Carl Crawford $142 Million Dollar Man

Could Carl Crawford turn out to be one of worsts signings ever by The Red Sox.

Currently batting .133

 

Texieria hit less than .200 through mid-May after signing his monster deal. If Crawford is sucking balls in June you may be on to something. Too early to determine.

 

Yeah, let's judge a seven-year contract on 15 games' worth of stats.

 

[blue]I don't know if Crawford is a waste of money, but I'm already buying up Jed Lowrie cards. I figure I'm going to make a mint when he's enshrined in Cooperstown.[/blue]

 

I never thought he was quite the player others did and if I'm Theo Epstein I wonder what kind of player he'll be in his early-30s as the tires have less tread and you take away a couple dozen hits per season on infield grounders.

But the Red Sox had to overpay slightly to get him and they have the money to fill needs that way.

I think it'll end up just like the J.D. Drew signing. He won't be as good as the salary suggests, but the Red Sox won't regret making the deal.

 

Crawford signing > Boom posting.

 

Agreed.

 

He can get in line behind Daniel Nava.

 

This may be the case, but here's what I'll say as a Sox fan... when they signed Drew, I was not at all excited. I didn't see what they front office saw.

When they signed Crawford, it felt like a great day. Something to be really excited about. Maybe that was just due to the fact he wouldn't be stealing six bases per game against Wakefield and Varitek anymore, but I think he'll be a dynamic player in ways Drew has never been.

 

I think the question at this point should be "Is the Red Sox $160 bajillion payroll worth it?"
The entire team, with the exception of of Lester, has stunk.

 

To be fair, Lowrie had been seen as a guy with a future at SS, but the injuries held him back. Nava was always just a "isn't this a sweet story?" guy. I hope he got to make out with Erin Andrews at some point though.

 

There was a play in the outfield on Sunday that he was partly signed to make, and he missed it. Either he's pressing or just sucking right now. He was booed before a double yesterday brought him up to 8-for-59.