JT Snow and the Red Sox

Veteran first baseman JT Snow has signed a 1-year $2 million contract with the Red Sox. I like this signing very much but here are some other miscellaneous thoughts on the signing.

- $2 million is exactly what Snow made with the Giants last year so it has a certain symmetry to it. However - it does seem a bit strange that Snow will make 5-times as much as Kevin Youkilis and Youkilis is slated to be the starter and Snow the veteran backup. That's just baseball economics I guess.

- It is nice that the Red Sox now have a righty (Youkilis) and lefty (Snow) combo at first. However, Youkilis hits righties pretty good so I wonder how the platoon situation will work (besides the late inning defensive replacement usage of Snow).

- I didn't realize that Snow first came up with the Yankees and had a cup of coffee with them back in 1992. However almost immediately Snow was traded to the Angels for Jim Abbott who went 20-22 in two years in the Bronx.

- Even cooler (to me at least) when Snow was traded to the Giants from the Angels - one of the minor leaguers thrown into the deal was Fausto Macey. What a great name! Fausto Macey. If I was a rock star - I'd check into hotels under the name of Fausto Macey.

- When Snow is in the line-up - Boston may have the best fielding infield in MLB (Lowell at third, Cora at short, Loretta at second and Snow at first). Those guys may not have the range of youngsters but their experience and baseball savvy is unmatched. There will be no stupid mistakes from this group. Derek Lowe would have killed for this infield when he was in Boston.

- I wonder if part of Snow's contract stipulates that if he catches the final out in a World Series that he must turn over the ball to management?