Kevin Millar is expected to have to take a pay cut from his 2005 salary of $3.5 million. Several teams, including the Astros, Orioles, Twins, Dodgers and Angels, are said to have interest. ?I?ll always be thankful for the opportunity to come here,? he said. ?The last couple of weeks of the year were a dogfight for me personally, and it was a dogfight trying to play every day with these computer matchups and all of this baloney ? in my eyes ? but I?m always thankful to Theo (Epstein) and the organization for letting me come here, and I?ll never let it taint the three years I?ve had here. I?d never trade that.? Millar said the perceived turmoil within the organization that resulted from Epstein?s unexpected departure as general manager last week shouldn?t hurt the Sox? efforts to sign free agents. ?No, I think Boston and Sox Nation speaks for itself,? he said. ?Maybe there might be a guy who says, ?What?s going on here?? But I don?t think it?s going to turn many free agents off.?