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Red Sox DH David “Big Papi” Ortiz said he wants to sign a multi-year deal and avoid salary arbitration for next season.
“We are working on that right now,” Ortiz said at a banquet for the participants in Major League Baseball’s Venezuela-Dominican Showcase. “Hopefully, we will get to an agreement so we don’t have to go in front of the judge.”
The Red Sox have offered a $12.65 million salary to Ortiz, but he has asked for $16.5 million. Ortiz, who hit .309 with 29 home runs and 96 RBIs for Boston last season, wants to come to an agreement soon.
I would like to,” Ortiz said. “I asked a long time ago and they didn’t get to an agreement. My agents are working on it and hopefully, things go good.” Read more... (264 words, 2 images, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)
Boston Red Sox right-hander Josh Beckett appeared on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk on Thursday and spoke about Bobby Valentine and what went on in the Red Sox clubhouse last season.
Beckett mentioned that he met with Bobby Valentine, on New Year’s Day and Beckett said the meeting went well.
“I don’t think we really got specific with anything. Bobby came to my house and we had a great talk,” Beckett said. “He seems like he’s really excited about this. I think the first thing I said to him was, ‘Hey, congratulations,’ because I don’t think anybody’s ever been handed something like the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox, not only the organization, but the team that we have right now is so talented and he even said, ‘Yeah, I know exactly what you’re talking about. We had a little talk about [the ESPN commentary] and I think it was initiated just as a kind of conversation starter. It wasn’t really anything too detailed. I think it was one of those deals where he felt bad because somebody else told him he should feel bad about it, but it wasn’t anything for me.” Read more... (362 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)
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Red Sox fans have to hope that he is bluffing, but Boston general manager Ben Cherington said tonight that the Red Sox are “unlikely” to add another starting pitcher before Spring Training.
The two biggest names left on the free-agent market are Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson, Jackson met with the Texas Rangers on Monday, and both have been repeatedly tied to the Sox.
Asked specifically about Oswalt at a Fundraiser at Fenway Park on Wednesday, Cherington made the Sox’s involvement seem tepid.
“We wouldn’t rule out adding a starter, but I think it’s unlikely at this point,” Cherington said. “Keep looking for ways to improve the team, including the pitching staff, but I wouldn’t expect any major changes between now and the report date.” Read more... (342 words, 1 image, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)
MLB.com’s Red Sox reporter Ian Browne talks about who will play short after Marco Scutaro’s departure and why Boston traded him
One option for the Red Sox is Jose Iglesias, although Boston GM Ben Cherington seemed to think that Inglesias is not quite ready yet for the big leagues:
“We really like Iggy as a long-term option for us. He’s a really good defensive player. Right now, you never say never, but right now we feel like he may benefit from more time in Triple-A. But certainly he’s part of the long-term picture of the Red Sox.”
Who do you think will be the Red Sox shortstop on opening day?
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The MLB trade market stove was keeping warm over the last few days with several trades, moves, contract extensions and more. The free agent market kept things simmering as more teams and players cemented their plans for 2012.
It was being reported that the White Sox and lefty John Danks had come to a 5 year contract extension worth $65 million.
The Cardinals solidified their lineup by adding Carlos Beltran to the team with a reported 2 year deal.
The Nationals won the Gio Gonzalez sweepstakes and set their sights on 2012 by shoring up their rotation considerably but giving up 4 prospects to do it. The Nationals also reportedly have a 1 year deal with infielder/outfielder Mark DeRosa pending a physical. Read more... (239 words, 1 image, estimated 57 secs reading time)
It looks like major league baseball and its fans are not done with Manny Ramirez just yet. Reports are now coming out that Ramirez has been reinstated by MLB.
Ramirez voluntarily retired when he was faced with a second substance abuse suspension last April. He decided at that time to retire rather than go through another 50 game suspension. It appears that after several months away Ramirez wants to be back in the majors and is willing to take his punishment to do so.
Word started coming out a couple of weeks ago that Ramirez wanted to “un-retire” and return to MLB. Reports are now coming out today, Saturday, that MLB has reinstated Ramirez to the level of active player and not retired. If that turns out to be true, Ramirez will find himself back in the mix in the middle of what has already been a very busy off season for baseball. Read more... (380 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)
Pedro Martinez has said that he will announce his retirement from baseball very soon now 2 years after his last official Major League start.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner, now 40, had never fully closed the door on a potential return after his last Major League outing, in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series with the Phillies. Martinez said that his life in Miami and in the Dominican as well as his family and charity work will now be what he focuses on.
He said that he will most likely sign his retirement papers in the Dominican, but that he wants to throw a party and make his retirement special in all the places that touched his life. Martinez’s final numbers with five teams include a 219-100 record, a 2.93 ERA, 3,154 strikeouts, eight All-Star selections and a .687 winning percentage — second among pitchers with at least 300 games since 1919. Read more... (366 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
There may not be a manager with a personality more apt at taking over the Boston Red Sox job than Bobby Valentine, and that’s exactly why he is now set to be the 45th manager in franchise history.
While the hiring isn’t expected to be official until Thursday, one of baseball’s all-time legendary managers confirmed the Valentine hiring in an interview with the Associated Press.
“He’s got it. I just spoke to him a little while ago,” Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, who managed Valentine in the minors with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Valentine, 61, was a finalist for the job along with current Detroit Tigers third-base coach Gene Lamont. And nothing against Lamont, but if there is going to be a guy to turn around this club—not just their performance on the field, but their attitude inside the clubhouse—it’s going to be Bobby V. Read more... (327 words, 2 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
The managerial search is moving into high gear for two teams and another is about to join the hunt as well. The Cubs are hot and heavy into the search now that they have their GM, former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein on board and the Red Sox have been in the hunt for some time now looking to replace Terry Francona. This week, with the resignation of Tony LaRussa, the Cardinals also join in the hunt.
The Cubs will look to interview Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin. They have also requested permission to speak to Rangers hitting coach Mike Maddux. Epstein also stated that he had spoken with his former manager in Boston, Terry Francona and if Francona were to consider coaching the Cubs, he would not require an interview. Among the other candidates the Cubs may consider are Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum, Indians coach Sandy Alomar Jr., Red Sox coach and Chicago native DeMarlo Hale, and Rays bench coach Dave Martinez. Read more... (345 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)
The Players Choice Awards are history and several players received honors along with some great money donated to charity as well. The awards announced on Thursday on MLB Network benefitted the Major League Baseball Players Trust. Winners of 2011 Players Choice Awards will designate charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust, the charitable foundation created by the players. And in addition to the $70,000 in grants he received for his charity of choice, Verlander contributed $30,000 of his own money.
The Players Choice Awards winners were as follows:
Detroit starter Justin Verlander, the 2011 Outstanding Pitcher in the American League and the 2011 Player of the Year.
Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson was named Outstanding Player in the American League. Read more... (253 words, 1 image, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)
