Drewless

Has any player ever had more money thrown at him for no good reason than J.D. Drew? He's managed to accumulate $38 million in his career to date; two years ago he somehow got the Dodgers to give him a five-year, $55 million deal; and now he has walked away from that and scored a five-year, $70 million contract with the Red Sox. So much for "Theo Epstein" and "boy genius" showing up in the same sentence ever again.

For some reason stat geeks love Drew. I guess it must be for his four seasons with an OBP over .400. Whatever. The facts are that he has averaged only 118 games per year and has medium power (career average of 20 HR and 63 -- 63!! -- RBI, with 2006 being his only 100-RBI season). He gets this big money because when things are going well he looks like Mickey Mantle. But then something always happens, and it's back to the DL. I don't care how much money is floating around baseball these days. This is an insane signing that the Red Sox will regret.

Drew reminds me of those Miller Lite commercials from years ago: He's everything you've always wanted in an outfielder. And less.