Bay and Boston Had Deal in Place

January 18, 2010 · Paul Raymond · Jump to comments

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An interesting interview took place on NESN today between Peter Gammons and Heidi Watney on the Red Sox Hot Stove show. Gammons said that the Boston Red Sox had a deal in place with Jason Bay this past July but fell apart after an MRI. The deal would of been for four years and $60 million.

Apparently team doctors felt his knee was in worse shape then the player did, so the Sox reduced the offer from four years to two years. Bay obviously declined the new offer as he felt he was fine physically.

Disagreements like this and the one between Carlos Beltran and the New York Mets have Gammons pretty hot. He suggests that the league should have an independent medical staff in place for situations like this.

Here’s a video of Gammons discussing the situation.

I happen to agree with Gammons, there needs to be an independent third party to deal with medical situations like this.

In my opinion, team doctors will always look out for the ones that pay them first, even when teams request another organizations doctor to take a look at a player. Just like a players personal doctor will always look out for his bests interest.

The only way to keep these issues from becoming more common is for Bud Selig and his office to step in and take charge. I’ve never been a fan of the commish but he has done some good for the game and this could be another thing he could add to his profile.

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