And now that the Sox aren’t committing money to Pedro, they’re giving it to Edgar Renteria. 4 years/$40 million. Conventional logic seems to be that young pitching commands a premium, more so than young hitters. Or, conversely, people like to pay for old position players. Clearly the Sox position seems as usual to be counterintuitive, by sacrificing age at pitching (Wells over Pavano) for age at positions (Renteria).
And as Renteria said: “It (Boston’s offer) was more generous. They were more interested in my playing for them.” You can’t hate on Pedro for leaving if you like the Edgar deal…
(Incidentally, that article was written by Indira Lakshmanan, the Globe’s former Asia bureau chief. I always wonder what reporters like Lakshmanan who was in Colombia writing on more serious topics, feel when they are asked to cover sports.)