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Arbitration offered to Tek + Byrd

Anyone else think that Boras will tell Tek to accept because its the most money he'll get?

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There's a chance they both accept.

Byrd might accept. He made $7.5 mil last year and could expect a slight raise in arbitration. He’ll be 38 years old soon, so no team will go more than 2 years for him. A max I could see any team giving him is like 2/$16. So unless he wants to risk the down market, he’ll probably just take the 8 or 9 mil for next year for the Sox.

Tek is in a similar situation. I can’t see anybody giving him a long term deal for big money, so 1 year at $10mil is probably as good as he’ll do.

by BTLove on Dec 1, 2008 10:24 PM EST   0 recs

I worry that Tek will accept.

That maybe Boras’ “Varitek = Posada” bluster was just there to swindle the Sox into offering arbitration.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Dec 1, 2008 10:49 PM EST   0 recs

I’m worried he’ll accept, but I don’t know if Boras wants to admit that this is the best ’Tek could do…

by Randy Booth on Dec 1, 2008 11:17 PM EST   0 recs

If Tek accepts

does that affect Boras’ compensation? Would he as an agent earn more off a new deal than an arbitration hearing?

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Dec 2, 2008 6:45 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

That's got to be the case.

"no1 has time to read your long comments, are you writing a book?"

by britsoxfan on Dec 3, 2008 4:17 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

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