Gauntlet Thrown - Sox Nab Crawford

[NYgiantsfan5689]

First reported by Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe
Deal is 7 years/$142 mil
Crawford has to pass a physical on Friday for the deal to be complete
Angels made an offer but it was 7 years/$108 mil

Lee is now a must-have for the Yankees

[realmofotalk]

lolangels. So much for Arte Moreno's promise to spend "whatever is necessary" to return his team to the playoffs.

[love_that_reefer]

WOW! The Red Sox have really improved on last year's team!! Jesus!! Crawford will finally break the 20 HR barrier in Fenway. I am guessing this signing makes Ellsbury expendable. What a great offseason so far for the Red Sox and they're not done yet. They still need some relief help but the Yankees definitely need Lee now or at least something to improve on last year's team.

[Kingdom]

Yankees should do nothing, it's much more fun for the rest of us.

[love_that_reefer]

I kind of hope the Yankees do do something stupid and apparently they already have by offering a seven year deal to Lee.

[ljshorty89]

The Sox have made some big moves. MUCH improved lineup from last year. And if the Yankees don't sign Cliff Lee, they'll have to rely on Burnett to be the 3rd starter, which is not quite on par with Beckett, Lester, Buccholz

[Tobywan]

Well, I am happy for CC, but I was hoping he wouldn't go to the division, hopefully Jaso has been working on a way to pick him off.