FOX Sports is confirming what FanHouse’s Ed Price reporter earlier that John Lackey is taking a physical with the Red Sox and will sign with Boston. FOX’s Ken Rosenthal cites the deal will be similar to what the Yankees gave AJ Burnett last winter which was $82.5 million over five years. With the top free [...]
Reports from several sources starting with Ed Price of FanHouse suggest free agent pitcher John Lackey is headed to Boston. Ed Price tweeted, “Source: Free-agent P John Lackey to take physical with Red Sox. Boston apparently moving on to 2nd choice after Jason Bay. Working to confirm.” This has implications on both the Yankees and Mets. [...]
Are the Mets building a team that will be a serious contender in 2011? That may very well be the case. If they wanted to contend in 2010 they would have offered John Lackey a contract instead of Jason Bay (although contending in this case means a second place finish in the division). Either one [...]
Let’s face it. The Mets aren’t in a good position. They have a lot of question marks on their roster due to all of the injuries they suffered in 2009. They also have a lot of holes to fill. The team has said they don’t want to increase their payroll by more than $20 million [...]
Bill Madden of the Daily News suggests the Mets go after second-tier free agents rather than the marquee players who will demand large contracts. While I agree with Madden that the Mets should pursue second-tier position players, I disagree with the Mets pursuing second-tier pitchers. The Mets need to sign the best free agent pitcher, [...]
According to Jon Heyman of SI, the Yankees have contacted the Blue Jays about Roy Halladay. The Yankees have tested the waters in the past, but the price was too high for Halladay. The Blue Jays were asking for Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain in a package of prospects back in July and the Yankees [...]
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