ORTIZ GETS EXTENSION, CRISP OUT 10+ DAYS

The Red Sox and David Ortiz have agreed on a 4 year extension probably worth in the neighborhood of $50 million. The deal would keep Ortiz in red socks until 2010 with an option for 2011. That's the good news.

Now the bad news. Crisp will have his finger in a splint for at least 10 days. His finger will be reevaluated at that time. No surgery should be required. Crisp claims he could have played on Sunday but I think the team would rather not risk any further injury. We need Crisp for the long haul.

Stern will probably see more playing time, and I wouldn't be terribly surprised if Willy Mo Pena wound up in the field a good deal, too.

This is where our depth gets tested.