No Lackey for 2012...

[Sea Dangles]

Lackey for Zambrano was talk show fodder. Most clubs will allow an employee to leave if they are getting a higher position regardless of contractual status. Compensation is eventually agreed upon,in this case the commish may aid in settling the level of compensation.

[BigFish]

Hearing there is a clause in his contract that prohibits Lackey from collecting the remainder of his contract if he suffers an injury?? Not sure if thats a fact but it was on the radio this am??

[nightfighter]

Kevin Millar for manager!

[MarshCappa]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Kevin Millar for manager!

Yea, bring back the Idiots! I can just see it now everybody having long hair and doing shots of whiskey! He could hire Damon as bench coach and Manny as hitting coach!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Hearing there is a clause in his contract that prohibits Lackey from collecting the remainder of his contract if he suffers an injury?? Not sure if thats a fact but it was on the radio this am??

Yes and no. Yes, there is a clause that gives the Sox the option to renew his contract at the MLB minimum salary, if he misses a "significant" amount of time due to a "pre-existing injury".

That doesn't even kick in until his option year---2015.

And good luck trying to establish that it was a "pre-existing" injury at the time he signed his deal with the Sox. The guy pitched 215 innings in 2010, and 160 innings in 2011.