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  • Posts: 9,488
    Sox signed Pedroia to a 6 year $40.5M extension ....


    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/12/pedroia_signs_e.html
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  • Posts: 3,182
    That is such a steal for the Red Sox as well, he is just getting better and better. Nice to see the hometown discount because if he waited out he probably could have made more money through arbitration and those free agency years.
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  • Posts: 6,036
    Wow, that's chump change compared to some other league MVPs. ;)
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    hartamh wrote:
    I don't think so, he just won Rookie of the year last year....I'm sure he'll be making alot more when the time comes :D:)
    :confused: he's the reigning AL MVP!
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    hartamh wrote:
    I know, but how much money did he make in the past 2 years? This has to be like winning the lottery!!

    Once players start making a **it load of money, everything changes..

    Anyone here anything on Manny? Where is he going to be in the up and coming season(s)???

    Manny will most likely be a Dodger.

    Pedroia made $380k his rookie year and made $457 last year.

    Next year he makes $1.5 mil plus a $1.5 mil signing bonus.

    Not a bad little bit of chump change. ;)
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    hartamh wrote:
    I know, but how much money did he make in the past 2 years? This has to be like winning the lottery!!

    Once players start making a **it load of money, everything changes..

    Anyone here anything on Manny? Where is he going to be in the up and coming season(s)???

    the GM meetings are next week in Las Vegas ... should start to hear bigger free agent news starting then.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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    hartamh wrote:
    Like your sig. miss Pedro:( is he still going to be playing for the Mets? I thought his contract was up??
    there's a good chance the best pitcher of our lifetime is done. unless he wants to be a 5 starter for the mets or another good team. :(
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    ryan198 wrote:
    there's a good chance the best pitcher of our lifetime is done. unless he wants to be a 5 starter for the mets or another good team. :(

    a new era is about to be upon us ... Pedro only has 214 career wins, but does anyone doubt he's a hall of famer??? ... he's a lock for the hall in my eyes.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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    jimed14 wrote:
    a new era is about to be upon us ... Pedro only has 214 career wins, but does anyone doubt he's a hall of famer??? ... he's a lock for the hall in my eyes.
    IF he doesn't get in I will actually cry. Not only was/is he an important player for the Expos/Sox, but he is an important person to the people of the DR. Sandy Koufax only had 165 wins so if he's in then Petey has to be.
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    ryan198 wrote:
    IF he doesn't get in I will actually cry. Not only was/is he an important player for the Expos/Sox, but he is an important person to the people of the DR. Sandy Koufax only had 165 wins so if he's in then Petey has to be.

    there is actually a chance Pedro would get in with the Big 3 (Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz) if all 4 don't come back in 2009 ...

    what a HOF class!
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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    hartamh wrote:
    Since he's left the Sox, it's just never been the same..I've never missed a game he pitched while in Boston..NEVER!!!

    well, his first year with the mets was really solid (better than his last year with the sox) .... but, the last three yers have been hard to watch.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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    Pedroia's deal is a great one for the red sox, got him on the cheap and locked up for a long time.
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    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    Pedroia's deal is a great one for the red sox, got him on the cheap and locked up for a long time.
    yeah, its nice to see they that got an excellent young talent on lock for a long time.
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  • Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    Today tickets go on sale for Spring Training in Fort Myers, Florida.

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  • Posts: 3,182
    hartamh wrote:
    Any action in the front office? Did they resign Tek?

    Not that I know of, just offered him arbitration. I am sure we will see some action when the winter meetings start in Vegas. Texiera wants to be signed by Christmas so you may see him sign, as well as C.C. Then all the other free agents will go fast. I love this time of year, can't wait to see what happens!
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    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
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  • Posts: 9,488
    hartamh wrote:
    Keeping my fingers crossed ;) He's the captain ;)

    While it still could have a happy ending for you ... it may take a while ... looks like Tek is declining arbitration and willing to hit the free agent market ...

    ~~~~~~~
    LAS VEGAS - A source close to Sox catcher Jason Varitek confirmed that Varitek would decline salary arbitration from the Red Sox before the midnight deadline. This will allow Varitek to pursue his free-agent market without being tied exclusively to the Red Sox for the upcoming season.

    Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, who was due in here late tonight, always believes he can create a market for a player. While the market for Varitek doesn't appear to be vast at this point, Boras understands it's still early in the process and there are teams - the Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers to name three, who could use an experienced catcher.

    Declining arbitration certainly doesn't mean Varitek, who hit .220, can't continue to negotiate with Boston, but accepting arbitration would have insured he'd be a Red Sox for another season and he could have continued to negotiate on something long term. Varitek is coming off a four-year, $40 million deal and would likely have made at least the $10 million per year he earned in 2008 if he went to arbitration.




    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/12/varitek_to_decl.html
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Posts: 1,477
    i see the yanks dusted off Reggie to persuade CC to go there. I assume the pitch is all about tradition and things that happened ALONG time ago. :)

    We haven't won lately but here's a bajillion dollars.
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    i see the yanks dusted off Reggie to persuade CC to go there. I assume the pitch is all about tradition and things that happened ALONG time ago. :)

    We haven't won lately but here's a bajillion dollars.

    Well you know how the Yankees work whatever it takes to get there man and you know they will. Money the key to getting the free agents of choice.

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    jimed14 wrote:
    While it still could have a happy ending for you ... it may take a while ... looks like Tek is declining arbitration and willing to hit the free agent market ...

    ~~~~~~~
    LAS VEGAS - A source close to Sox catcher Jason Varitek confirmed that Varitek would decline salary arbitration from the Red Sox before the midnight deadline. This will allow Varitek to pursue his free-agent market without being tied exclusively to the Red Sox for the upcoming season.

    Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, who was due in here late tonight, always believes he can create a market for a player. While the market for Varitek doesn't appear to be vast at this point, Boras understands it's still early in the process and there are teams - the Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers to name three, who could use an experienced catcher.

    Declining arbitration certainly doesn't mean Varitek, who hit .220, can't continue to negotiate with Boston, but accepting arbitration would have insured he'd be a Red Sox for another season and he could have continued to negotiate on something long term. Varitek is coming off a four-year, $40 million deal and would likely have made at least the $10 million per year he earned in 2008 if he went to arbitration.




    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/12/varitek_to_decl.html

    The market has now changed on Tek. With Detroit getting Laird there will be no one willing to give him a long term deal at $10+ million a year as well as part with a first round draft pick that now comes with him turning down arbitration.

    My guess is he comes back here on a one year deal at around $9 million.

    http://www.weei.com/The-Night-the-Red-Sox-Catching-Market-Changed/3452337
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  • Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    9 mil and a chance at the World Series Title is better than nothing.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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