December 4th, 2009 •
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Boston Red Sox, Rumors, Teams • Tagged as brandon phillips, Dustin Pedroia, Luis Castillo, Marco Scutaro, Mark DeRosa, Orlando Cabrera, Orlando Hudson, Placido Polanco
ESPN’s Buster Olney gives the specifics of shortstop Marco Scutaro’s contract with the Boston Red Sox. Essentially, Scutaro is guaranteed $12.5 million dollars over two years ($5 million ’10, $5 million in ’11, with a $1 million signing bonus, and $1.5 million buyout on a ’12 mutual option). The 34 year-old Scutaro is coming off a career year offensively [...]
December 3rd, 2009 •
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Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Teams • Tagged as Greg Dobbs, Mark DeRosa, Pedro Feliz, Placido Polanco, Wes Helms
John Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweeted that Placido Polanco, former Detroit Tigers’ second basemen, is close to signing an $18 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies to play third base. Todd Zolecki of Mlb.com reports that the deal is pending a physical, but is for three years with a mutual option for 2013. Polanco posted a .285 BA, with 10 HRs, [...]