I know that spending a lot of money got the Red Sox in a lot of financial mess. They really are lucky that they had a team that is so mentally handicapped, to take all of that money and players off the Red Sox hands.
But, I think in this situation, over spending on Ellsbury wouldn’t have been all too bad of a thing. At least we know he can produce in Boston. We didn’t know that when we signed Carl Crawford. Yes, it would have put a lot of money on the books for a while. But, there are a lot more positives than negatives, in my opinion.