Red Sox sign Steve Pearce

[harmony]

... to a one-year, $6.25 million contract, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports:

 

[jacksonianmarch]

He chose to win. Good for him

[TylerD]

Excellent news!!!!

[Bellhorn04]

Nice. Once again, DD does not screw around. And such a reasonable deal. Hometown discount?

[Station 13]

Surprise it was only 1 year.

[a700hitter]

Excellent signing by DD! Pearce and Moreland will enhance each others performance. Pearce should help Moreland from wearing down in the second half of the season.

[a700hitter]

Surprise it was only 1 year.

He is 35 years old.

[jacksonianmarch]

He easily could have made more on the open market. He chose to play for his favorite team and win again. It is honorable if not financially stupid

[Bellhorn04]

He easily could have made more on the open market. He chose to play for his favorite team and win again. It is honorable if not financially stupid

 

It's hard to say if he's leaving much money on the table. Last year Logan Morrison waited forever to sign and then signed for 6.5 mill.

[moonslav59]

Wow! One year!

 

Excellent!

[notin]

He easily could have made more on the open market. He chose to play for his favorite team and win again. It is honorable if not financially stupid

 

 

I think you massively overestimate the earning potential of 35yo career bench players...

[notin]

Good thing signing Pearce. I was hoping signing Eovaldi/Kimbrel/whoever wouldn’t prevent it...

[notin]

Nice. Once again, DD does not screw around. And such a reasonable deal. Hometown discount?

 

I’ve been saying this amount (but not years) for 3 weeks. It’s the market price...

[moonslav59]

I think you massively overestimate the earning potential of 35yo career bench players...

 

The lowest salary on MLBTR's projections was $6M/1, and Pearce did not even make the list, so this does not look like an overpay.

 

It's the years that surprised me.

[moonslav59]

Good thing signing Pearce. I was hoping signing Eovaldi/Kimbrel/whoever wouldn’t prevent it...

 

Does Pearce's signing now prevent someone else's?

[Slasher9]

Nice. Once again, DD does not screw around. And such a reasonable deal. Hometown discount?

 

This was 1million percent a home town discount. Years and cash.

[Bellhorn04]

Does Pearce's signing now prevent someone else's?

 

It chews up a piece of the pie, of course.

[sk7326]

He chose to win. Good for him

 

It was a good amount of money and a familiar, good situation. Good for him.

[moonslav59]

I figure we are at about $215M with arb costs. If we want to stay under the $40M line ($246M total counting player benefits), we have about $31M to spend. Assume we save $4-6M for mid season deals, we may have about $25M to spend.

 

$16M x 2 or 3 yrs Eovaldi

$9M x 2 or 3 yrs Familia/Ottavino/Miller

 

[cp176]

next up - Eovaldi

[Jasonbay44]

Sweet, Good deal for both sides. Welcome back Steve.

[notin]

Does Pearce's signing now prevent someone else's?

 

Dunno. That’s a question for DD.

 

It’s possible the $60mill/4year guesses (for Eovaldi) were way off base...

Edited November 17, 2018 by notin

[Tedballgame]

Does Pearce's signing now prevent someone else's?

Yep. Now they won't be able to sign Pomeranz.

[oldtimer]

The lowest salary on MLBTR's projections was $6M/1, and Pearce did not even make the list, so this does not look like an overpay.

 

It's the years that surprised me.

 

It is interesting, in that after next year we will potentially have an open position at 1st base with Both Moreland and Pearce contracts up, while in 2019 we have the same strong 1st base presence we had in 2018. DD with have the flexibility to move Devers to 1st for 2020, go to the FA market or potentially move a minor leaguer up. Looks like the 1 year contract was designed to maintain flexibility going forward. Another excellent DD move.

[jacksonianmarch]

This was 1million percent a home town discount. Years and cash.

 

We don’t agree often, but I absolutely agree here. He left money and years on the table

[Youk Of The Nation]

Yep. Now they won't be able to sign Pomeranz.

 

Nothing but upsides!

[kenmeister]

Sooo excited! Pearce is my favorite player on the team now.

[notin]

H

Surprise it was only 1 year.

 

Even Pearce fears The Cliff...

[Hitch]

Excellent re-singing. Perfect it's for one year and also at a reasonable cost. Great move.

[notin]

I figure we are at about $215M with arb costs. If we want to stay under the $40M line ($246M total counting player benefits), we have about $31M to spend. Assume we save $4-6M for mid season deals, we may have about $25M to spend.

 

$16M x 2 or 3 yrs Eovaldi

$9M x 2 or 3 yrs Familia/Ottavino/Miller

 

 

So by your calculations, it looks like bringing back Pearce might have prevented the return of Kelly/replacement set up guy.

 

This does assume the team is limited by luxury tax thresholds.

 

By even simpler math, it means goodbye to Blake Swihart (or another catcher)...