He cut it by $4 million while the Evil Empire increased theirs by a good $15 Million. Paying Schilling and not having Pedro worked out real good! How many innings did the Mets get out of him?
Schilling was under contract. Plus, he gave up his ankle so they could win the Series. Pedro's shoulder is too much of a gamble. The labrum is partially torn and likely to cave in the next few years.
The Sox signed guys to incentive contracts and fat boy Wells made all of his. He and Clement were 28-13 between them in the regular season. Too bad Clement got punch drunk after that head shot.
Pedro was broken down by year end, again. He shut it down his last 2 starts.
Without Schilling, you wouldn't have a World Series championship....
Of course, if Schilling doesn't sacrifice his ankle for the Chowds he probably posts a 20 win season this year too....