benhogan said:Whoa big fella, settle down.
I was merely suggesting the Sox could have gone from $135MM to $145MM to see if Lester would have bit.
Why on earth would you think I was suggesting $200MM, when he went for far less?
But that Lester boat has set sail so its a pointless discussion.
Pretty sure he interpreted your suggestion of taking Masterson's $10M and giving it to Lester as giving Lester an additional $10M per year, not in total. A poor job of reading, clearly...who in their right mind would suggest the Sox should have offered Lester $33M per year?
To your actual point though...I doubt $10M sways Lester at all. More money and the chance at history probably still trumps less money for been there, done that.