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Aardsma for Williamson

Written on January 20th, 2009 by Josh Lacey3 Comments

David Aardsma, recently cut from the 40 man roster to make room for Mark Kotsay, was traded to the Mariners for 20 year old lefty starting pitcher Fabian Williamson in [...]

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Red Sox, Papelbon agree on 1 year, $6.25 million deal

Written on January 20th, 2009 by Ryne Crabb15 Comments

Theo Epstein has never taken a negotiation to arbitration before and Jonathan Papelbon won’t be the first. Papelbon and the Red Sox agreed today on a one year, $6.25 million dollar contract. The contract is a record about for an arbitration eligible reliever holding true to Papelbon’s desire to set the market for top flight closers moving forward.

Papelbon wasn’t the only reliever to come to terms on a one year contract today instead of going to arbitration. Javier Lopez also agreed on a one year contract today worth $1.35 million dollars up from $840,000 in 2008.

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Dustin Pedroia: For Better or Worse 2009

Written on January 20th, 2009 by Ryne Crabb8 Comments

Coming into the 2008 season, it would have been fair to say, “how could Dustin Pedroia top his 2007 ROY season?” Dustin had heard of the sophomore slump, right?

Apparently not…

A .326 average with 17 home runs and 54 doubles later, Dustin Pedroia emerged from the 2008 season as one of the most unexpected Most Valuable Players in league history.

So if his encore performance for a Rookie of the Year Award is an MVP, what does that leave in store for Dustin Pedroia in 2009?

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