. Steinbrenner received less than eight votes (12 needed for selection). Marvin Miller lost out by one vote.
ReplyDeleteESPN.com has the details.
Re Miller:
ReplyDeleteAssholes! MLB's hatred of him runs pretty fuckin deep.
Streaming of Adrian Gonzalez press conference at 11 here.
11? shit, that's now!
ReplyDeletethe shirt fits!
ReplyDelete"look forward to a lot of world championships"
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1. play for padres
2. play for red sox (tsw being from san diego and a LHH)
"glad to be here in boston ... and ready to beat the yanks"
ReplyDeletetheo "very confident that when the time is right*, we will be able to work something out"
ReplyDelete* wink wink
theo: he's going to wear the wall out
theo: "he wants to win"
ReplyDeleteWHEW! i was worried he liked to lose.
yay - video feed lost! christ.
ReplyDeleteTheo just said Gonzalez is not in it for the money. I lol'd.
ReplyDeletesomeone asks about his childhood awareness of tsw - clearly looking for his lede!
ReplyDeleteLove the "how gratifiying is this" or "are you looking forward to playing in boston" questions?
ReplyDelete"it's just a trade. whatever"
"you know, i don't really give a fuck about the city of boston"
Nice that Allan is posting more here than on SoSH.
ReplyDeleteand he is polite - theo and john henry get up and leave, AG gets up and then pushes all 3 chairs in towards the table!
ReplyDeleteJed Hoyer just say there would have been no deal without Casey Kelly.
ReplyDeleteSoSHer Otis Foster: "As a side note, not a single mention of this deal in today's hard copy NYT. That's right. Nada."
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Re: HoF voting
ReplyDeleteI would just like to note that one of the finalists for the 2011 Ford C. Frick award is Tim McCarver. Please no!
For next year, my choices for induction would include Jeff Bagwell, Roberto Alomar, and Bert Blyleven. Palmeiro may get in based on his impressive career numbers but only if voters look past the failed drug test.
alright, the chair thing did it. I like this guy.
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