The Red Sox tossed Ben Cherington into the college teaching ranks thanks to a series of decisions that happened to result in not quite as planned outcomes and that is certainly a risk for any general manager. On top of the list that resulted in Cherington’s exit was the signings of Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez.
The Sandoval signing apparently is on the cusp of being around $95 Million in dead money – toss that in with the largess handed to Rusney Castillo and the burdensome compensation of Allen Craig and that leaves a bit less in resources for ownership to purchase a crumbling newspaper or some kickball team in England.