Just in case you were still hanging onto Foulke...

[TheYanks04]

Check out his contract info for 2007:

Keith Foulke p
3 years/$20.25M (2004-06), plus 2007 option

signed as free agent 12/03
$1.5M signing bonus
04:$3M, 05:$7M, 06:$7.25M, 07:$7.5M club option ($1.5M buyout) or $3.75M player option

2007 option vests at $7.5M with 45 GF each 04-06 or total of 95 GF 05-06
2007 option vests at $7.75M with 53 GF in 2006
2007 option becomes $7.75M player option if Foulke finishes in top 5 in Cy Young balloting in any of the contract's first 3 years (2004, 2005 or 2006)

$15,000 All Star incentive
2 years/$10M (2002-03)
02:$4M, 03:$6M
1 year/$3.1M (2001), won arbitration $3.1M-$2.2M
agent: Dan Horwitz, Beverly Hills Sports Council
ML service: 8.094

[Blade]

He is the 7th or 8th inning guy for this season, and will not be closing for the Red Sox any longer.

[Matthias]

baloney.

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

nice info, though, yanks. something to think about.

[Blade]

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

Not as long as Paps keeps shutting down 9th inning hitters.

[Matthias]

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

Not as long as Paps keeps shutting down 9th inning hitters.

paps as closer is not in the red sox long-term plans.

[Blade]

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

Not as long as Paps keeps shutting down 9th inning hitters.

paps as closer is not in the red sox long-term plans.

For this season they are. i watched the ESPN Hot List interview with Francona a few days ago, and he said Paps is the closer.

[patty cheeks]

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

Not as long as Paps keeps shutting down 9th inning hitters.

paps as closer is not in the red sox long-term plans.

yeah they will move him to SP eventually and have Craig Hansen close

[Stanley Roberts]

GF is games finished I take it? Well in that case, Boston will not want to pick up that option, so they'll make sure he doesn't finish 53 games this year. Theo wasn't born yesterday though he may look like it.

[Transmogrifier]

IF foulke returns to form, he becomes the closer again. simple as that.

Not as long as Paps keeps shutting down 9th inning hitters.

paps as closer is not in the red sox long-term plans.

For this season they are. i watched the ESPN Hot List interview with Francona a few days ago, and he said Paps is the closer.

If Foulke returns to form, he'll probably regain his job. Paps may be in the rotation come August.

Edit: This is silly. The Red Sox have the second highest payroll in the league. If Foulke returns to form, you think a measley $8 million is going to keep them from having him close games? Sorry.

[Krunk City King$]

he will not return to form.....problem solved.....