The Red Sox payroll is right up there with the Yankees.
Sorry but I don't consider a difference of at least $90 million to be right up there, picking up Abraeu and the other two players without really giving up any salary was obscene.
Yes, the Red Sox spend a ton but not even close to the amount the Yankees spend. The Red Sox are at $130 Million and the Yankees are somewhere around $225 million. That's not close, it's a 73% difference.
When talking about pure value to a team it's hard to argue that anyone is more valuable than Ortiz, the guy is an offensive monster. Think about this, more than 13 times this year opposing managers have intentionally walked Ortiz to face Manny. Manny is the most prolific RBI man of the last 10 years and has always been considered one of the best pure hitters in all of baseball. Yet opposing managers would rather face him than Ortiz. Now that is respect.
And I said Jeter is a great player but he's certainly overrated. There is no way he should have won multiple Gold Gloves. Hell, he's not even the best shortstop on the Yankees.