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The Red Sox seem quite comfortable spending liberally to bring players into the organization from other teams while simultaneously refusing to give their own players similar consideration when negotiating new deals. The question is—why? Is it a question of knowing all of the peccadilloes of your own players while not knowing about those of the players being signed from other teams? It is inarguable that the Red Sox ownership has spent money lavishly since assuming its stewardship of the franchise, in terms of the price paid for the team (and NESN), retro-fitting an aging Fenway Park, and team payroll (consistently one of the top three or four payrolls in all of baseball). Furthermore, the front office offered big-money deals to several of the club’s most productive stars who u ...

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Article written by Jeffrey Brown