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It's been an interesting offseason in Boston, and most fans don't really know what to expect in 2012. Despite the changes for the Red Sox, however, the team is still poised to be a serious contender this season, just as the Sox were for most of last season before the epic late-season collapse. But even so, there's still plenty of questions that remain unanswered as spring...
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How Does David Ortiz Stack Up to Other Veterans That Went to Salary Arbitration Hearings?
The waiting game to see whether David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox will go to arbitration hearing is in its final hours. And while it could be rescheduled, the sides are scheduled to make their cases before a panel of arbitrators on Monday.
As detailed on Thursday, the odds of the sides going to hearing are slim based on the amount of money that could be lost:
[Ortiz is] seeking...
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Larry Lucchino, Bobby Valentine Aren't Worried About David Ortiz's Arbitration Case
BOSTON –– The arbitration hearing between David Ortiz and the Red Sox is rapidly approaching. But if both sides fail to settle on the designated hitter's salary before Monday's court date, Red Sox team president Larry Lucchino said he doesn't expect any contentious backlash between the two parties. "This is just a business disagreement," said Lucchino, who...
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Report: Sox, Ortiz reach agreement
Red Sox CEO/President Larry Lucchino reportedly told a Boston news outlet that the team and David Ortiz have reached an agreement, making the arbitration hearing scheduled for Monday unnecessary.
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Red Sox Mailbag: With David Ortiz Arbitration Hearing Just Days Away, Other Players Settled in Fort Myers
In 10 days, Red Sox pitchers and catchers will report to spring training. With a chance to get an early start, Jon Lester, Andrew Bailey and Andrew Miller, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ryan Lavarnway are reportedly among players already in Fort Myers. One way or the other, David Ortiz will join the group soon. With his arbitration hearing slated for Monday, the Red Sox will aggressively...
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Win a Date with Heidi Watney this Saturday at Project Cupid
Do you want the chance to win a date with Heidi Watney? I know many of the male Red Sox fans would jump at the chance! Heidi is one of the many people joining the Project Cupid event this Saturday to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If Heidi isn't your cup of tea, how about Jen Royle?? Project Cupid is an event where you can bid on bachelors or bachelorettes...
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Why David Ortiz, Red Sox Unlikely To Go to Salary Arbitration Hearing
As a free agent, only a handful of players accept salary arbitration when it is offered them, as most opt to test the market. But, there are a handful of such players each year, and 2012 is no different with Kelly Johnson (Blue Jays), Francisco Rodriguez (Brewers), and David Ortiz (Red Sox) being in that class.
But, it’s Ortiz that has become an overlooked case, one that has vast...
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Report: David Ortiz's Arbitration Hearing With Red Sox Scheduled for Monday
A date is finally in place for David Ortiz's arbitration hearing. The designated hitter and the Red Sox are scheduled to go to court next Monday to determine his contract situation, according to the Boston Globe. In the meantime, both parties will continue negotiations to settle and avoid a hearing. When Ortiz submitted his salary request, he filed for $16.5 million while the...
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David Ortiz Goes to Arbitration Monday
The final arbitration eligible case facing the Boston Red Sox will be decided Monday, February 13. The team will have until then to reach a contract with veteran slugger David Ortiz or an arbiter will decide his 2012 salary.
The 36 year old DH is coming off of an excellent 2011 season where he hit .309/.398/.554, for a .404 wOBA, 7th best in the game. Ortiz earned $12.5M in 2011...
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Red Sox in Bad Position With David Ortiz Future Still Uncertain (Video)
The Boston Red Sox are in the midst of a tough situation with longtim designated hitter, David Ortiz. General Manager Ben Cherington and the Red Sox are still in negotiations with Ortiz, but both sides are still about $4 million apart from one another's asking price. As it appears right now, Ortiz and the Sox may have to settle their case in arbitration, something the Red Sox haven...
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Ben Cherington Could Face Lose-Lose Situation If David Ortiz's Arbitration Case Isn't Settled Before Hearing
Ben Cherington is mired in quite the predicament. On one hand, the first-year Red Sox general manager wants to appease star veteran David Ortiz with a contract. But on the flipside, Cherington wants to achieve that goal at the right price, submitting a $12.65 million price tag to the arbitration committee. Although it's a slight raise from 2011, Ortiz countered with a massive...
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Arbitration hearing for Ortiz set for Monday
The Boston Red Sox and designated hitter David Ortiz have an arbitration hearing scheduled for Monday.
The sides have been working on a multi-year deal but have not been to come to terms.
