The Red Sox currently hold a $500,000 option on John Lackey for 2015, which would obviously be tremendous value if he's healthy.
Great. Except Lackey apparently had this to say.
Alex Speier @alexspeier 5m
John Lackey on 2015 Red Sox team option for major league minimum: ‘There’s some things to think about’ http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2014/06/10/john-lackey-on-2015-team-option-theres-some-things-to-think-about/ … via @WEEI
A 2015 season similar to what he's shown over the past season and a half would probably have him in line for a 2-3 year contract at something north of $15M/yr, so I'm not sure he'd just walk away for a season. He may want to negotiate his 2015 season into a multi-year extension into something like 3/$30-36M, but he doesn't sound like he just wants to sit back and take the league minimum for a season.
The Red Sox have options here, which include calling his bluff, extending him beyond 2015, or just trading him in 2014 for something of value. Which route do you think is best with Lackey?
Great. Except Lackey apparently had this to say.
Alex Speier @alexspeier 5m
John Lackey on 2015 Red Sox team option for major league minimum: ‘There’s some things to think about’ http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2014/06/10/john-lackey-on-2015-team-option-theres-some-things-to-think-about/ … via @WEEI
A 2015 season similar to what he's shown over the past season and a half would probably have him in line for a 2-3 year contract at something north of $15M/yr, so I'm not sure he'd just walk away for a season. He may want to negotiate his 2015 season into a multi-year extension into something like 3/$30-36M, but he doesn't sound like he just wants to sit back and take the league minimum for a season.
The Red Sox have options here, which include calling his bluff, extending him beyond 2015, or just trading him in 2014 for something of value. Which route do you think is best with Lackey?