Papelbon agrees to $6.25M deal with Boston

2009-01-22T15:01:10-05:00

2009-01-20T14:39:20-05:00

2009-01-22T15:01:10-05:00

Boston Forever

Scottsdale 650240

58 Don't get your hopes up yankees. If you really think Rivera is going to last another 3 years, you must be smoking something good. How old is he now? Between now and then, the yankees will invest some serious money in a closer and even the yankees won't keep two #1 closers on the same team. Besides, the rivalry is getting very intense again and who is to say that he would want to change into a yankee. There are just as many hardcore yankees who will never put on Red Sox uniform and vice versa. Moving to NY hasn't done anything special for Damon. 4076722

2009-01-22T00:22:01-05:00

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dingleberryPie

Queensbury 640523

57 The Spankmes will never get it. The Sox signed Pedroia (MVP & All star) 4 yrs, Youkilis (3rd in MVP voting & All star) 4 yrs and Papelbon (All star closer) 1 yr for a couple million more than the Spankmes paid for A J Burnett. That says it all. Don't ever mention Cashman in the same breath as Theo!! 4069099

2009-01-20T16:07:53-05:00

Gooo

New York 607330

28 Boston fans are full of sh1 t , I don`t know what they are going to do now that we have a BLACK pre , as we all know off how racist they are! 4053140

2009-01-22T00:17:19-05:00

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dingleberryPie

Queensbury 640523

Boston fans are full of sh1 t , I don`t know what they are going to do now that we have a BLACK pre , as we all know off how racist they are!

56 It's horses **** comments like this that do not even deserve a response. GET A LIFE- DUDE!!! 4069071

2009-01-20T15:51:06-05:00

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Shooter_McGavin

London 417517

Yankee fans are so dumb. Every year, they spend hundreds of millions, every year they win "December baseball", every year they say someone's best player will be a Yankee in 2-3 years, and every year they win nothing.When are you guys going to realize your team sucks and you won't win another title for at least 86 years?

23 Ah, it must be nice to live in never never land. The Yankees won in 2000, less than ten years ago. Yes, they've been less than stellar in the playoffs of late - but to state that they won't win for 86 years is laughable. The Yankees won 89 games last year ... starting guys like Carl Pavano, Darrell Rasner and Sid Ponson. They've added Sabathia and Burnett, Wang is back healthy - and with Tex providing protection for ARod - the Yankees will be back in the playoff mix this year, and for many years to come. Boston fans who spew this crap are no better than Yankee fans who spew the same idiotic crap. I love the Yanks, but Paps is a Boston boy, and I don't see him leaving for New York. Of course, we have Joba to take over for Mo, so we aren't doing too badly. 4052764

2009-01-22T00:13:10-05:00

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dingleberryPie

Queensbury 640523

Ah, it must be nice to live in never never land.The Yankees won in 2000, less than ten years ago. Yes, they've been less than stellar in the playoffs of late - but to state that they won't win for 86 years is laughable. The Yankees won 89 games last year ... starting guys like Carl Pavano, Darrell Rasner and Sid Ponson. They've added Sabathia and Burnett, Wang is back healthy - and with Tex providing protection for ARod - the Yankees will be back in the playoff mix this year, and for many years to come. Boston fans who spew this crap are no better than Yankee fans who spew the same idiotic crap. I love the Yanks, but Paps is a Boston boy, and I don't see him leaving for New York. Of course, we have Joba to take over for Mo, so we aren't doing too badly.

55 Ahhh- Its Sh itter Mcgavin again. The Spankmes should win 159 games a year with their inflated payroll. Give me a Ferrari to race against Toyotas & Yugos and I will win every time. The Spankmes are headed back to late 80's/early 90s losing years, just with an inflated payroll. Worst team money can buy!!! Oh Yeah- Happy Gilmore still says you can kiss his a$$!!! 4069108

2009-01-20T15:41:13-05:00

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Celtics Beat

Studio City 36814

20 Sure Yankees, you can have Pap in 3 years after we throw his arm off 4052602

2009-01-21T12:26:53-05:00

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Petzuk

Danbury 13473

Sure Yankees, you can have Pap in 3 years after we throw his arm off

54 That's right.... Another player-to-be-hated by redsox fans in a few years. He'll join the ranks of Clemens, Boggs, Damon, Garciaparra, Manny, Vaughan, Torrez..... redsox fans will eventually hate and razz all of their "heros". But.... it's good for the redsox. They gets loads of cash from all the jerseys that sox fans have to buy to keep up with their team. 4061883

2009-01-21T06:56:16-05:00

Luke80

Providence 676823

53 Jonny Heyman, where is your update on Jason Varitek's private meeting with owner John Henry and his continued direct negotiations with GM Theo Epstein?? Guess Scott Boras doesn't pay you to talk about his embarrassing moments huh? ha ha ha ha Signing Pap and keeping him happy is a good thing. This is the prime of Jonathan Papelbon's career, this is as good and as effective as he'll ever be and the Sox have him for the next 3 years. Don't think the Sox are worried about losing him after that. 4058183

2009-01-21T00:39:40-05:00

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Yaz #8

Oregon 206397

52 I see some Yankees fans are getting worked up about the chance to pick up some more Red Sox leftovers in a few years. 4057610

2009-01-20T23:30:32-05:00

gerryt

No City 615322

51 It's never too old to TP Boras' house, car and yachts. He has acted every offseason like a Halloween ghoul, so trick or treat is only fair. The only problem I have with bringing Tek back is the access this gives Boras to Red Sox players and management. He should be banned in Boston. When I think of what he did to the Sox with Manny, Teixeira, Tek, A-Rod, Damon and others .. . . and there is already discussion by the Sox and Paps agent, likewise for J.Bay, of working out a long term deal, so it could still happen. 4057192

2009-01-20T15:10:24-05:00

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Neutral Zone

NYC 615871

Excellent news for Sox fans. Didn't Heyman say just a few days ago that Papelbon wanted to test the free agent market?

