Price only makes 2M more annually than Verlander. Again, if the Jays offered anything close to that (which they could, having one of the richest owners in baseball), I have a feeling he would have stayed. Yes, money does talk, but you also have to factor in, work environment, being happy, and most importantly winning a championship, something that has allude Price in his career. Money isn't everything, Boston had to overpay a huge amount of dollars, just to lure him over from a team he had no connection with. You can tell, he loved playing in TO. The players in the clubhouse had a special bond with him, and the fans treated him like Jesus. That's something money can't buy. In Boston, he was already hated by the fans, who suddenly changed their tune once he signed, and he had issues with one of the clubhouse's leader, in Big Papi.