Offer made to Zaka Khan

Now that the Sox have made an offer, let's see if we can guess what the details are. Given Epstein's distaste for any contract extending beyonds over three years, and given Lucchino's penchant for overruling Epstein, I am gambling on a four year deal worth about $44 million. I'll even throw in an option for a fifth year and plenty of performance-based incentives.

But that might be too disrespectful for a man with his accomplishments, and that is what will make this deal so interesting. Given his status in the Far East as well as the lucrative contracts already thrown around this offseason, don't put it past the Sox to shoot the moon on him, either. And by that, I mean somewhere in the four-year, $55-60 million range.

Either way, you can bet Boras has been whispering the words "Yankee killer" in Lucchino's ear. For now, we'll just have to wait to find out what "fair" and "comprehensive" means...