Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Jason Bay: Staying Or Going?

It has to be the most important issue for the Red Sox to deal with as they reconfigure the 2009 team for the 2010 season. Will they re-sign Jason Bay?

Bay has stated that he would like to stay in a Red Sox uniform, but he does want to test the free agent waters. He & his agent should field a number of offers from a number of teams. Bay put together his 4th 30+ homers, 100+ RBI season with the Red Sox. His numbers tailed off dramatically in the 2nd half, but Bay still put together an impressive offensive season.

In a year where the Red Sox offense sputtered a lot the Boston brass can ill-afford to lose Bay to another contender like New York, Tampa Bay or the Angels. It will be interesting to see the length of contract & dollars offered by the Sox to keep Bay in Boston.

The Bay situation is the first issue that has to be resolved in this off season.

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