he is a lefty and justin verlander's 180 million dollar deal really pales in comparison.ng awards in the last three years. is he worth the money, mike? >> he is for the dodgers. they are paying him the money. it's amazing. the dodgers have now five players in that club making more than $20 million a year. their payroll is so swollen with clayton kershaw. yes, he is worth it. >> the lefty. >> if he hit the free agent market he probably would have gotten more than than that if you can believe that. >> would you want your team to pay that much for anybody? >> no, i would not. especially not for a pitcher. he can impact at 35 at most of 152 games played but that is the way the business of baseball is these days. >> we learned that really last year. we dumped $250 million from our payroll. >> to the dodgers. >> to the dodgers. i thought, i'm sure you thought, too. i'm glad we dumped that. we will slowly build up over two or three years and three years be a contender again. the next year, the sox win the world series. fault economy is the wong word for it but it doesn't pay off