The " price we paid " helped build a champion and , arguably, one of the greatest teams of all time. It was well worth it. By the way , I still don't see that the price was nearly as high as some think. As for draft picks ; the better you are , the lower the draft picks. That's the way it is. It's certainly not an excuse to not try and be the best. I don't know if Kennedy is speaking for John Henry , but that statement is not what so many Sox fans want to hear after last year's debacle.