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The Red Sox 'inked up' another player today,
agreeing to a one-year, $4.3 million contract with left-handed starter
Eduardo Rodriguez. This amounts to a
nearly $2 million raise for
ERod—who finished 2018 with a 13-5 record and a 3.82 ERA. As
MassLive.com's
Christopher Smith points out, Boston's starting rotation will set
John Henry back a whopping $87.625 million for 2019. This includes the new contract for Rodriguez, plus those of
Chris Sale ($15M),
David Price ($31M),
Rick Porcello ($20.635M) and
Nathan Eovaldi ($17M). Various estimates of the
total 2019 payroll are in the range of $236 million—
$30 million over the $206 million luxury tax threshold. And that doesn't even count what it will cost to bring back
Craig Kimbrel or a substitute like
Adam Ottavino. Of course, at least
most of that money will be going to players who are actually going to perform for the team in 2019—unlike the $23 million that will be paid
Pablo Sandoval this year.
Oy!
