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 Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: J D Drew and Bosox closing in on a deal. |
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| Here's the link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/11/25/redsox.drew/index.html |
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shoewizard
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| buh bye Manny |
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TSWINDERS
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According to Rotoworld it is a Roy Oswalt Special 
15M per 5 years for Drew wow! Maybe I shouldn't be stunned but that to me seems like a terrible deal.
Oswalt seems like a steal after the deals this year. As for Webb wow JB really robbed the bank on that one. Just chalk up another great move for JB. |
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shoewizard
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Deal still not done.....still working on language, most likely tied to problems with his physical
Story here |
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TAP
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| Red Sox have growing concerns about Drew's shoulder. Drew remains a FA. |
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shoewizard
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: |
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I would sayJD is rather screwed here. He is completely at Bostons mercy at this point
If this deal falls through, Drew gets nothing more than a one year deal at far less than what boston would pay him, and maybe less than he was going to make from LA. |
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matt
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| Serves him right for opting out like a little bitch. |
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tmar
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Hey let's turn this into a "trade EB" thread.
Let's trade EB and then sign Drew to a 1 year deal.
/joking |
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Dangerfield
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Not knowing the situation, but it does appear Mammon, caught up to him, now that being said he could platoon with Byrnes....
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TAP
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune wrote: |
| The Red Sox still haven't announced the J.D. Drew deal, leaving him officially a free agent. This is about to become a big story. |
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TAP
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Associated Press tonight wrote: |
Red Sox, Drew resolve contract issues
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox and J.D. Drew finally resolved their wrangling over the outfielder's five-year, $70 million contract -- more than seven weeks after agreeing to everything except what to do about his surgically repaired right shoulder.
A baseball official involved in the negotiations said Thursday that the language had been agreed to. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because an announcement had not yet been made.
Drew's agent, Scott Boras, did not immediately return a telephone message, and Red Sox spokesman John Blake said the team had no comment.
The Red Sox reached a tentative agreement with Drew on Dec. 5, but the deal was delayed over possible damage lingering from September 2005 shoulder surgery. After wrangling for weeks -- interrupted by the holidays and Boston's pursuit of Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka, another Boras client -- the sides agreed on language that would allow the team to opt out of guaranteed money in 2010 and 2011 if a specified pre-existing injury recurs.
The language is similar to that in Magglio Ordonez's deal with the Detroit Tigers. Boras and the players' association agreed that if the Red Sox exercise their rights under that language, neither Drew nor the union would contend that the language is unenforceable.
Drew takes the place of longtime rightfielder Trot Nixon, who played his entire 11-year career in Boston but agreed to a $3 million, one-year deal with the Cleveland Indians last week. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said after confirming the tentative agreement on Dec. 5 that Drew fits nicely into right field and the No. 5 spot in the lineup, behind David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.
"With David and Manny, if they want to walk those guys, we want them to pay a steep price," manager Terry Francona said then.
Drew, 31, has had injuries throughout his career, but he played in 146 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season and hit .283 with 20 homers and a team-high 100 RBIs. He became a free agent when he opted out of the last three years of his five-year, $55 million deal with the Dodgers.
The Red Sox eagerly pursued him.
Drew's deal calls for annual salaries of $14 million. |
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