Interesting article in the Globe today. It seems Epstien gave some hints to the Sox offseason while announcing the Tim Wakefield signing...
"So we're talking to Theo Epstein Monday afternoon and he mentions that restructuring Tim Wakefield's deal will save the Sox $1.5 million on the CBT, which is GM-speak for the payroll luxury tax, or collective bargaining tax.
"That's important because there's some things we want to do this winter and we don't have a ton of room under the CBT," Epstein said.
The tax threshold for 2010 will be $170 million. Are the Red Sox actually planning to approach that? They were around $125 million this season (Boston.com)."
I think the Sox are going to make moves this offseason. The team is aging and obviously has some serious holes in it. Halladay could be an option, and I am sure the Sox will make another run at Felix, plus there have been all those rumors about Adrian Gonzalez coming here. I really don't know what they are going to do, but if I had to guess I think you might see a changing of the guard with Lowell and/or Ortiz, plus another frontline pitcher....
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