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The contract runs through 2010 and its being discussed why ? I know very little about the whole contract thing but wouldnt 2009 be the time to discuss it ?

A lot can happen in the next three years... i don't know if i am Red Sox management if I start talking right now... maybe down the road apiece but now? nah. i think Papi is angling here for a new deal and using the old sugar to try and trap a fly in red stockings, if you catch my drift.

Too early, Papi, we really appreciate how you feel about the club, but a business decision this far out is too much risk....don't get me wrong, we love ya, but it's too far out. Get through this year, and we'll talk...

But please don't get any Nipple Rings....you've got the facial hair and the chains and earrings...no NP, Please!

The contract runs through 2010 and its being discussed why ? I know very little about the whole contract thing but wouldnt 2009 be the time to discuss it ?

KPKahder - Let FA begin ! | 02/29/08, 07:46 AM

plus a team option is 2011

Greatest bargain in all of baseball. With Beckett's deal a close second.

Bob, rumor has it he has a ring somewhere else strategically placed. :)))))))

An before some of you bozos go running with this: it's a joke!

looks liike the beggining of bad blood. The Sox hold out on signing their players. Pedro, Schilling, Manny..... I can see the Sox saying lets see how you do these next 2 years. Depends on what they tell him now I guess.

Only Ortiz wants to re do the contract, not the team..They are dumb if they go that way...Let him prove he will still be worth big money at 35 when his present contract runs out...

24-0 over Boston College...
Yanks are next...
but if metal detectors are used at the park then that may reduce the NY bullpen significantly..

24-0 over Boston College...
Yanks are next...
but if metal detectors are used at the park then that may reduce the NY bullpen significantly..

BobBoston | 02/29/08, 09:16 AM

Body jewelry or broken syringes?

At age 32, Ortiz has plenty of good years ahead of him in the DH role. It is unlikely that the Red Sox would be willing to part with him. If he comes back in 2008 with a season anywhere in the vicinity of .300 - 40 - 120,... then he can write his own contract. The good news is that Papi is neither greedy, nor an egomaniac. A four-year deal beneficial to both sides shouldn't be a problem.

looks liike the beggining of bad blood. The Sox hold out on signing their players. Pedro, Schilling, Manny..... I can see the Sox saying lets see how you do these next 2 years. Depends on what they tell him now I guess.

Whalers | 02/29/08, 09:11 AM

Are you serious? "Hold out on signing"? He has THREE years left on his deal.

looks liike the beggining of bad blood. The Sox hold out on signing their players. Pedro, Schilling, Manny..... I can see the Sox saying lets see how you do these next 2 years. Depends on what they tell him now I guess.

Whalers | 02/29/08, 09:11 AM

Are you serious? "Hold out on signing"? He has THREE years left on his deal.

Whalers just trying to troll................needs to focus on his own team.

Papi wants to stay here and anyone that doesn't think we need him is an idiot

his team, the Whalers?

how is our Colon doing today?

Worry about your contract in 2009 or before the 2010. If you keep hitting the way you are, a new contract is a no-brainer

Every team in proffessional sports should be lucky enough to have a Big Papi.
Theo knows this as much as all of us, and he'll do the right thing at the right time in the right way. This, i'm certain of.