$20 mil a year will put a target on anyone's back. Especially when it's handed out before he's pitched a single pitch for the Red Sox, before we give him half a season to find out if last year (a "career year" that was hardly stellar) was a fluke. I think there's a lot of mistrust for Ben due to the perception he had one of the most valuable chips in Lester at the deadline and has dealt it into Porcello, a clearly inferior pitcher.