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Originally Posted by Galaxy
Could the Red Sox be opening the wallet as well this off-season?
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There's speculation because Theo mentioned Wake's contract extension "freeing up 1.5m for luxury tax purposes", and that kicks in at 170m while our payroll is at 120m or so, but I don't really see any way we get near there. I'm sure they'll push hard to get one of Bay/Holliday for ~15-17m/y, and maybe go after Lackey/Figgins, but I think they do really like Buchholz as a 3/4 and Lowrie at SS for next year and will push harder to make a trade for a true superstar (Felix and Adrian Gonzalez are the two pipe dreams, Halladay and Justin Morneau two others mentioned) than overpaying a mediocre free-agent class to counter what the Yankees did last year with Tex/CC/Burnett.
There's also Chapman, and speculation he could get 20-25m, but I'm not sure if he really counts in the same class as major league free agents.