FORT MYERS, FL - FEBRUARY 23: Rusney Castillo #38 of the Boston Red Sox bats during a Grapefruit League spring training game against the New York Yankees at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on February 23, 2019 in Fort Myers, Florida. The Red Sox won 8-5. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
Rusney Castillo a modern-day Boston Red Sox bonus baby
What could possibly go wrong when the Red Sox signed Cuban defector Rusney Castillo to a seven-year/$72.5 MM contract? What did go wrong was that Boston made a decision to offer Castillo to any team – any team that wished to inherit that contract.