12-15-2009, 10:49 AM
<!--quoteo(post=71721:date=Dec 15 2009, 08:04 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 15 2009, 08:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=71688:date=Dec 14 2009, 09:56 PM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Dec 14 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=71679:date=Dec 14 2009, 09:16 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 14 2009, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The Red Sox payroll was under $145 mill last year?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
$122.6M last year. The only two teams with a higher payroll than us reside in New York.
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How was it so low? That just seems crazy low to me. I guess they have a lot of young, still cheap starters.
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Their highest paid player is JD Drew. Beckett and Youkilis only earn about $10M. They are good at developing their own talent. Lester, Buchholz, Papelbon, Ellsbury, and Pedroia are all reasonably cheap because thay came from within and are still not eligible for Free Agency.
$122.6M last year. The only two teams with a higher payroll than us reside in New York.
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How was it so low? That just seems crazy low to me. I guess they have a lot of young, still cheap starters.
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Their highest paid player is JD Drew. Beckett and Youkilis only earn about $10M. They are good at developing their own talent. Lester, Buchholz, Papelbon, Ellsbury, and Pedroia are all reasonably cheap because thay came from within and are still not eligible for Free Agency.