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The Red Sox have come to a minor league agreement with Bartolo Colon…

We’ll see where this heads during Spring Training. If Bartolo can get his fastball anywhere near a consistent low 90s, he’s going to be the #5. Just wait, I suppose, on this one to see if it amounts to anything big.

Terry Francona has just received a new three year deal that could keep the manager around for two more if the brass see a winning streak continue.

The expected price range is in the top levels (around 3 or 4 million per year).

He’s rrrreal happy. Rrrreal happy.

Coco showed up with a bit of a chip on his shoulder this week and made sure that everyone heard that he’d rather be traded than sit on the bench. I don’t blame him. While I am certainly one of those people who thought he didn’t live up to any sort of offensive prowess, Coco Crisp is one of the most exciting and electrifying defensive players I’ve had the pleasure to watch in the past 20 years.

When healthy, right?

When the team is doing well, right?

Nope.

Coco is not the best center fielder in the league. He’s just damned good and damned entertaining.

Watching him play the last two years has been a great form of entertainment. And, to that end, I hope he can stick with the team and show his skills this year as well.

I just don’t want him holding back Ellsbury, who is, without question, a starting major league center fielder.

How lucky are the Sox to have this problem?

Oy. Horrible pun.

Let’s take a moment to understand Curt’s situation. He’s hurt, with a set of shoulder injuries that will never go away, and, according to his long-trusted shoulder specialist, the rehabilitation that the Red Sox would like him to do (and he begrudgingly is doing) will absolutely not work.

Essentially, by following the Red Sox advice, Curt Schilling WILL, in fact, cost them about $8 million. If he doesn’t pitch this year and ends up having surgery, he’ll not only be paid the original money he would not have gotten had he gone against the wishes of the team and had the surgery on his own, he’ll also extend the length of time it took him to heal.

Nice.

So, we’re essentially waiting for a press conference that will state that his year is over and that “he tried to follow the team’s advice in an effort to not disappoint or bring about a legal mess even though he initially (and still) was aware that surgery was his best course of action but now he’s being forced into a corner just like he was when he opted to not elect surgery in the first place”!

Whatever. Just have the damned surgery and be done with it.

I’m very appreciative of the effort and the part that Curt Schilling has played in the two World Series championship seasons. Either have the surgery and walk away without the money if you’re worried your career will be over (you’ve made millions already, Curt) or don’t have the surgery until it’s ok to take the money with the team’s permission. Either way, you’ll more than likely never pitch for the Sox again and all of this is for nothing.

My wish? Let’s be done with this before the season begins.

Kevin Youkilis and the Sox avoided arbitration and came to agreement on a 3 million dollar, one year deal. Initially, Youk was asking for 3.7 and the Sox countered with just over 2 million.

Nice pay day for a solid defensive and go-to clubhouse guy.

This means that Epstein has successfully avoided arbitration with any of his players since taking over as GM.