Soxman72 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 J.D. Drew to the Red Sox - 5 Year Deal per ESPNEWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 QUOTE(Soxman72 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 04:56 PM) J.D. Drew to the Red Sox - 5 Year Deal per ESPNEWS Pending a physical, per SI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed in '05 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 07:57 PM) Pending a physical, per SI. What? You think thats a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 The last 5 years, J.D. Drew has averaged 119.6 games per year. Trot Nixon has averaged 114. Since the start of 1999, J.D. Drew has averaged 118.25 games per year. That's over 9 seasons. And he's signing this deal while he's 31. $14 million a year for 3/4 of a season on average every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 You know the markets f***ed when Drew gets more money coming off a subpar year than he did coming off a career year two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 This will be looked at as an epically bad contract in a couple years, although it won't be the only one the Red Sox have on their hands. Stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 09:46 PM) The last 5 years, J.D. Drew has averaged 119.6 games per year. Trot Nixon has averaged 114. Since the start of 1999, J.D. Drew has averaged 118.25 games per year. That's over 9 seasons. And he's signing this deal while he's 31. $14 million a year for 3/4 of a season on average every year. And he's played 145 games in 2 of the past 3 years, with his one major injury being a broken hand he received while being hit on the hand by a pitch. He's proven to be a pretty healthy player since getting out of St. Louis. Thus, I'd imagine it will be closer to $14 million for around a full season and a .400 OBP. QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 01:09 AM) This will be looked at as an epically bad contract in a couple years, although it won't be the only one the Red Sox have on their hands. Stupid. So would you rather have Matthews for $10 mill, Pierre for $9 mill, Soriano for $17 mill, or Drew for $14 mill? I really don't think this deal will be all that bad. He's pretty much proven to be healthy, and if plate discipline usually doesn't degrade by age 36. I imagine he'll still be around an .850-.900 OPS player by the end of his contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Just remember Drew did make a wise move opting out of his contract because he got a lot more money. This is still a far better deal than the one the Angels handed to Gary Matthews Jr. But flat out you don't win in this free agent market unless you really are just a piece away from winning it all (in which case go ahead and overpay for a star). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I guess this deal is not done yet, there are some questions about his physical. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) I guess this deal is not done yet, there are some questions about his physical. Link QUOTE(Whitewashed in @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 07:39 PM) What? You think thats a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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