I understand the logic of thinking that Crawford wants this kind of money, but everyone and their mother knows that the Werth deal was bat crazy, GM's and FO's included, just read the the responses on news sites by all the peeps across the industry that view this deal as a bit ridiculous. I'm not entirely convinced Crawford will all of the sudden get that kind of coin just because of the Werth deal. Sure, it might happen, but I'll believe it when I see it.
The chance to land Crawford may be slowly slipping, but I doubt the Sox have simply given up on him because of the Werth deal. A lineup with Crawford in it, no matter if he's slotted at #6 or #3, will be SICK, period. That fact has not all of the sudden escaped Theo.
a700 said it best: you can't replace two solid offensive players with one. Theo knows this, the money is available, I'm not throwing in the towel on Crawford just yet.