not only that Wakefield wanted to be a Red Sox for life so he gave them an evergreen contract in early 2000's. He signed a team friendly contract which was a renewing yearly contract which was the same amount every year which gave the club the option to renew. MLB a few years later outlawed those contract as they were to club friendly. He was grandfathered in even though he didn't have to be.
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