I just keep thinking about Bernie Williams in the last year of his contract. Plus, Damon has bad shoulders. You are buying 2 more good years then after that it becomes a crap shoot. If they are going to go with better pitching then Roberts makes sense because he can manufacture runs. Moneyball doesn't buy that style but without it, the Sox don't win game 4 or 5 for that matter of the 04 ALCS.