Javy a Nice Day

The Update doesn't get it. First, Sox GM, Kenny Williams, says he's not going to negotiate new contracts until after the season is over; then yesterday he extends Javier Vazquez's deal three years, through 2010, for $34.5 million. Javy is not an Update favorite, given his inability to get through a batting order three times in a game, and he doesn't get the grace period the members of the 2005 team earned by delivering us a World Series championship. Of all the players for Kenny to pick to depart from his stated renegotiation hiatus, Vazquez is the last one the Update would have chosen. (According to the Tribune, Mark Buehrle and his agent have discussed submitting a proposal, now that Williams is in the contract extension business until April 1.) And how did Vazquez celebrate his new contract? Well, the good news is that he didn't fall victim to the dreaded third-time-through-the-order problem. Javy stunk it up the first time through, giving up four runs on six hits in only three innings. Have a nice day.