A completely unconfirmed report (A Boston Dust Mites specialty) indicates that the Red Sox are preparing to ship under-performing left fielder Carl Crawford to his hometown Houston Astros in an August waiver wire deal.
Crawford, signed to a seven-year, $142 million contract is owed almost twice as much over that span as the entire 2011 Astros team ($ 76,969,000 payroll ). Therein lies the conundrum. The Red Sox have reportedly agreed to eat $76,000,000 of the deal, leaving Houston on the hook for only $969,000. Boston also agreed to acquire the Astros mascot, Junction Jack (pictured here with Crawford), who is the third highest salaried employee in the Astros organization. The Red Sox will re-tool the mascot as Wally's jaundiced younger brother, Willy.
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