The Red Sox offered the slugger $12.65 million when both parties exchanged figures last month. Ortiz is looking for $16.5 million.
The 36-year-old Ortiz batted .309 with 29 home runs and 96 RBIs...
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#57: What value does David Ortiz bring?
In a perfect world, we would want David Ortiz to bat cleanup in the Red Sox lineup, a place he has resided for almost the better part of a decade, and also play enough in the field to qualify at first base. Unfortunately, Ortiz won’t see the field too often with Adrian Gonzalez being such a great fielder at the position, which means Ortiz will be relegated to utility duties in...
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The Lineup Card: 10 Times Small Sample Sizes Steered Us Wrong by Baseball Prospectus
1) David Ortiz Back in 2010, David Ortiz got off to a wretched start, hitting just .143/.238/.286 with a single homer in 63 plate appearances during the month of April. At 34 years old, and on the heels of a season in which he'd set lows in all three slash categories (.238/.332/.462) during his time with the Red Sox, it was fair to wonder if he'd ever be the same hitter again...
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Sox sign Aceves to one-year deal
The Red Sox avoid arbitration yet again with another one-year deal, this time with Alfredo Aceves.
Globe:
Globe colleague Nick Cafardo had the news this morning. The Red Sox avoided arbitration with RHP Alfredo Aceves by signing him to a one-year deal worth $1.2 million with $100,000 available in bonuses based on starts or appearances.
The Sox had offered $950,000 in arbitration...
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Red Sox Avoid Arbitration With Alfredo Aceves
In order to avoid going to arbitration, Boston Red Sox GM Ben Cherington had to work out deals with Alfredo Aceves and David Ortiz. And with the hearings scheduled for both of them sometime within the next 12 days, he's running out of time to avoid the Red Sox going to arbitration for the first time since the 2002 season.
Well now,at the very least, he only has to worry about...
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Red Sox DH Ortiz wants to make deal, avoid arbitration
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz wants a multi-year deal to avoid arbitration."We are working on that right now...Hopefully, we will get to an agreement so we don't have to go in front of the judge," Ortiz told MLB.com.Ortiz has an arbitration hearing scheduled for a date close to February 12.The Red Sox offered the slugger $12.65 million when both parties...
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Papi points way for prospects at Showcase
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the guest speaker at a banquet to honor the participants in Major League Baseball's Venezuela-Dominican Republic Showcase for the countries' top prospects held during the last two days.
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Ortiz wants to make deal, avoid arbitration
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz said he wants a multi-year deal and would like to avoid salary arbitration for next season.
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Big Papi says he still wants multiyear contract
Red Sox desginated hitter David Ortiz wants to avoid an arbitration hearing and get a multiyear deal, but has left it up "to the agents and the team to deal with it" while he concentrates on getting ready for spring training.
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Fantasy Baseball Off-Season Report: Designated Hitters
By Adam McGill
The designated hitter position has become increasing useful in fantasy leagues over the last five seasons. Most fantasy owners’ have completely avoided the position entirely during past drafts, but there are always a couple hidden gems that emerge each year. The DH spot is still consistently overlooked in drafts, which only helps owners’ get better value out...
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Player Profile #85: David Ortiz | DH | BOS
By the end of 2010, most of Boston was calling for his head, but, in 2011, David Ortiz answered back with one of his best seasons in recent memory. The success was thanks, in large part, to a career-best 13.7 K% as he had been averaging 22.6 K% his previous two seasons. The reduced strikeouts really helped his batting average, which reached the .300 mark for the first time since...
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Red Sox to Focus on Looming Arbitration Cases
With the Boston Red Sox likely out of the competition to land one of the high profile free agent starting pitchers, General Manager Ben Cherington has indicated that the club will likely focus on their arbitration issues. The team has yet to have an in-person meeting with former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson has signed a one year, $10 million contract...
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Arbitration hearing likely for Ortiz, Aceves
And now for something completely different, the Red Sox may actually have to attend an arbitration hearing. The first in a decade. It appears as though neither the Sox nor Ortiz are backing down from their numbers.
ESPN's Gordon Edes has the story:
It appears "likely" that the Boston Red Sox and David Ortiz are headed to a hearing to decide his arbitration...
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Boston Unlikely to Add Starter
According to Alex Speier, the Red Sox are unlikely to add another starting pitcher before the season begins. The Red Sox have been linked to both Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt in recent weeks, but neither player currently sees Boston as their landing spot. Jackson allegedly has better offers elsewhere, and it’s been widely speculated that Oswalt wants to pitch close to home...
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