After sitting on this for a while, I don't see this hurting the Red Sox as much as I originally thought. This give the Sox more money to fill the biggest hole, starting pitching. The Phillies over paid. What did the Rays do without an elite closer. Oh yeah, beat us out for a wild-card spot. I think we will do just fine with Bard as our closer. We aren't that far removed, from when we thought, that he would, no doubt, replace Papelbon. I would go after a setup-man and take a chance on Bard. Setup-men are going to come a lot cheaper.