The Boston Yankees new ACE

Apparently, Daisuke Matsuzaka has boarded a plane with top Red Sox officials returning to Boston. We can only assume this means there has been some sort of a preliminary agreement between the team and the Japanese pitcher....my best guess is six years and between $55-$60 million dollars. Not bad for a guy WHO HAS YET TO THROW A SINGLE MLB PITCH. If my guesses are anywhere near reality, this would bring Matasuzaka's contract value to around $100 million over six years, including the posting fee. Because of this, I believe this kid deserves the nickname of D-Money, and so I will be referring to him in that way from now on. This is exceptionally ridiculous, I just cannot believe the orgy of spending that has taken place this year. I was never a big fan of the salary cap in baseball, but if this trend continues it may become a necessity. Smaller market teams have had success recently, and their has been a different World Series Champion every year since 2000, but I am not sure that will be possible if contracts continue to escalate they way they have this offseason. Essentially the teams on the coasts will begin to squeeze players from the mid-market teams in the center of the country, and teams like Minnesota, Cincinnatti, Pittsburgh, and yes, even St. Louis, will start to have an unfair burden placed on them as they try to compete in a market gone mad. This entire posting system really highlighted these needs for fiscal restraints...I mean, D-Money was only really available to a handful of teams who had the cash flow possiblilities to make a $30 million plus bid. IT NEEDS TO STOP!! I guess its too much to ask for Bud Selig to move ahead of the curve.