MIKE AVILES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Is Mike Aviles Really a Major Downgrade at Short?
When the Boston Red Sox traded away their starting shortstop, Marco Scutaro, to free up payroll, a wide array of fans and pundits let out a collective moan across twitter and many other media outlets. Here at Rant Sports, my esteemed colleague, Mark Hock, lamented the move and asked if the Red Sox were even trying to compete in 2012. While there are plenty of reasons to worry about...
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6 days ago
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Mike Aviles Heads to Spring Training In Position to Seize Starting Shortstop Spot
Heading into the offseason, the Red Sox were set at shortstop. For all the overhaul in the organization, there were no short-term questions surrounding starter Marco Scutaro and utility man Jed Lowrie. Then one by one, change occurred. In December, general manager Ben Cherington shipped Lowrie to Houston in exchange for reliever Mark Melancon. A month later, the team traded Scutaro...
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10 days ago
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Aviles likes right field
The outfield is Mike Aviles' only answer for a decent amount of playing time in 2012. The Sox have yet to add a long-term replacement for J.D. Drew in right and there is a possibility of time on the DL for Crawford. He is sure to get some fill-in time in the infield, but he may now prefer the outfield grass for the future.
Projo:
"I was playing every day in right field...
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22 days ago
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Red Sox Avoid Salary Arbitration With Mike Aviles
Well we can cross another one off the list of players that the Boston Red Sox have that are arbitration-eligible.
With tonight's deadline of exchanging figures with arbitration-eligible players fast approaching, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington has avoided going to arbitration again by signing Mike Aviles to a one-year deal worth $1.2 million.
Aviles, who by the way will...
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Red Sox Sign Mike Aviles to One-Year Deal, Avoid Salary Arbitration
The Red Sox agreed to terms with Mike Aviles on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract Tuesday to avoid salary arbitration. The Boston Herald reports the deal is worth $1.2 million. Boston acquired Aviles, 30, from Kansas City before the trade deadline on July 30, 2011. During the past offseason, the Red Sox asked Aviles to hone his skills right field in winter ball for Ponce Leones...
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Red Sox acquire utility infielder from Colorado
His name's Brad Emaus, and he sounds like your quintessential 4-A type player.
Via WEEI's Alex Speier, Emaus hit big in his last minor-league stint in the Rockies' system, and has hit well (an OPS over .800) in five years of minor-league play. He doesn't appear to tantalize scouts enough to warrant a look at the majors.
Speier notes that this is a move for minor-league...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
Red Sox Mailbag: Mike Aviles Could Step Up, Fill Sox' Right Field Vacancy in 2012
Earlier in the week, the Red Sox reached minor league contract agreements with 12 free agents. Headlining the group of signees were Carlos Silva, Brandon Duckworth, Rich Hill and Jesse Carlson. While Silva isn’t a marquee name by any means, the right-hander was productive in 2010, going 10-6 with a 4.22 ERA for the Cubs. If he can recapture any of that consistency, he could be...
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January 05, 2012
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January 05, 2012
Aviles getting ready for Right
The Red Sox sent utility man Mike Aviles to Puerto Rico for two weeks to help him get acclimated with right field, a position currently up for grabs. Aviles took advantage of the opportunity, and to his surprise, actually enjoyed roaming right.
Via WEEI:
"I had to leave my family for a couple of weeks, but it was a lot more positives because going into spring training...
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January 04, 2012
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January 04, 2012
“Ut”-Oh. Is Mike Aviles On the Block?
Chase Utley is a damn good baseball player.
He’s one of the best hitters in the game, both for power and average, while playing a defensively-focused position, and doing it well. With a career .293/.380/.514/.894 line and a 2010 Fielding Bible Award at second base on his resume, he’s a big piece of what the Philadelphia Phillies hope will be a world championship team.
That’s...
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March 10, 2011
The Power of Prayer – Mike Aviles Edition
The story goes like this: Once while chastising third baseman Pedro Guerrero about his poor fielding, former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda asked Pedro about the first thing that would go through his mind while he was on the field as the pitcher was about to deliver his pitch. Pedro is said to have replied that he would pray that the batter wouldn’t hit the ball to him. Lasorda...
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August 09, 2010
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