13 And it looks like he will since Papelbon only agreed to a one year contract. That's a clear indication that a player wants to test the FA market when he's only willing to accept 1 year contracts during his arbitration years. 4052048

2009-01-20T18:33:31-05:00

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trooper707

No City 216840

And it looks like he will since Papelbon only agreed to a one year contract. That's a clear indication that a player wants to test the FA market when he's only willing to accept 1 year contracts during his arbitration years.

50 Are you certain he was offered a longer term contract? 4054849

2009-01-20T17:35:50-05:00

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Markaherman

sacramento 148244

49 I agree about signing V-Tek, though The Sox are so sick of Boras they'll probably tell him they'll only sign him if Boras isn't in the room, city, or state at the time of the signing. I recently found out where that **** lives so let me ask a question, how old is TOO old to TP someone's house? 4054319

<div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/20601/t1_papelbon120.jpg" alt="T1_papelbon120" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon struck out 77 while walking just eight in 2008. AP </div> </div> Electric closer Jonathan Papelbon has agreed to a $6.25 million, one-year contract with the Red Sox, SI.com has learned. The sum is a record for a first-year, arbitration-eligible reliever. The 28-year-old fireballer went 5-4 with a 2.34 ERA and 41 saves last year, when he was paid $775,000. Boston's closer has racked up 113 saves with a 1.84 ERA in his first three seasons on the job, making three straight All-Star teams in the process. The 28-year-old Papelbon is one of four pitchers to record 30 or more saves in each of his first three full seasons, joining Billy Koch, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Todd Worrell. He is 29 saves from the Red Sox mark of 132 set by Bob Stanley from 1977-89. The Red Sox have locked up some key pieces over the last two months. Boston gave MVP second baseman Dustin Pedroia a six-year, $40.5 million contract in December and star slugger Kevin Youkilis a four-year, $41 million deal last week. In other news, Mariners star starter Erik Bedard settled for a $7.75 million contract. Several other arbitration-eligible players agreed on contracts today with their current clubs, just before arbitration figures were to be exchanged. According to filings obtained by SI.com, other players to settle included Toronto's Jeremy Accardo ($900,000), Florida's Alfredo Amezaga ($1.3 million), Houston's Brandon Backe ($1.55 million), Colorado's Clint Barmes $1.625 million), Tampa Bay's Jason Bartlett ($1,981,250), San Diego's Heath Bell $1.255 million), Los Angeles Dodgers' Jonathan Broxton ($1.825 million), New York Mets' Ryan Church ($2.8 million), Pittsburgh's Zach Duke ($2.2 million), Texas' Frank Francisco ($1.615 million), Pittsburgh's John Grabow ($2.3 million), Colorado's Jason Grilli ($800,000), Detroit's Edwin Jackson ($2.2 million), Detroit's Gerald Laird ($2.8 million) and Colorado's Taylor Buchholz ($1.55 million). Others to agree to contracts included Pittsburgh's Adam LaRoche ($7.05 million), Boston's Javier Lopez ($1.35 million), Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin ($3.9 million), Milwaukee's Seth McClung ($1.6625 million), New York Yankees' Xavier Nady ($6.55 million), Kansas City's Joel Peralta ($640,000), Arizona's Chad Qualls $2.535 million), Los Angeles Angels' Robb Quinlan ($1.1 million), Florida's Ricky Nolasco ($2.4 million), Baltimore's Luke Scott ($2.4 million), Detroit's Bobby Seay ($1.3 million), San Francisco's Jack Taschner $835,000), St. Louis' Brad Thompson $650,000), Philadelphia's Shane Victorino ($3.125 million), Texas' C.J. Wilson ($1.85 million), Pittsburgh's Tyler Yates $1.3 million), Detroit's Joel Zumaya ($735,000). http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY

Jon Heyman

New York 10084 42601 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/20601/t1_papelbon120.jpg" alt="T1_papelbon120" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon struck out 77 while walking just eight in 2008. AP </div> </div> Electric closer Jonathan Papelbon has agreed to a $6.25 million, one-year contract with the Red Sox, SI.com has learned. The sum is a record for a first-year, arbitration-eligible reliever. The 28-year-old fireballer went 5-4 with a 2.34 ERA and 41 saves last year, when he was paid $775,000. Boston's closer has racked up 113 saves with a 1.84 ERA in his first three seasons on the job, making three straight All-Star teams in the process. The 28-year-old Papelbon is one of four pitchers to record 30 or more saves in each of his first three full seasons, joining Billy Koch, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Todd Worrell. He is 29 saves from the Red Sox mark of 132 set by Bob Stanley from 1977-89. The Red Sox have locked up some key pieces over the last two months. Boston gave MVP second baseman Dustin Pedroia a six-year, $40.5 million contract in December and star slugger Kevin Youkilis a four-year, $41 million deal last week.