Montana Fan said:His agents are outstanding negotiators. They are extracting every dime and will lay out the offers for Lester to choose from.
I know that agents have to play nice with teams and not burn any bridges, but I wonder if the Levinsons are taking this opportunity to stick it to the Red Sox. The stories have been out there that they weren't happy when they did the Pedroia deal and the player left money on the table. They were probably determined to go for the huge contract this time around with Jon. They knew the Sox would likely start quite low (the FO reportedly did the same with Dustin) and leveraged this with Jon, hence the reports that the team never received a counteroffer from his side despite 4/$70 being only a starting point and subsequent discussions of other ways to structure a deal. I'm not saying by any means that Jon Lester is a passive pawn, but I do wonder if his agents took advantage of him, although obviously to his great financial gain.