By the same token, if Pedey was asked what it feels like to be on Red Sox World Series Championship teams, and he answered "it's not them, it's me", that would also be a correct response.
The Pedroia incident was a heat-of-the-moment, messy situation, and one where none of us know exactly what led up to it, so it's kind of totally different.
It was one bad incident and it made Pedroia look bad. But it hardly means he has been a bad teammate throughout his career. Maybe he just f***ed up that one time.
We all know how the baseball free agent market works, Slash. Elite talent gets ridiculous paydays. Buch is not an elite talent, so the initial comparison was apples to oranges anyway. But mvp's 3 times the pitcher is about right.