The Boss has passed.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Okay. Lets look at the Roster that won that first world series in a century for the Red Sox:

c- VARITEK ACQUIRED IN TRADE
1B- MILLAR FREE AGENT
2B- BELLHORN CONDITIONAL TRADE
SS- REESE FREE AGENT
3B- MUELLER FREE AGENT
OF- MANNY RAMIREZ FREE AGENT
OF- JOHNNY DAMON FREE AGENT
OF- KAPLER FREE AGENT
DH- ORTIZ FREE AGENT

That's right, not a single home grown player in the entire every day lineup. The only one that comes close is Trot Nixon and he sucked and he missed most of the season.

How about the Pitching Staff? Lets take a look:

P- Martinez Trade (basically free agent)
P- Schilling Trade (basically free agent)
P- Arroyo Free Agent
P- Lowe Trade (legit trade)
p- Wakefield Free Agent


And the Yanks buy championships? That team didn't one homegrown regular. Go ahead Chuck...spin it.

Look at the 07 WS team
C- varitek=acquired in a minor league trade- has never played a single game in the majors for any team other than the Red Sox
1b- Youlkilis- drafted by Boston
2b- Pedroia- drafted by Red Sox
3b- Lowell- acquired in trade for homegrown Hanley Ramirez
Dh- Ortiz-signed off the junk pile after being released by MN-made 1.2 mill that year
ss- Lugo- FA sign 8 mill
of-Coco Crisp-acquired via trade for nobodies made-3 mill that year
of-manny -big money Fa
of-JD drew-market value fa
Sp-Beckett-acquired via trade for Hanley Ramirez
Sp-Wakefield-signed as fa after being released by Pirates -salary when signed 175k
sp-Dice K-Intl FA
sp Shilling-Big Money FA
sp-tavarez-cheap FA -3 mill a year
sp-lester-drafted
Cl- paplebon-drafted

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Look at the 07 WS team
C- varitek=acquired in a minor league trade- has never played a single game in the majors for any team other than the Red Sox
1b- Youlkilis- drafted by Boston
2b- Pedroia- drafted by Red Sox
3b- Lowell- acquired in trade for homegrown Hanley Ramirez
Dh- Ortiz-signed off the junk pile after being released by MN-made 1.2 mill that year
ss- Lugo- FA sign 8 mill
of-Coco Crisp-acquired via trade for nobodies made-3 mill that year
of-manny -big money Fa
of-JD drew-market value fa
Sp-Beckett-acquired via trade for Hanley Ramirez
Sp-Wakefield-signed as fa after being released by Pirates -salary when signed 175k
sp-Dice K-Intl FA
sp Shilling-Big Money FA
sp-tavarez-cheap FA -3 mill a year
sp-lester-drafted
Cl- paplebon-drafted

Would Dice K be considered a "big money free agent"? LOL

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Would Dice K be considered a "big money free agent"? LOL

Sure

And he will be cheap compared to Yu Darvish

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Sure

And he will be cheap compared to Yu Darvish

And in what "market" is J D Drew worth 14 million?

[dalakhani]

How about the 9 million owed to Julio Lugo this year?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

How about the 9 million owed to Julio Lugo this year?

They paid to get rid of him. I didnt say they were perfect.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They paid to get rid of him. I didnt say they were perfect.

They have 16800000 this year and the yankees have 21300000.

When you factor in that the yankees have to pay four aging hall of famers/borderline hall of famers 63,000,000 combined, the payroll isn't really that different.

The Yankees were great for a long time and rewarded their homegrown dynasty guys with big contracts. Seeing as how the Red Sox neither grew their own players nor won for an extended period of time, they aren't burdened with these types of deals. Instead, they can cheap out on guys when they get older because they don't owe them anything.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

And in what "market" is J D Drew worth 14 million?

that was not out of line at that time