Question: Do teams like the Sox or Yankees don't usually have to overpay for that type of talent?
See:
Sabathia, CC.
Damon, Johnny.
Lackey, John.
Holliday, Matt.
Rodriguez, Alex.
And on and on and on. Not to mention that at the time of the Drew signing the market for OF exploded.
You know what overpaying is?
50 and 40 million for Juan Pierre and Gary Matthews respectively.