December 12, 2006
No Grievence
The Dodgers will not file tampering charges in the case of J.D. Drew.
The Red Sox and Boras denied any impropriety, which would have been difficult to prove. The Dodgers hadn't seriously considered asking Major League Baseball to investigate until a column last week in the New York Times suggested tampering had occurred, leading General Manager Ned Colletti to say Friday, 'We've looked into' filing charges.
Drew leaving his contract in a week free agent season with teams awash in money makes perfect sense.
"Drew leaving his contract in a week free agent season with teams awash in money makes perfect sense."
What doesn't make sense is the Red Sox giving a five year contract to a fragile player sure to spend time each year on the disabled list.
Except for last year and 2004, when he didn't miss time, and 2005 when he missed time after getting hit by a pitch. But yeah that's totally the mark of an injury proned player...getting hurt once in the last three years because someone nailed him in the wrist with a fastball.
Boston's looking at that and assuming his chronic injury woes are behind him. Makes sense to me.
He's only played more than 135 games twice, though they were both in the past 3 years. He's averaged 120 games per season since he's been in majors. Seems injury prone to me.
Once again...they're banking on the idea that his chronic health woes are behind him. He hasn't been hurt because of a knee/back/arm issue since 2003. I'm not saying he isn't injury prone, just that he hasn't really been Mark Prior-in-the-OF for 3 years now.
"they're banking on the idea that his chronic health woes are behind him." Either his health issues are chronic, or they're not. If they are, it's a bad signing, chronic being what it is.