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Probably more since it's probably shaping up to look like this: 6 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 With the rest paid out in 4-6 million dollar increments every year after that. This contract is probably ridiculously backloaded in order for it to make sense for them. They are banking on the market to catch up to the actual contract.

On another forum I made a bet with the moderator. The bet is if Matsuzaka signs for less than Zito or Schmidt (only counting the first year of the countract), I get banned for 3 weeks. If he signs for more or the same, he gets banned for 3 weeks. Seeing as his contract is undoubtedly going to be shorter than theirs, thus, less backloaded, I think I've got it.

Excellent work.

Ri-goddamn-diculous money being thrown out there this offseason. The Giants have reportedly made a 3 year, 30 million dollar contract offer to both Juan Pierre and Gary Matthews Jr. and whichever accepts it first is their CFer next year. 10 million a year for Pierre? Wow, absolutely amazing.

He had to did, what he had to did. Cuz he had to get duh-ough, duh-ough.

Did they just pick the worst announcers they could for this game? I'm so bored. Did he just say Troy Smith is going to have to engineer another 4th quarter comeback because they are down 7-0 with 12 and a half minutes left in the 1st?

Really? An entire thread? The College Football thread was already basically an OSU-Michigan thread. Can we just keep it there?

I was a little disappointed when I saw it.

I don't think Matsuzaka is enough to put them over the Yankees anyways. It may be enough to have them in the hunt for the Wild card and division, but they have more holes than any of the other teams and this handicaps them more in filling them.

Cool, I'll keep my eyes open for it. I'm a huge fan of theirs.

I'd like to hear that FF album. Is it out yet? NP: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

I think the only way I'm going to this is if I can score some free tickets, because that lineup is 2nd rate, at best. Not a single must see band there for me.

My mistake, I didn't see it already posted. So MVP is up next, right? What are the chances Johan takes that, too?

Santana is unanimous Cy Young winner Twins southpaw earns second AL pitching award By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com MINNEAPOLIS -- Johan Santana joined an elite group of pitchers on Thursday afternoon when he became just the 14th pitcher in Major League history to win multiple Cy Young Awards. Santana was named the unanimous winner of the 2006 American League Cy Young Award. It's the second time in his career that he has earned the honor bestowed by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. All of Santana's success has come quite quickly, as both Cy Young Awards have come within the past t

If they don't sign him, the commissioner will be able to award the posting right's to the next highest bidder, apparently. "No link yet, but apparently ESPN radio in Boston is reporting that Daisuke Matsuzaka has been signed for $45 million over 3 years. I think that's a huge mistake for the Red Sox, unless Boras simply wouldn't have it any other way (in which case I'd be shocked that the deal got done this quickly). In today's Hardball Times, David Gassko claims that Matsuzaka would be worth $22M over 3 years or $49 over 4 years, once the posting fee and possible Japanese revenue stre

Even if I don't listen to it for a long time, this album always makes me feel good. One of my favorite albums ever.

I'd take Schmidt or Zito over them. At least you know what you are getting, and it costs much less. I wouldn't say he's the sure fire best pitcher on the market, and not for that price. Plusm, I can guarantee if this were the Yankees who made that move, you would be crying about it.

I just honestly cannot see how this proves to be a smart baseball move, especially considering that every other bid was reported at about half of that one. Also, to say that the Red Sox don't throw money around like the yankees is blind. What was that contract they gave Manny? What is Beckett's contract compared to his actual achievements? How much did Coco Crisp make? Or how about that 9.5 mil a year Clement is making? Or the 13 million for Schilling? You say they have been "conservative with their spending, but last year they added two players with contracts over 9 million a year on av

Most projections have him at about a 3.2 ERA with a 1.20 whip, 170 k's, and 16 wins. Thats based on a translation of his japanese stats to America. They say the high upside is 2.5 era, 1 WHIP and 200 k's, and the low is about a 3.7 ERA with a 1.4 whip and 140 k's. Not terrible, but not 30 million dollars a year.

If you take the 50 million posting fee, plus the 12 million a year to sign him, he'll cost them on average 25 Million per for 3 years of service. They are trying to get JD Drew, which will probably cost them another 10 million a year, so adding this on to the 110 million of payroll they already have locked up from last year, this puts them at 145 million without addressing the pressing concerns in the pen and middle infield. I swear, Red Sox fans are so hypocritical when it comes to the Yankees. You guys pull the same crap, it's just that they don't complain about not being able to compete a

I can't even describe how disapointed I am with this lineup. Maybe 5 bands I would actually want to see, whereas last year it was about 15-20. They need to seriously get to adding some bands, or I'm just gonna skip it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2662193 Sox place winning bid of 51.1 million dollars for Matzazuka. I absolutely love how the Sox were whining about how they can't compete with the way the Yankees throw out money after the Abreu trade, and then spend more than 4 teams do on their entire payrolls just for the right to talk to this guy. Most people think his contract will be around 3 years 36 million, which means they'll be paying 88 million dollars for 3 years of service. God, it's so tough fighting against the "evil empire" when you can only spend 30 million do

I saw Hanley at least 20 times this year in person and another 100 or so on the TV Box, and he did some pretty spectacular things.

Webb takes home NL Cy Young Right-hander beats out Hoffman, Carpenter for honor By Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com PHOENIX -- Arizona right-hander Brandon Webb made his first All-Star appearance in 2006 and ran off a 30-inning scoreless streak. Now he has capped the year off with his greatest achievement. On Tuesday, Webb was named the National League Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Webb, 27, finished the season with a 16-8 record and 3.10 ERA in 33 starts. His 16 wins tied five other pitchers -- the Reds' Aaron Harang, the Dodgers' Derek Lowe and Brad Pe