OK, so let's look at Betts's deal with the Dodgers.
12 years
Year 1 started at age 28.5 ended at age 29
Year 2 started at age 29.5 ended at age 30
The last 10 of the 12 years are all over age 30.
Good signing or bad?
I figure Foulke's arm was destroyed in the 2004 postseason. In Games 4-6 of the ALCS he threw 100 pitches over 3 nights, in cold weather. Pitchers aren't really supposed to do that.
He was worth every penny regardless.
I'm not really sure what your argument is any more. You said "the free agents Henry has shelled maybe a billion or so for over the years haven’t really done much".
So I was agreeing with you that most were busts.
Supposition is what we do here. I'm talking about Foulke, Dice-K, Drew, Lackey, Victorino, Price, JDM and others, and that's not even counting Mr. Duquette's prize free agent signing.
That's pretty reasonable supposition.
In the midst of all our griping this offseason, the story about the Red Sox negotiations with Devers at his home in the Dominican was actually pretty cool. Cora was there and when Devers first saw the offer his eyes got really big, according to Cora.