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Beckett Won't Ask For Restructured Deal
Remember when Josh Beckett signed his three-year, $30MM extension on July 16th of 2006? At the time of the signing, Beckett's Boston career consisted of 114 innings of a 5.12 ERA. Many considered the extension questionable.
A year and a half later, Beckett's extension is a huge bargain. He could easily get the same amount over two seasons. There had been some concern that the Red Sox might trade for Johan Santana and pay him upward of $20MM per year, perturbing Beckett.
Rob Bradford was able to contact the gruff Beckett last night, and his salary doesn't seem to be a concern. Beckett knows plenty of pitchers had worse years in 2007 and made more money (Mike Mussina, for example). He'll get paid in line with his work starting with the 2010 season.
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With all due respect to his Hall of Fame career, Peter Gammons has lost alot off of his fastball. I really feel that Peter needs to back up his claims before he reports something, because alot of people in the industry take his word as gospel. I am sure that Josh Beckett is going to get paid at some point. I love how Josh responded to these stories. He is so brash and cocky its great!
Now get this Santana deal over with!
Posted by: wildo05 | December 06, 2007 at 08:09 AM
its laughable.... how on earth can someone be mad that he is makinng ONLY 10 mil a year??? cmon if you are mad because of that then you dont deserve to live .... you deserve to be sent to a desert island with nothing but sand.
Posted by: gemf89 | December 06, 2007 at 09:03 AM
Yeah, I commented on this when Gammons first reported it. The Sox have a culture that is different than a lot of teams, they're very professional and usually don't let things like this get in the way of winning championships. I'm 100% positive Beckett would be excited to have Johan because they'd be a better team. And you're right gemf89, its not like Beckett is getting paid in peanuts. This was a non-issue from the start.
Posted by: Papelboner | December 06, 2007 at 10:43 AM