Martinez leaves Sox for $54m deal with Mets
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- He enraptured the region, a charismatic and passionately competitive superstar whose pitching brilliance helped the Red Sox enter the 21st century as one of the most fearsome teams in baseball and vault them in October to their first world championship in 86 years. Now he is gone.
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After helping the Boston Red Sox win their first title in 86 years, Pedro Martinez will try to lead the New York Mets to their first championship since 1986.
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Before Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein left baseball&#39;s winter meetings on Monday afternoon, he told executives from other teams that Boston had lost Pedro Martinez
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The New York Mets are making a strong push to close on a deal with marquee free agent right-hander Pedro Martinez, with indications that a four-year guaranteed offer could be close to delivering him.
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It is much too easy to call Pedro Martinez the selfish one, to say he is walking out on the Red Sox, his baseball family, for the extra year of the Mets&#39; crazy money.
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Pedro Martinez picked the New York Mets over the Boston Red Sox, and the Chicago White Sox dealt Carlos Lee to Milwaukee for Scott Podsednik and a reliever on Monday as baseball's annual winter meetings finished with many top stars still searching for teams.
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Nomar Garciaparra stayed with the Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Red Sox made arbitration offers to Pedro Martinez and several other World Series stars Tuesday, the first big deadline of the offseason for teams and free agents.
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With the top free agent pitcher, former Red Sox Pedro Martinez , already in tow, the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement with the other top free agent prize of the offseason, outfielder Carlos Beltran .
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Carlos Beltran is on the verge of following Pedro Martinez to the New York Mets. A day after the All-Star outfielder let the deadline to re-sign with Houston pass, the Mets worked Sunday to structure a &#36;119 million, seven-year contract that will include an &#36;11 million signing bonus, a lawyer involved in the talks said on condition of anonymity.
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After reportedly having dinner with right-hander Pedro Martinez last Thursday, Mets general manager Omar Minaya has made an offer that tops the one the Red Sox submitted, The New York Times reported.
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The Yankees set up a twofold reunion for Tino Martinez yesterday, agreeing to a trade for Randy Johnson and then signing Martinez as a free agent to a one-year contract.
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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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The Mets are serious about Pedro Martinez. But is the free agent righthander ready to make a jump back to the National League? According to several newspaper reports, the Mets have offered Martinez a three-year contract worth approximately $37.5 million.
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ANAHEIM - At first, Mike Cameron couldn&#39;t believe it and was reluctant to say much. Then he heard Larry Lucchino&#39;s concession e-mail in which the Sox president said they had lost Pedro Martinez to the Mets.
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The Boston Red Sox finalized a &#36;1.5 million, one year-year contract with free agent pitcher Wade Miller on Thursday, one day after completing a &#36;25.5 million, three-year deal with right-hander Matt Clement.
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Tino Martinez left the Bronx to make room for Jason Giambi. Now he might help replace him. The Yankees and Martinez essentially have agreed to a one-year deal with an option worth approximately
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Pedro Martinez is introduced at Shea Stadium on Thursday, a day after he passed his physical and the Mets finalized his $53 million, four-year contract.