I had reported in the past that there were teams out there that were worried about Jason Bay's health long term. Well Peter Gammons came out and reported today that the Red Sox and Jason Bay agreed to a four-year, $60MM pact in July, before an MRI raised concerns about both of his knees. As a result, Boston reduced their offer from four years to two years.
For one thing it shows us how little we actually know. There are a lot of times that we jump all over a GM for doing something, even though we probably know at most 50% of what is going on.
I was one of the people who really wanted Bay back. Did this change my opinion? Of course, Boston has enough injury problems in the outfield with J.D. Glass, we don't need another one.
Why do I bring this all up? Well, for one I wanted to ease Red Sox fans minds that the Sox had a reason for what they did this offseason. The other reason is for what Gammons has been getting at for years...Gammons suggests that this a perfect example of why an independent medical staff should be in place in the MLB.
These training staff get very close to the players. They know releasing information (like Bay and his 2 bad knees) can really change how much a player is worth. Obviously, if Bay can he will try to hold that information back as much as possible, and you would just have to think that there needs to be an independent doctor that does these tests on these players, because there are millions of dollars at stake for these franchises...
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