http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...red-sox-free-agents-who-stays-who-goes/page/2
Ortiz's contract is up. There's no option year for the Sox to pick up. He can go anywhere or he can stay in Boston if the Sox want him. Do they? A lot of that depends on how much he will cost. Ortiz is one of the preeminent DHs in baseball. That's all he is, though—a DH. That severely limits his market.
Forget about every single National League Team. Also forget about teams that already have designated hitters under contract such as Chicago ( Yep Adam Dunn will be back). The Yankees with their short right field and Jorge Posada likely retiring would seem like a possibility but Alex Rodriguez's injuries and massive contract may create the first 30 million dollar DH in baseball history.
For the Red Sox, it's likely to come down to an undisclosed numerical formula. The Red Sox probably have a contract with both dollars and years in mind. Should Ortiz's demands fall into that area, then it's likely he remains in Boston. Losing Francona—regardless of whether he left on his own or was pushed out—has not been the most popular move in Boston, and Ortiz, with his clutch history and big personality, would be a tough loss for many fans as well.
Those numbers are probably no more than two years guaranteed with maybe one team option year. The dollars are probably not much more than around $10 million annually.
Will that keep Papi in Boston? It wouldn't be a shock if it did.
Ortiz's contract is up. There's no option year for the Sox to pick up. He can go anywhere or he can stay in Boston if the Sox want him. Do they? A lot of that depends on how much he will cost. Ortiz is one of the preeminent DHs in baseball. That's all he is, though—a DH. That severely limits his market.
Forget about every single National League Team. Also forget about teams that already have designated hitters under contract such as Chicago ( Yep Adam Dunn will be back). The Yankees with their short right field and Jorge Posada likely retiring would seem like a possibility but Alex Rodriguez's injuries and massive contract may create the first 30 million dollar DH in baseball history.
For the Red Sox, it's likely to come down to an undisclosed numerical formula. The Red Sox probably have a contract with both dollars and years in mind. Should Ortiz's demands fall into that area, then it's likely he remains in Boston. Losing Francona—regardless of whether he left on his own or was pushed out—has not been the most popular move in Boston, and Ortiz, with his clutch history and big personality, would be a tough loss for many fans as well.
Those numbers are probably no more than two years guaranteed with maybe one team option year. The dollars are probably not much more than around $10 million annually.
Will that keep Papi in Boston? It wouldn't be a shock if it did.
