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The question of the offseason for Boston Red Sox fans is whether or not they will re-sign Jason Bay. The question remains where he wants to play. And if we judge from Bay’s chat at WEEI.com on Thursday afternoon, we still don’t know.
Bay stopped by WEEI.com and besides answering questions about his future, he also [...]
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October 29, 2009
The Red Sox may employ the smartest front office in baseball, which is why this tweet from Jon Heyman makes little sense. Heyman suggests the Red Sox are willing (and able) to offer Jason Bay a four-year deal worth approximately $15M per season.
Bay turned 31 about three weeks ago and is fresh from his [...]
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October 27, 2009
By Travis Duncan
Jason Bay is due to become a free-agent at the conclusion of this year’s World Series.  The Red Sox will have the 15 days following the World Series as an exclusive negotiating period, after which  Bay is free to talk to other teams.
Jim Street of MLB.com says he would like the Seattle Mariners [...]
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October 29, 2009
Jason Bay is keeping his options open as he approaches free agency. In a chat with fans on WEEI.com, Bay said he is open-minded about where and when he signs.
"The window for my career doesn’t last forever," Bay said. "So limiting myself to one geographical spot really has no bearing on my decision."
The 31-year-old outfielder said he understands...
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October 30, 2009
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated thinks the Red Sox will offer up to $15 million a year for 4 years to re-sign Jason Bay. He also speculates that the Giants and the Mets might outbid them.
Jason Bay likes Boston and might be willing to take a slight hometown discount but he is going to see what is out there. This is going to be his best chance at a big payday; especially with...
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October 29, 2009
As Game Two rolls along...well, maybe not 'rolls.' Chugs? Drags? Anyway, as Game Two continues, here are a few newsbits from everywhere but Yankee Stadium in the MLB universe...
R.J. Anderson of Fangraphs believes that the Red Sox will be making a mistake if they sign Jason Bay to the four-year/$60MM contract that Jon Heyman reported (via Twitter) the club isÂ...
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October 30, 2009
Jon Heyman of SI.com believes that the Red Sox are willing to offer four years and $60 million to Jason Bay.
Heyman feels that figure is a bit short, given Bay’s stature as an established middle of the order hitter.
However, Heyman says that Bay’s agent, Joe Urbon, wouldn’t rule out the two sides making a deal [...]
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October 29, 2009
Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Red Sox are willing to give free-agent OF Jason Bay a four-year deal worth roughly $15 million per season.
Heyman sees the Giants, and maybe the Mets, bidding more.
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October 31, 2009
Henry Schulman, in a report in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, says the Giants are expected to make a run at Jason Bay.
Giants General Manager Brian Sabean told Schulman that he sees a later developing market for free agents this year, and feels that this plays in his favor.
…when did Manny sign…three days before Spring Training…that’s [...]
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October 28, 2009
The latest hot stove notes from SI's Jon Heyman...
Manny Ramirez "is planning to exercise" his $20MM player option for 2010. This was expected but it'd still be interesting to see Manny jump back into free agency, maybe seek two years and $30MM.
Heyman echoes what we've read regarding Brandon Webb - the D'Backs will pick up his $8.5MM...
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October 29, 2009
More links for Thursday...
Jon Heyman of SI.com suggests (via Twitter) that the Red Sox might be willing to offer Jason Bay $60MM over four years. Heyman can see the Giants and, possibly, the Mets bidding more than that for the Canadian left fielder.
ESPN.com's Keith Law can imagine some team signing Johnny Damon to a three-year deal this offseason, but...
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October 31, 2009
The Giants had a pretty busy day yesterday, re-signing second baseman Freddy Sanchez to a two-year deal, and outrighting lefty Noah Lowry, making him a free agent. Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle has some more Giants' rumors for us this morning...
GM Brian Sabean says he sees a "later-developing market. We don't have a relative sense of urgency like last...
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October 30, 2009
The latest from SI's Jon Heyman...
The only teams interested in Pedro Martinez this summer were the Rangers, Rays, Cubs, and Phillies (the Brewers bowed out when Pedro was late to a throwing session). Heyman believes interest will pick up this time around, but Martinez may retire if the Phillies win the World Series.
Heyman believes the Red Sox are willing...
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