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Archive for March 12th, 2007

No holds for DeBarr

Posted in Red Sox on Mar 12th, 2007 Comments

Rule 5 selection Nick DeBarr was sent back to Tampa Bay today, putting the cost to select him at $25,000. (It initially costs a team $50,000 to select a Rule 5 player, but it gets half back if the player doesn’t stick with the team.)
The record will show that DeBarr pitched one scoreless inning, but [...]

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A Benitez Band-Aid?

Posted in Red Sox on Mar 12th, 2007 Comments

The latest closer to enter into the Red Sox’s radar is, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Armando Benitez. The 34-year-old reliever is scheduled to make $7.6 million this season, and is thought to be expendable because of the emergence of Londonderry, N.H. native Brian Wilson.
The Chronicle reported of Benitez’s first outing, Sunday:
Benitez, who [...]

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A quick take on Tek

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One question I answered yesterday was concerning whether or not I thought the Red Sox and Jason Varitek would come to terms following the life of his current contract. I thought that would be the case, but at the right price and right circumstances.
I started thinking about Varitek’s importance a bit more thoroughly and immediately [...]

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