He has the ability to be pretty good, he was injury-plagued in 2009, but in 2008 he finished with 83 catches for 1,248 yards and 7 touchdowns while averaging 15 yards per catch
Its fine if he doesn't, Papelbon has been pretty vocal about his desire to test the free agent market and is pretty adamant about being paid like a top-notch closer should, something I’m not sure the Red Sox are prepared to accommodate
the NYpost is telling a different story why it didn't go through
The Yankees and Diamondbacks talked, but the Yankees balked at paying the entire $31.75 million remaining on Haren's contract that is guaranteed through 2012. And they also were against including pitching prospect Ivan Nova.
Plus, the Yankees will need plenty of money to ink free agent Cliff Lee this winter and don't want to have Haren's money negate the savings of losing Javier Vazquez and his $11.5 million
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/bad_haren_day_FGlEz3RoL0pKxBHr4KtPEP
Having the best record in baseball and coming off a World Series victory isn't good enough?
Perhaps they should just increase the payroll to 400 mill and have an All Star player at every position
Since being almost traded for Cliff Lee, Jesus Montero has been on a tear. From July 10th to the 21st, Montero’s got 14 hits in 28 ABs to go along with four walks, four home runs, and three doubles.