Will Sox Let Beckett Go After 2010?

Peter Gammons cited an undisclosed Red Sox executive as saying " "We'd better enjoy Beckett the next three years, because we won't be able to sign him after his deal is up after 2010." This comes after the precedent set by the huge dollars the Mets gave up in the Johan Santana deal. Who knows what the pitching market will be like in a few years but I think it is too early to say the Red Sox would not be able to afford to re-sign Beckett after giving up the money they did for Dice-K.