IF HE WINS A SECOND WORLD SERIES FOR THEM...:

Red Sox' J.D. Drew Facing Big Questions, From His Hamstring To Missionary Work (Rob Neyer, 2/08/11, SB Nation)

[H]e's averaged 131 games per season with the Sox. And that contract? Drew's been paid $56 million so far, and according to FanGraphs he's been worth ... $56 million.

OK, so I fudged that one a little for dramatic effect. It's actually $57.1 million, but these things are imprecise enough that we can say Drew has been worth exactly what the Red Sox have paid him.

So far. But even if the hamstring limits him to 125 or 130 games, he still figures to earn his $14 million salary in 2011. The only way the whole contract looks remotely bad is if Drew's on the shelf for two or three months, because otherwise he figures to come at least reasonably close to that $14 million target. In which case the Red Sox look pretty smart about the whole thing.

...his value is incalculable.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 8, 2011 4:39 PM