The Yankees will improve their team this off-season. Will the Red Sox? Time will tell.

If the a-hole doesn\'t want $60 million to stay in Boston for the next 4 years, let him go! He always struck me as a smug kind of guy anyway. Ironically though, without his national exposure playing for Boston, he\'d be in no position to refuse this kind of cash. Nice one, Jason. Now f*ck off.

Hi, honestly don't think Jason B is what this team needs. We need someone to provide a spark..something the team lacked without Manny's presence. This team had no personality or chemistry. JD Drew's personality is like Jason Bay's. One quiet person is enough, two is just too much. It dulls down the team.

If thry7 give trhis strikeout machine in the vicinty of 80 mil, I will NEVER watch this team again.

I am getting discouraged over the dumbing down of this forum.
There are a handful of people with a high level of baseball sophistication who really understand not only the game but how the Red Sox evaluate players in building their roster. And you guys know who you are.
Unfortunately we have too many people including a group of Yankee fans (actually not all of them) who have no clue whatsoever about the game or the Red Sox.
And so you get things like (and these are practically quotes):
1 - The Red Sox have to sign Bay no matter what it takes.
2 - Bay is a better player than Drew because the fans cheer him more.
3 - The Red Sox are cheapskates.
4 - John Henry refuses to spend money
5 - JBay had fielding pct of 1.000 with ZERO errors, to Drew's .992 with 2 errors. The Yankee fan who gave us this gem not only thinks Bay is a better fielder than Drew, but thinks fielding % defines defensive skill. Hard to believe that level of stupidity even exists.
6 - I happen to like Jason Bay, and hope the Red Sox do everything they can to keep him here.
There are plenty more.
Thank goodness we have 04, 67, meatball, Deezy, sportsbozo and a few others to offset some of these morons.
But unfortunately we'll still have to put up with nonsense from kingteixeira, peterbrazie, inetadv and one or two others.
I guess that's the price we pay for freedom of speech.
What I can't figure out is why these guys don't exercise their freedom over at the Post or Daily News.

If you are a Red Sox fan you'll watch them no matter what they pay Bay. And they won't overpay him.

If Bay goes elsewhere and 5/75 will do it, the most fascinating part of this off-season might be the Red Sox vs. Boras over Holliday. Whether the Yankees are involved or not.
It will also be interesting to watch the Angels. Can they keep Lackey, Figgins or Vlad? Do they want to at inflated prices? If not who are they going after? Interesting dynamic as to how it might affect the Red Sox.
Also interesting that thus far no one has been able to gauge the Red Sox interest in Lackey.

Wow. A player has the temerity to test the waters and he becomes an "instant idiot" according to some of the "fans"...

Love to see Lackey and either Bay or Holliday signed. Can't believe the yankmee's weren't mentioned.

Are you really saying man ram was a spark? He was a cancer his entire time here.In 2008 the sox were within one game of going to the series with a really banged up team that did not include man ram.