A telling quote from ESPN’s Buster Olney, (whose daily blog is worth the cost of ESPN insider all on its own, by the way):
In the end, the Red Sox crushed the Angels in the bidding for Carl Crawford. Sources say the Angels’ last fully guaranteed offer was six years and $108 million, far below Boston’s seven-year, $142 million deal.
This is not meant to stoke the “ESPN IS BIASED TOWARDS TEH RED SOX!!1!” flames–in fact, I’ll go on record saying that they tend to give the Yankees as much billing as the Sox on a regular basis. But it’s worth wondering what the line would have been, had the Yankees paid what Boston did. I imagine something like:
“The Yankees outbid the next closest suitor by a whopping $34 million, paying more than 30% above the next best offer. But then again, they’re the Yankees, and they can afford the opulence.”
Anyone else wonder if John Henry is pissed off about spending $33,000,000 more than he had to?
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