Excuse me?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3872796

I'm (for sure) ignorant about this here. Why are they saying Varitek would have made 11 mil this year(if he had accepted arbitration?)

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3872796

I'm (for sure) ignorant about this here. Why are they saying Varitek would have made 11 mil this year(if he had accepted arbitration?)

This is purely a guess, but if he accepted arbitration he probably couldn't make less than he did last season (which was 10 million). Maybe the Sox would have settled giving him a 10% raise (11 million) then risk Varitek winning the case (which he probably had no shot of) or winning a judgement that would have costed the Sox more than the 11 million dollar figure.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

How can you be guaranteed like 10 or 11 mil if ya hit like .220? I think he's worth 5 mil/year to other teams, and 5-7 mil to the Redsox.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

How can you be guaranteed like 10 or 11 mil if ya hit like .220? I think he's worth 5 mil/year to other teams, and 5-7 mil to the Redsox.

Rules my man thats the rules

He and Pettite made errors in judging demand for their services and it cost them

[SCUDSBROTHER]

He thought somebody else might give him 10-11 mil? For a .220 hitter? He was looking a blunder as big as the Dodger - Andruw Jones deal?