if the Sox claim Ramirez and Los Angeles doesn’t pull him back, they would have to pay Ramirez roughly $4 million this year and $5 million in each of the next three years, which is all deferred as part of Manny’s 2010 salary.
thankfully that was corrected to:
if the Sox claim Ramirez and Los Angeles doesn’t pull him back, they would have to pay Ramirez over $1 million this year and over $3 million in deferred money.
I commit my share of mistakes like this!