Sox extend Lester. 5 years 30 million

Post #1 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Sun Mar 8, 2009 6:54 pm

Yahoo sports reports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=j ... &type=lgns

this off-season has turned very nice for the red sox.

Extending Youk, Pedroia, Lester >>>>>>> overpaying tex.

come on pap, follow them.

Post #2 » by **sunshinekids99** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 2:18 am

Seems like a good deal for both. Nice to see Lester will be around for quite some time.

NES 247 · Post #3 » by **NES 247** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:35 pm

Smart move. Give Theo credit that he keeps the young guys and builds a core around home grown players and locks them up when they are pretty young. We now have Lester under out control for a long time. Its only 6 million per season also, which is quite a bargain b/c very soon he could be the best lefty in the American League. I shudder at the thought of what Lester would have made on the free agent market if the Sox hadn't locked him up now.

Prophet_C · Post #4 » by **Prophet_C** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 9:02 pm

Great moves! I'm really pleased about the contracts for Youk, Pedroia and Lester

Dirty Water · Post #5 » by **Dirty Water** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:29 am

Lester came out today and said he didn't sign. Hmm.

Post #6 » by **sunshinekids99** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:59 am

Ghost of the Garden wrote:Lester came out today and said he didn't sign. Hmm.

He hasn't taken the physical yet. Atleast that's what McAdams was saying.

Dirty Water · Post #7 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:02 am

sunshinekids99 wrote:
Ghost of the Garden wrote:Lester came out today and said he didn't sign. Hmm.

He hasn't taken the physical yet. Atleast that's what McAdams was saying.

Wow, only a 1 year deal now? Who is responsible at Yahoo! ?

Post #8 » by **Chach** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:55 pm

The one year deal was the standard contract that he signed. I think he just missed Super Two status so he wasn't eligible for arbitration. Even though he's still under the Sox control, they need to give him a new contract before the season starts and it's usually a one year deal. There's word that the official five year extension should be coming out soon. mahalo
~Chach~