Petey's Deal: What's Not to Like About THAT?

Dustin Pedroia yesterday signed a six year, $40.5 million dollar deal with the BoSox. Just a terrific deal for both teams.

The Boston front office may be the most efficient in major league baseball and certainly one of the best in all of professional sports. The reason? I didn't hear an inkling about this coming deal anywhere in the papers or on the net. They just went ahead and did it. Good for both Theo Epstein and his team, and Dustin and his agents, for getting this lucrative but not outrageous long term deal accomplished without any posturing or public browbeating by either side. Wonderful stuff for Boston sports fans.

Signing the reigning MVP for a $1.5 million signing bonus, a $1.5 million dollar salary for 2009, and escalating salaries for the next five years that will average out to about $7 million per anum is smart business. The dude is still young and should be among the elite second baseman, who DO NOT have a long shelf life historically due to their legs going and a lack of durability overall for smaller players, for the length of the contract.

I do not expect MVP numbers from Petey every year, though even his most ardent supporters will have to admit that 2008 was a bit of an anamoly as no member of a contending team put up astounding numbers. In my mind, the best player in the American League last year may have been A-Rod of the hated Yankees. But that's just me.

Once again, yesterday was a great day for all fans of the Olde Towne Team. Now, if we can just get Lowell healthy and sign Tex then this would be a wonderful offseason.