JJ's contract includes a 1.25 bonus if he makes more than 26 starts. It also kicks in a club option for $4 million for 2015 if he doesn't make more than seven starts.
The whole "will only play on X part of the country" is usually silenced by a wad of dough, as we have seen several times. As for his D, there's not a lot to go on since he hasn't played a lot of 1B. He does K a lot, but not as much as Napoli.
Owens is not ready, Barnes is not ready. Webster is an option, but Workman might not be. RDLR, Webster and Anthony Ranaudo probably get first cracks at rotation time when someone goes down.
According to Sean McAdam, the Red Sox have around 25 million to spend instead of the 32 million presented by Alex Speier. That would make the off-season plan a little more problematic.
It's funny you're calling ME a 12-year old when you're trying to turn a comment about a university into a political debate. I can't help but LOL. Oh, and Bush sucks.