Red Sox Newspapers are Dumb

I'm usually a fan of the Boston Globe, but today I think they are crazy. If you haven't heard Johnny Damon signed with the hated Yankees for four years and $52 Million bucks. If my math is correct that is $13 Mill/year. That is just too much money for Johnny Damon.

Now don't get me wrong, Damon is a solid .360 OBP guy who will get you some bags and score a lot of runs, especially with the Yankees and Red Sox, but he is 32 years old. I know this isn't the NFL where signing anyone over 30 not named Pat Williams is a bad move, but $12 Mill a year for a no armed centerfielder? Bernie Williams has a canon compared to "Johnny Angel." Would it be so bad if the Yanks gave Bubba Crosby a chance? He wasn't great in 76 games last year (.276, .304. .327) but that's usually what happens when you only let a younger guy play 76 games. Crosby is 29 so he's going to be too old too pretty soon.

I suppose if you are the Yankees, and spending crazy amounts of money on players never comes back to bite you in the ass then there's no problem. But by signing free agents you do another thing, you forfeit 1st round picks, and eventually that will catch up with them. Their farm system is already depleted (24th in Baseball America Rankings) and without prospects it's tough to make big trades in the stretch run. So, I hope this works out for you Yankees, goodness knows I wouldn't have make the move. And Sox fans, relax, I know you have a lot of holes to fill (CF, SS, 1B), but there is time before the season starts and you will come up with something. While you guys lost a pretty good player, by far the most crushing blow to Boston is the loss of this.

JT (Stay tuned for our salute to Christmas!!!!)

By the way, how the hell do the Royals have the third worst farm system in baseball? What the hell have you been doing with this string of top five picks Allaird Baird? Time to start drafting more guys like the Hammer!!!