Pap, Sox agree to deal

Pap deal seems awfully cheap to me. What if the Sox had given him MORE than he had asked for?

Now shutup and play Paps! The talking was all fun and cute last year, but honestly your the most dominating closer in baseball right now. Throw strikes and shut up. The team could have simply paid you what they were required, but they threw you a bone. You are now making more than Bobby Jenks and Prince Fielder, so be happy and just pitch!

Woooohhh hoooooo! Oh yah baby! Signing Paps was like butter on a bagel! Yah!

Sick & tired of athletes taking their "perceived" financial problems public through the media. Lifelong Sox fan but I don't really care about what Papelbon thinks he deserves.

this is a great deal although I would like to see him longer amount of years 2-3 so at least he is ours for a while

Good, now maybe he can shut up and dance or pitch, whichever suits him.

What a muppet.

lock him up. 6 years-30 million

Make Pap a starter, lock him into a long-term contract, and pay him some real money!!!

he's still not eligible for free agency for a while...everyone calm down

It's an insult. How much did they pay Gagme last year? They should have closed him long term. It could cost them more in the long term that they didn't.

Pap is already locked up because of his limited service time so he doesn't become a free agent for a few years

PULEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZ sign ME for $775,000 - I won't whine. I promise.

Lets get to reality here.... He pitches about 50% of the time (at most) so given 120 games he pitches about 60 times a year and averages about 3 batters per game. Which means he pitches to 180 batters per year. Which means he gets paid over 4.3K per batter. Not a bad payday if you ask me.

I agree that the Yankees have overpaid for Rivera... but that's their issue and not at our control. In fact, if they were smart they would pay Rivera at a per batter like Beckett (who makes about 10K per batter) and that would means he should make about 1.5 million... Now the Yanks can use the other 10 million to get a decent starter... They will have a tough time this year due to the mediocre pitching staff they have built.

Paps is as important as Papi, Manny, Beckett and Lowell 4 all I know.

The MLB salary system is - and has been for some time - out of whack. Paps' contract is a bargain and it would have been at the amount he asked for, an added $200K or less. Why were they negotiating. His "ask" was extremely fair, given what other comparable and successful closers were earning, forget the nonsense of years in, etc. And then teams like the Sox wonder why a player won't take a "home discount" or opts to test the market? Treat them fairly, stop playing games, don't nickel and dime one of the players that got us the World Series trophy!

Paps is as important as Papi, Manny, Beckett and Lowell 4 all I know.

Pap's is a talent with a big mouth. If he did not play baseball,he might have a hard time getting hired at Wal-Mart. He just anoy's me, Just like Clemen's does every time he opens his mouth. The Red Sox were carefull not to overwork him in 2007. I have a feeling Pap's in the long haul will end up in the scrapheap with alot of Arm troubles if the Red Sox don't use him carefully and limit his innings and appearances.

maybe know his DOG will cough up the ball

Let's not forget that all of last season's players also received a $300,000 World Series bonus too!

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