I always assumed that when the multi-year offer was reported it was, at most, for 3/50-- which is in line aav. Given the chance, all things being equal and such, if Eddie had given the sox a chance to match the 5/77, I would have, but I trust Bloom and his vision of what this off-season should do for the 2022 incarnation of the Red Sox. Bloom must have known that Eddie was most likely gone given the reported big gap between the sides regarding the midseason extension talk.
It was up and down for Eddie. 2021 was a microcosm of his ML career in a lot of ways, but he came up clutch down the stretch. From Sept 13 to Oct 3, Eddie threw 21.1 innings to the tune of a 2.11 era/1.86 FIP to get them to the WC game. In the postseason, he was again, uneven, but when he was on, he was on. Really great in the closeout game of TB, and recorded the last win of the 2021 campaign vs HOU in the ALCS at Fenway.
Pretty good return for half a season of Andrew Miller. Good luck to him. The Tigers are going to be pretty good next year.
It was up and down for Eddie. 2021 was a microcosm of his ML career in a lot of ways, but he came up clutch down the stretch. From Sept 13 to Oct 3, Eddie threw 21.1 innings to the tune of a 2.11 era/1.86 FIP to get them to the WC game. In the postseason, he was again, uneven, but when he was on, he was on. Really great in the closeout game of TB, and recorded the last win of the 2021 campaign vs HOU in the ALCS at Fenway.
Pretty good return for half a season of Andrew Miller. Good luck to him. The Tigers are going to be pretty good next year.