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JD Drew is entering the penultimate year of the five-year, $70 million deal he signed with the Red Sox prior to the 2007 season. While many members of Red Sox Nation believe that he hasn’t been worth the money, others (myself included) have been converted—at least to the point where we do not consider it to have been an outright mistake.

It is undeniable that he hasn’t put up the kind of sexy numbers you would normally equate with a $14 million players, but he has been very consistent (averaging 429 AB, with a .276 BA, 18 HR, 65 RBI, and 82 R per year). Additionally, his OPS during ‘08 and ‘09 were .927 and .914…his mark last year ranked second among AL outfielders, behind only Jason Bay. The other half of the game happens in the field, and tha ...

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Article written by Jeffrey Brown