Most important injury comebacks
1. John Smoltz (Red Sox)
2. Brad Penny (Red Sox)
3. Takashi Saito (Red Sox)
4. David Ortiz (Red Sox)
5. Mike Lowell (Red Sox)
6. Rocco Baldelli (Red Sox)
FUN POLL FACTS: The Red Sox spent only $23.1 million on free agents -- but those extensions to Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis inflate their winter IOUs to $105.65 million
Best free agents $2 million and under:
(1) The Red Sox take a one-year, $500,000 chance on Rocco Baldelli's odds of finding health and happiness in New England; (2) the White Sox hope the $1 million they tossed Bartolo Colon's way buys them some semblance of what used to be a Cy Young winner, and (3) the Red Sox guarantee a mere $1.5 million to a reliever (Takashi Saito) who, when healthier, spent the last three seasons turning all the hitters on earth into Gookie Dawkins (numbers of opposing hitters: .182 average, .246 on-base percentage, .264 slugging percentage).
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