D-Mat

I love how all the sports press is proclaiming the Sox the big winners in D-Mat negotiations. Sure, if by big win you mean they didn't end up paying $141 M total for one unknown pitcher for 6 years, then I guess they won. But in reality they are paying $103 M for one unknown player for 6 years, which is a little over $17 M per year. Sounds to me like the only winner in all this is the Seibu Lions in Japan, who pocket a cool $51 M for basically nothing.