You ever wait for the pot of water to boil before you make the pasta? The water seems to just sit there forever. Eventually, the bubbles come to the surface, but by then the magic is gone if you stare at it long enough. That’s what would happen if the Boston Red Sox were to wait for Jose Bautista, the face of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise, to become a free agent.
In a recent article discussing free agent first baseman Chris Davis, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe mentioned, “with David Ortiz one year away from retirement, Dombrowski must soon consider a slugger to fill that void, or wait for Jose Bautista’sfree agency.