The four-year contract extension that the Red Sox gave Josh Beckett earlier this week could influence future negotiations for pitcher Cliff Lee. Boston gave Beckett a four-year, $68 million extension. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein specifically mentioned Lee when discussing the agreement that was officially announced on Monday. "If you look at free agency in the next couple of years, there's maybe one guy [Cliff Lee]. That depends on how you want to define true top-of-the-rotation starter types, but there's maybe one guy in the next couple of years," Epstein in reference to top-level pitchers that could soon hit the market.