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Type A/B free agent rankings
Angels blog —
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Elias Sports Bureau (keepers of all things statistical) has released its official rankings of this year’s free-agent class.Free agents ranked in the top 20 percent at their position by Elias are considered Type A free agents. Players ranked in the 21-40 percent range at their position are Type B free agents.This ...4 hours ago -
Red Sox, Wakefield Finalize Two-Year Contract
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Authority: 716
4:29pm: The team has confirmed the signing, according to FoxSports.coms Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi . Bradford, meanwhile, has some quotes from Wakefield , who admitted to being a little disappointed that they wanted to cut his guarantee, "but in the long run they’re at least guaranteeing me another ...4 hours ago -
Odds & Ends: Gonzalez, Halladay, Pettitte, Snyder
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Authority: 716
Heres some more links on a busy first day at the GM meetings... WEEI.coms Alex Speier writes that when Jed Hoyer took over as GM of the Padres, it only made it tougher for the Red Sox to pull off a deal for Adrian Gonzalez . “He knows all my tricks, and I know his,” said Theo Epstein of Hoyer. Meanwhile, ...4 hours ago -
SportingNews.com —
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Busy Start for the Red Sox
My Sports Rumors —
Authority: 424
You can tell when the New York Yankees and/or Boston Red Sox are upset with how their seasons turned out. They come out guns blazing and that’s exactly what the Red Sox have done. They began the off season with a trade, now resigning current players and even leaving one long time veteran behind. The Red Sox ...5 hours ago -
Red Sox Sign Wakefield to 2-Year Deal, Decline Option on Varitek
Sports of Boston —
Authority: 535
The Boston Red Sox have struck a deal with starting pitcher Tim Wakefield. The contract is worth a guaranteed $5 million over the next two seasons, with contract incentives that could bring it up to $7 million. The Sox usually exercise Wakefield’s recurring $4 million deal each season, but after back surgery , ...5 hours ago -
Red Sox Press Release on V-Mart, Tek, Wake, and A-Gon
The CMSB —
Authority: 135
The Boston Red Sox today exercised the 2010 contract option on catcher Victor Martinez and declined to exercise team options on shortstop Alex Gonzalez and catcher Jason Varitek. Additionally, the club signed right-handed pitcher Tim Wakefield to a two-year contract. No further terms were disclosed. The announcements ...5 hours ago -
Red Sox Decline Option On Alex Gonzalez
Sports of Boston —
Authority: 535
On Sunday, the Red Sox declined the $6 million option they held on Alex Gonzalez for the 2010 season. By declining his option the Red Sox find themselves without an everyday shortstop on the roster. Is this the end of Gonzalez’s second stint with the Red Sox or is free agency a more favorable route to bring ...6 hours ago -
The Revolving Door Continues: Red Sox Decline Option On Alex Gonzalez
Bleacher Report - Front Page —
Authority: 773
Since Nomar Garciaparra was traded in July of 2004, the Boston Red Sox have had a revolving door at shortstop. It looks like in 2010, the revolving door will continue. The Red Sox have declined the $6 million option for 2010 on shortstop Alex Gonzalez. This was a no-brainer move by the Red Sox as Gonzalez isn’t ...6 hours ago -
Wake Re-signed, Contract Re-Negotiated
Fire Brand of the American League —
Authority: 472
According to Dan Roche of WBZ-TV, the Sox have re-signed Sox’ elder statesman Tim Wakefield to a two-year deal, guaranteeing the pitcher $3.5 million in 2010 and $1.5 million in 2011. MLB Trade Rumors, citing WEEI’s Rob Bradford, states that the deal could approach $7 million should the knuckleballer reach ...6 hours ago -
Red Sox Exercise Option On Martinez, Decline Option On Gonzalez
http://www.sox1fan.com/ —
Authority: 128
As expected, the Red Sox have exercised their 2010 option on C / 1B Victor Martinez while declining their option on SS Alex Gonzalez. The ballclub now has Martinez — who was acquired from the Cleveland Indians at the trading deadline for RHP Justin Masterson and pitching prospects Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price — ...6 hours ago -
Red Sox Will Not Pick Up Jason Variteks Option
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Authority: 716
According to WEEI.coms Rob Bradford , the Red Sox will not pick up Jason Varitek s $5MM option for 2010. Varitek now has five days to decide on the $3MM player option portion of the contract. He could also earn another $2MM in incentives based on games started next season. The 37-year-old team captain hit just ...7 hours ago -
Sox Snatch Up Kotsay
SportsAgentBlog.com | Sports Agent News —
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Mark Kotsay has inked a new deal with the Chicago White Sox on November 5th (15 days before he is slated to become a free agent and hit the open market). According to RotoWorld.com (my #1 source for contract info), Kotsay and the Sox agreed to a 1-year, $1.5 million contract . This contract total was for the ...11 hours ago -
Dustin Pedroia and Bronson Arroyo: A Tale of Two Red Sox
Bleacher Report - Front Page —
Authority: 773
One of these men IS a Red Sox. The other WAS a Red Sox, having been made available by the Pittsburgh Pirates who failed to protect him off waivers, and then having been traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Willy Mo Pena. One was a league MVP in 2008. The other has, at times, been kind of a marginal player in the game. ...12 hours ago -
No Love for the Glove: Sox Decline Option on Gonzalez
The House That Dewey Built —
Authority: 461
The Red Sox declined a 1-year $6 million option on slick-fielding shortstop Alex Gonzalez this weekend. Given the dearth of viable replacements in the organization, I find this move rather surprising. There are several explanations I can think of: The team has a tacit agreement in place with Gonzalez to re-sign ...12 hours ago -
Yankees Won’t Stand Pat In Offseason
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
Authority: 144
We are only a few days removed from the Yankees winning their 27th World Championship, and already many Yankees fans are eagerly looking forward to the “Hot Stove Season.” The World Champions have several issues to address, including the status of several impending free agents, most notably Johnny Damon and ...13 hours ago -
This Day In Baseball History: November 9th
http://www.sox1fan.com/ —
Authority: 128
In 1950, Luke Appling was released by the White Sox after twenty-one years with the ballclub… soon thereafter he became the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League. In 1953, the United States Supreme Court re-affirmed a prior decision when it ruled that baseball is a sport and not a business, ...14 hours ago -
What To Do About Ortiz
Dugout Central —
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At his season-ending press conference, Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein said of designated hitter David Ortiz: “If he’s going to be the DH on this team, we need him to be a force.” David Ortiz had a bad year in 2009, his second consecutive year well below his established level of excellence. The ...16 hours ago -
MLB 2009 season review – AL East
BaseballGB —
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Now that the 2009 MLB season is over, it’s time to look back at how each division turned out. Pretty much every baseball website or blog offers up predictions prior to the season, but few actually go back and look at how accurate they were. BaseballGB is the virtual land of the brave, noting that there’s a ...19 hours ago -
Red Sox Prospects Learning In Arizona Fall League
http://www.sox1fan.com/ —
Authority: 128
The Arizona Fall League’s all-star game, called The Rising Stars Classic, was played last night… after an off-day today, the second half of the AFL season will get underway tomorrow. The Red Sox have eight players who are assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox for the 2009 AFL season, two of whom were named to the Rising ...20 hours ago
