So much for the idea, pedaled around since l'affaire Mookie, that John Henry won't spend. Looking forward to the CHB's next column.
A big benefit of this deal for Story is that he gets to play with a contender. So many previous big money deals have been given by desperate, often ill-run, teams that don't contend - viz the Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton and Alverado contracts and, possibly the new Correa and Bryant ones.
The Story deal is a prototype for what the Red Sox might offer to Xander this winter - 6 years at $140,000,000. They are the same age.