Schilling + Sox one more year

Barndog

this is a good thing...just noted it on espn!

stevek

Schilling wasn't gonna leave.

Barndog

I think he would have been gone if the Sox didn't work it to double digit millions, or at least create that opportunity.

stevek

He likes Francona, they just won the WS, the money is good, the Red Sox have plenty of dough. No need to vamoose.

Brian48

Besides, he has a video game company in town, 38 Studios (aka Green Monster Games). Kind of hard to leave the business if he was playing somewhere else.

thegemmintman

That's a good deal all around.

perkdog

Regardless if Schilling is worth it or not, his performance in his tenure as a Sox player is deserving of this.

stevek

Another Phillie that got away for no real good reason other than a little money which could have been afforded. Wonder if the Phils could have won a WS if they had kept Schilling? Maybe, just maybe.

Bottom9th

I'm glad he's staying. He earned it. Now we can retire where he belongs.

TomGshotput

$2 million to not be fat. I need an incentive like that

BobaFett72

2 million, i'd take 200,000$ as an incentive to lose a little around the middle

good move to sign Schilling, esp. since Wakefields health is questionable. Plus he can lend some guidance to the kids.

Only problem, is if everyone is healthy you have a 6 man rotation, unless they are going to stick bucholz in the pen.

Barndog

<< <i>2 million, i'd take 200,000$ as an incentive to lose a little around the middle

good move to sign Schilling, esp. since Wakefields health is questionable. Plus he can lend some guidance to the kids.

Only problem, is if everyone is healthy you have a 6 man rotation, unless they are going to stick bucholz in the pen. >>



I've been discussing the idea of a six man rotation with my family (all Sox fans, of course!) for some time. I think the only one that would pitch every fifth day would be Beckett, since he is awesome. Anyway, we know Schilling, Matsuzaka, and Wakefield would benefit, and I'd imagine that Lester and Buchholz would benefit too. I know this is very counterculture thinking, but it is worth consideration. Remember when the five man rotation was introduced? It was heresy too.

TomGshotput

<< <i>Only problem, is if everyone is healthy you have a 6 man rotation, unless they are going to stick bucholz in the pen. >>



How many times does a team go 162 games with zero injuries and zero disappointments among starting pitchers? Even the team with the best pitching in the league had their top two starters go on the DL, and another starter struggle enough to have to move to the bullpen.
Of those six starters, two are over 40, two have yet to pitch a full season, another has been injured nearly every year of his career. . .

The biggest problem with having six starting pitchers is that it is not seven

The six man rotation could be ok. What makes it a problem is that it is so much easier to find five capable starting pitchers than it is to find six. Some team will eventually have success with it, but doubtful there will ever be enough pitching for 30 teams to do it, especially when some teams now carry up to seven relievers