They dont need to do this. This team makes enough money and has a strong enough revenue stream that it can sign Lester AND add more talent. Young talent. This is not the Kansas City Royals. Where is teh next avce? Maybe, maybe one of the next group of pitchers will eventually grow into that ace, say in five or six years, which is what it took Lester. But why replace what you dont have to replace? Why not keep Lester, resign him to what he is worth, AND let that young pitching talent develop around him. Ridiculous.
I could understand this if the Red Sox were losing money, and they could not afford to keep him. Does anyone for a second think the Red Sox are losing money? That they cant afford to keep him? Bullshit.
All that young talent, blosoming before our eyes will be wasted because they will still need someone to pitch the first and last games of the playoffs. And if they think they are going to go buy one (Scherzer), he wil cost a helluva lot more than Lester.
Penny wise and pound fooish. Have Buddy Leroux and Haywood Sullivan regained control of the club? Seems like it.