yeah but money is not unlimited ... even (apparently) for the Yankees & Red Sox.
top dollar for Sandoval and top dollar for Ramirez means less $ offered to Lester (who would've helped them more than either Panda or Hanley.)
Oh I agree on that font. I get signing one of Ramirez of Sandoval, but not both. Especially when you're taking a injury ridden SS and making him play LF.
If the vaunted sox farm system was so great as we've been hearing ad naseum, those moves wouldn't have been necessary, unless they flip a bunch of prospects for Hamels/someone.
My main point was that for all the hype about Panda up here, a potentially better player was acquired by their rivals for half the cost.