BOSTON — When a team invests the kind of money the Red Sox are investing in Roman Anthony — at minimum $130 million, and perhaps as much as $230 million over the next eight years — it’s largely transactional.
The team gets cost certainty and by buying out at least two free agent seasons with an option for a third, a chance to control a potentially elite player longer than they otherwise would. The player, meanwhile, gets economic security that last for several generations.
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