Jason Bay, Billy Wagner Offered Arbitration By Red Sox
by Randy Booth on Dec 1, 2009 7:11 PM EST
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PrintThe Red Sox will offer Jason Bay and Billy Wagner arbitration, meaning the Red Sox will receive draft picks if Bay and Wagner sign elsewhere:
Lucchino said that the actual offers may have gone out already, but regardless will be happening by the end of the night.
"I think it'll happen by the end of the day today," Lucchino said, noting that offering arbitration is consistent with the team's strategy of building through the draft.
"We love our draft picks," he said.
No surprises here. There's been talk that Wagner could accept arbitration and come back to the Red Sox, but I think the interest is too high on the reliever for him to accept it. He'll get a good deal somewhere else. Bay, on the other hand, will definitely not accept arbitration.
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Curious minds what to know?
Do the Yankees have such strategic team building and maintenance problems, or are money related stresses just not an issue with them?? Sort of puts you in the ultimate drivers seat once you reach the top of the payer foodchain! Kinda nice I would think to be in such a position.
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They can afford pretty much anyone they want, it seems. They don’t HAVE to be good at player development or scouting.
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by sox-inda-south on Dec 1, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
That would be awesome.
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
Hahah thanks,
but I doubt Cash would trade me interdivisionally :)
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by CasanovaWong on Dec 2, 2009 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
* make that, intrAdivionally.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
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"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Good news
According to Rosenthal The Braves have signed Wagner:
The team reached preliminary agreement Tuesday with free-agent left-hander Billy Wagner on a one-year, $7 million contract with a vesting option for a second season, according to a major-league source.
I need to mention that the Braves’ first-round pick is not protected, as they finished with the 12th-best record last season, so:
The Red Sox offered salary arbitration Tuesday to Wagner, a Type A free agent. If Wagner passes his physical, the Sox will receive the Braves’ first-round pick next season — the 20th overall — plus a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds. Their selection from the Braves could drop to a second rounder if Atlanta signs a higher-ranking Type A free agent, but that is unlikely.
A very good way to start your day.
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Hey hey Number 20!
Some former #20’s:
2009: Chad Jenkins
2008: Josh Fields
2007: Chris Withrow
2006: Chris Parmelee
2005: Mark Pawelek
2004: Trevor Plouffe
2003: Chad Cordero
2002: Denard Span
2001: Jeremy Sowers
2000: Chris Bootcheck
We can draft our very own…Denard Span! Actually, looking at this, we’ve got a 50/50 chance at drafting a guy whose first name starts with the letter “C”.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Dec 2, 2009 2:58 AM EST up reply actions
Good to hear.
This probably makes us more likely to sign Scutaro.
"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw
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