However it works out, I'd rather he be gone as soon as possible. Carrying his dead ass through the next few years wouldn't really be worth the schadenfreude of watching him pitch for the league minimum.
I believe Lackey's contract says if he has TJ surgery that they have the option for a 6th year at the league minimum. It would almost be worth keeping him around just to see him pitch for peanuts for a year.
(Peanuts being a relative term here. I would love to be earning the league minimum.)
Thanks, Pumps. Glad to see some posting going on here. I was getting tired of talking to myself on the other board. Although Muggah and Bo are there tonight.