Bay’s agent says Jason’s ‘moving on’
Posted on December 12, 2009
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News from Jason Bay’s agent Joe Urbon is that he has rejected the latest contract offer from the Boston Red Sox. There’s no word yet if this contract was the 4yr/$60m that was offered previously or a revised version of that.
“We don’t agree with their evaluation of the player,” Urbon said. “Frankly, we have other offers on the table that are of greater interest to Jason.”
I didn’t have high hopes for Bay re-signing with the Sox after he put up such monster numbers last season. Truth be told, I’m fine with that because his defense is horrendous and his strikeout rate is getting a little bit out of hand. Boston’s stat genius Bill James came up with this projection chart on the rest of Bay’s career. The numbers are alright but definitely not worth what he is bound to get paid this offseason.
I guess it’s time for the Sox to start seriously looking elsewhere and I’m not sure Matt Holliday is the answer either. A transition year before prospect Ryan Westmoreland reaches the majors could be in store.
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