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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
I highly doubt the Sox would eat salary. If they would, my perspective changes. However, Rios is a career OPS+ of 102 and hit over 20 HRs in a season only three times in his career. The odds of him significantly underperforming his contract would be very, very high, especially given his age.
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What if the trade price is something a slight tick up from Brandon Sisk?
Say, Jason Adam and Fred Ford.
Then, the money is the only issue. You're on the hook for $12.5 million in 2014.
Unless Glass is willing to up the payroll, that probably takes away the possibility of signing anything but a mid-tier starting pitcher in free agency (probably puts a cap of about $6-8 million on what they can spend in FA on pitching).