Red Sox Sign Cody Ross

Free Agent outfielder Cody Ross and the Red Sox have agreed on a one year contract

Um....What?

Yesterday the Red Sox signed outfielder Cody Ross to a one year contract worth $3M plus incentives. The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham first reported that the two sides were "making progress". Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first reported the agreement, while the Boston Globe's Michael Silverman and ESPN Boston's Gordon Edes filled in the details on the contract length and amount respectively.

I'm done trying to figure out what the hell Cherington is doing. When they traded Scutaro's $6M, I assumed, like most baseball fans who are somewhat knowledgable, that they would spend that money on a starting pitcher. But nope, instead they go out and sign Cody Freaking Ross to platoon in right field with Ryan Sweeney. Not to bash Ross or anything, he's a good addition, but there's a time to make moves of this sort, and this was not the time to sign an outfielder.

Listen Ben, you're not Billy Beane trying to build a winning team in Oakland. It's not like there's "fifty feet of crap" above you. You have the money and the resources to make necessary additions, and if that mean you go over the Luxury Tax threshold a bit, then so be it. No one's asking you to go out and spend like your Brian Cashman working with the deep pockets of George Steinbrunner, we're just asking that if you're going to spend money, spend it wisely.

Anyways, forgetting all of that, Cody Ross should be decent addition. Solid fielder and decent hitter, that's all you really need in a platoon. It'll be interesting to see how this team shapes out.

Also, Peter Abraham says that a source tells him that the Sox will try and add a starting pitcher with the money saved from the Scutaro deal. This confuses me, because I'm pretty sure if you want someone like Roy Oswalt (who they've apparently intensified their pursuit of) you need to have more than $3M to offer. That is unless Old Man Lucchino has some extra money up his sleeves to keep the team under the Luxury Tax threshold.