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Red Sox avoid arbitration with seven players, including Jacoby Ellsbury 01.18.13 at 6:08 pm ET
By Rob Bradford

Alfredo Aceves

The Red Sox have announced they came to terms with seven of the eight unsigned arbitration-eligible players Friday, leaving just Craig Breslow as the only one of the group unsigned. According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.com, Breslow filed at $2.375 million, while the Red Sox countered at $2.325 million.

The players agreeing to terms were pitchers Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Daniel Bard, Joel Hanrahan, Andrew Miller and Franklin Morales, along with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.

Ellsbury’s deal was the richest of the bunch, at $9 million for 2013. It was the final year of arbitration-eligibility for the outfielder, who was paid $8,050,000 last year after becoming eligible for arbitration for the second time. It was a significant bump in salary from the 2.4 million he made in 2011, due to his breakout 2011 season. Following his memorable 2011 season in which he finished as runner-up in American League MVP voting, Ellsbury suffered through an injury-plagued season in 2012, playing just 74 games. He hit .271/.313/.370 with four home runs and 26 RBIs.

Hanrahan’s deal is for $7.04 million deal, a considerable increase on the $4.1 million the right-hander earned in 2012. Hanrahan, who was arbitration-eligible for the third time this offseason, could earn an additional $60,000 in incentives, according to the website, with $15,000 bonuses for finishing 45, 50, 55 and 60 games.

According to Aceves’ agent Tom O’Connell has told WEEI.com’s Alex Speier that the pitcher’s contract is for $2.65 million.

The other figures for the signees are as follows: Bailey: $4.1 million; Bard: $1.8625 million; Miller: $1.475 million; Morales: $1.4875 million.

The last Red Sox player to go to arbitration was pitcher Rolando Arrojo in 2002.

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  • Anonymous

    Busting Breslow’s balls for $50,000.  Henry spent more on bathroom fixtures in that new mansion he built.  Go get ‘em, Benny.

  • anguillaman3

    Yup that BC picks some odd battles…Breslow is not real good though…I liked Matt A. better.
    Hmmm, Aceves is back…..

  • Rs

    Farrell must like Aceves. Why else would they sign him for that amount of money after last year.

  • JimVT

    Aceves, Miller, Bailey, Morales…..sigh.  I wonder whats going to happen?  same bullpen except for Hanrahan.  

  • Anonymous

    Breslow and the Sox will easily resolve this before any hearing is held.

  • Dano S

    Ellsbury and Napoli happy with their deals will make Sox a “playoff team”. Red Sox Predictions 105.0
    Sox sign Luke Scott OF, Lyle Overbay 1B and Dallas Braden SP. Thank You Mr.Cherington and Mr.Lucchino
    for all your hard work to make 2013 a exciting year for Sox fans.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pete.lincoln.338 Pete Lincoln

     What are the options.  If you go to arbitration he might even make more.  He has value as starting pitching depth, long reliever, and a guy with a rubber arm who can be very effective, so you can’t just release him.   Up until the 2nd half he had been a very valuable pitcher for 1 1/2 yrs.

    So he had problems with Bobby V, who didn’t.  Maybe he was right.  See how it plays out with Farrell.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pete.lincoln.338 Pete Lincoln

     Yeah, the Red Sox outsource to a company to handle their arbitration cases, and they likely would charge more than 50 K. 

    It’s probably good to go to arbitration once in a while to keep agents honest. 

  • Anonymous

    I could see Braden but Not Overbay or Scott.
    Kotchman is a better defender at this point if there were going to scrap heap it.
    They’d never sign Luke Scott. Besides being a GIGANTIC a*hole he’s awful in the field. He’s a LHH DH and we, uh, already have one of those. :)

  • San Diego Dreamer

    Dang it, split the difference and be done with it. Need to address starting pitching and backup first baeman.

  • Richard in canton

    response to dano What drug are you on.  This is a 4th place team at best

  • Anonymous

    Seriously Red Sox? $50K? Sell another brick and sign Breslow. Just another bridge year. 80 wins.

  • bench warmer

    I bought stock in popcorn.

  • WHO CARES

    good BP, If starting pitching pitches well ???   Playoffs 

  • Dano S

    Love to hate.
    Enjoy Pats game.

  • Dano S

    Scott and Braden I really believe could have solid a solid year with John Farrell keeping them in line. 

  • Paul Edward McLaughlin

    trade brady for a bag of footballs and start Mallett.

  • Brady fan

    why on earth would you want Brady gone he’s led them to five Superbowl’s in his time in New England

  • Lou

    Loser!

  • JimDaytona

    Get a first round pick and nothing less, Mallett will be an NFL star.

  • JD

    No. A 2nd round pick they have control over for an extra year.

  • Underground fan

    Does Brady’s low pay make him a traceable commodity, I don’t think o either but, just consider the windfall for just a moment.
    Boggles the mind right….. NEVVA GONNA HAPPEN..
    Consider just a moment, why keep Ryan,
    Ok, things who Cleveland may have fallen apart, but there are oth suitors, and any of them will complete the needed
    2 nd rounder, just a few more hours and things hold get a little busy

  • Jason

    Don’t trade mallet!! He will be the closest thing we will have to Tom Brady, once brady retires in 3 years he will be ready and eager to prove himself.

  • Jason

    Times that by 2 lol

  • daysofthenew

    nope… trade him. Sam Bradford via the Josh McDaniels connection is your replacement for Brady anyway. So Brady has three years left? Just about then Bradford will have worn out his stay in St. Louis.

  • daysofthenew

    what I want to know is where is old BHyder20 with his baseball references?

  • ron

    bag of footballs lol toms one of the best with some years left in the tank , mallett unproven…..

  • http://sbpra.com/paulvsuffriti Paul V. Suffriti

    Just want to throw out a draft day scenario. The Browns are interested in trading for WR Bess with Miami. What if the Browns get Bess from Miami and trade him to the Pats for QB Mallett? The Browns really interested in Mallett.

  • http://twitter.com/Sportsbozo1 Charles Champagne

    For anyone even thinking of trading Tom Brady get home quick your meds are waiting for you on the table. Tom has 3 more good years past that I would agree with you, until then chill and enjoy.

  • Schwank

    Two points. Alot can happen in the next two days of this draft. Teams that expect and then fail to fulfill certain needs may come forward and make offers that they wouldn’t have made yesterday….like the baseball trade dealine. As such maybe someone offers a future #1 or #2 for him? Some reports state he would be a first rounder if he were in this years draft. So in reality it’s no different than drafting quarterback ..no?

    Second, barring unforseen circumstances, Brady is expecting to play until he’s 40. Will Mallet, even if in their crystal ball they see him as the potential replacement ….will he still be her or be gone likely to free agency? That’s why I think he is form of currency also. There’s alot of time between now Brady’s departure to discover the next QB. Look at last year….Wilson in Seattle, Kaepernick in SF when all we heard of was Luck and RGIII. In today’s NFL the future QB will be out there and it’s likely someone not on anyone’s radar at the moment.

  • daws

    no one should trade brady we came close 5 superbowls thats pretty good he has lead our team to the past great years

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