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Red Sox only talked one-year deal with Jacoby Ellsbury 01.17.12 at 4:57 pm ET
By Rob Bradford

Jacoby Ellsbury

Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said when asked if he had talked with Jacoby Ellsbury’s agent, Scott Boras, about a multi-year deal before agreeing on the outfielder’s one-year, $8.05 million contract, “We only discussed a one-year deal.

Ellsbury is in the second year of arbitration eligibility, having agreed on a $2.4 million deal prior to the 2011 season.

Former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein told the Dennis and Callahan Show in July that the team had previously talked with Ellsbury’s representatives about a multi-year deal, with no progress being made.

Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, who is comparable to Ellsbury in terms of age and numbers, avoided his final year of arbitration eligibility by agreeing to an eight-year, $160 million contract at the end of the ’11 campaign.

After agreeing to one-year deals with Ellsbury and Mike Aviles ($1.2 million) , the Red Sox now have four arbitration-eligible players who have yet to be signed. Teams and unsigned arbitration-eligible players had until noon Tuesday to exchanged figures for any impending hearings.

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  • Pinstripegenius

    As if all of you Red Sox fans haven’t figured out yet that he’s goin all free agent on you as soon as his time is up.  lol

  • Anonymous

    Yup. Guess they couldn’t find time ths winter, what with all the hard work they did to improve the team, to talk to him about an extension. He will be Papelbon Part 2.

  • Greg

    I am a huge Red Sox fan but I think the team and fan reaction to Ellsbury’s injuries in 2010 turned him against a long term deal with the club. I guess being the way Boston is and it’s media and fans think they are, we shot ourselves in the butt as far as Ells is concerned. It’s too bad because he would have been a great long term player for us but we screwed it up. Why do us fans have to mouth off over everything? However, I think you Yankee fans need to mind your own business and shut up. You got some pretty crappie things going on in your own back yard.

  • Greg

    I am a huge Red Sox fan but I think the team and fan reaction to Ellsbury’s injuries in 2010 turned him against a long term deal with the club. I guess being the way Boston is and it’s media and fans think they are, we shot ourselves in the butt as far as Ells is concerned. It’s too bad because he would have been a great long term player for us but we screwed it up. Why do us fans have to mouth off over everything? However, I think you Yankee fans need to mind your own business and shut up. You got some pretty crappie things going on in your own back yard.

  • Wmeritz

    Ellsbury is a Boras client. Any long term deal might well be expensive to buy out the remaining arbitration years. Boras clients almost always become free agents.

  • Anonymous

    Expect Ellsbury to sign with the Yankees in ’14. NY could not let a chance to aquire an elite player like Ells,go by, while sticking it to the Red Sox at the same time.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe it’s time to offer up Ellsbury for trade. Barring a miracle, they will not win this year,and will almost certainly lose Ells in two years. His trade value has never been higher. Maybe the Twins would offer Joe Mauer. Mauer adds tons of offense at cather, and could be platooned with Shoppack or Lavernway. It would never happen because of Mauers contract, but at least he would be around for awhile.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe it’s time to offer up Ellsbury for trade. Barring a miracle, they will not win this year,and will almost certainly lose Ells in two years. His trade value has never been higher. Maybe the Twins would offer Joe Mauer. Mauer adds tons of offense at cather, and could be platooned with Shoppack or Lavernway. It would never happen because of Mauers contract, but at least he would be around for awhile.

  • Anonymous

    Ya, and he will end up in your outfield.

  • Anonymous

    Ya, and he will end up in your outfield.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DML7K7BYQ7SZ2FZFHPDDZ2QMZE Santiago B

    Ben Cherington continues his successful campaign to bring the Red Sox back to where they were before 1997, and that is fighting for the scraps the Yankees leave while they own the AL East. Hiring Bobby V was just the first sad, desperate move. He basically guaranteed Ellsbury leaves a FA now. Good luck depending all your offense on Crawford after Ortiz retires in a year or two.

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