Ortiz deal leads to Unit questions
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When the Diamondbacks signed Russ Ortiz to a four-year deal as the Winter Meetings officially opened for business Friday, they added a bulldog of a right-hander they hope will be a core veteran on a team on the rise in 2005.
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To ante up, or not to ante up? That would appear to be the question for the Red Sox as they make an attempt to re-sign Pedro Martinez.
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Javier Vazquez says the New York Yankees would be making a mistake if they trade him. A proposed three-team deal that would have sent the right-hander to Los Angeles, Randy Johnson from Arizona to the Yankees
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hands. The Dodgers are sending the Yankees the money to pay part of left-hander. extension with Johnson. The five-time Cy Young Award winner is owed $16 million.
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So, on an afternoon that David Ortiz hit his career-best 48th home run to draw within two of the club record held by Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx, what did he think of his chances of winning the American League's Most Valuable Player award?
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DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't breaking new ground when he ordered David Ortiz to be intentionally walked three times last night.
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ANAHEIM - The Diamondbacks, flush with new investment, signed pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year, $33 million contract, giving Ken Kendrick a chance to explain how the formerly financially challenged club could commit $78 million in two days.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Anaheim Angels exercised catcher Bengie Molina&#39;s contract option on Monday, but not that of pitcher Ramon Ortiz.
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As if reigning as world champions were not enough, the Red Sox yesterday tried to make all the right moves in selling Carl Pavano on joining -- or helping to replace -- Pedro Martinez in their starting rotation. Sox officials made their pitch to Pavano the day after they returned from contract talks in Florida with Martinez without a deal ...
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The Red Sox think so, and Martinez may need to agree if he wants to remain in Boston. The Sox have offered Martinez a financial package similar to the multiyear
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With the supply of attractive pitching options dwindling daily -- they lost Pedro Martinez to the Mets, missed on Tim Hudson, and are resigned to Randy Johnson becoming a Yankee -- the Red Sox struck again last night, coming to terms with free agent Matt Clement on a three-year deal that will pay the righthander in the neighborhood of $25 ...
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The Boston Red Sox have finalized a three-year, $25.5-million contract with free-agent right-hander Matt Clement. He helps fill the spot in the rotation that opened when Pedro Martinez left.
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A walkoff grand slam in spring training deserves at least this much: David Ortiz , voice booming across the clubhouse, letting Ed Rogers know he was paying attention.
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Catcher Jason Varitek, considered by many the free agent the world champion Red Sox could least afford to lose, has reached agreement on a four-year deal with the team that will pay him $40 million through the 2008 season, sources directly involved with the negotiations said last night.
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Beware of a thing called excess. The Red Sox thought they had it with Bronson Arroyo last spring so they took a chance, rolled the dice, and went after a slugger with upside in Wily Mo Pe&#xF1;a. Arroyo had a very good year in Cincinnati, where he proved to be the most durable pitcher in the National League, and the ...
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The composition of the 2005 Red Sox remained a work very much in progress yesterday after general manager Theo Epstein revealed which free agents were going to receive
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Randy Johnson is on the verge of being traded to the Yankees as part of a three-way deal that also would include the Dodgers. A source confirmed for ESPN that the teams are close to agreement on the principal