Comments on: Report: The Red Sox are still in on Carl Crawford http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/07/report-the-red-sox-are-still-in-on-carl-crawford/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bigharold http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/07/report-the-red-sox-are-still-in-on-carl-crawford/comment-page-1/#comment-96146 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:57:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30053#comment-96146 The RS, .. yeah sure! I’ll believe it when I see it.

Thanks to the Nats, Crawford will get at least 7 years and 140 million. The next time the current owners of the RS sign a FA deal like that will be the first time too. And, before anybody brings up Gonzalez, he was a trade with an as yet signed extension. He doesn’t count yet.

I doubt that the RS are going to go from no top tier FA acquisitions to signing 2 at about 300 million in one off season. What would the Nation do when they had to retire their Yankees are ruining baseball by outbidding everybody for free agents rant?

]]> By: camleck http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/07/report-the-red-sox-are-still-in-on-carl-crawford/comment-page-1/#comment-96009 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:07:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30053#comment-96009 I think the yankees will regret this if they don’t offer Crawford a contract. He’s not injury prone, he’s young, and brings game changing speed. Everyone thinks the yankees outfield is set and everything, but I certainly don’t rest my chips on Gardner hitting above .270 – not great considering he brings zero power. I don’t see him as a long term fill. Also, Jeter’s ability to hit at the top of the lineup is deteriorating quickly – he’s losing speed and hits into too many DP’s. Crawford will still be hitting .300, with 15-20 homers and 50-70 steals in 5 years.

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