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July 23, 2013

Pedroia, Red Sox Agree To 7-Year Extension (2015-21)

Rob Bradford, WEEI:
According to a baseball source, the Red Sox and second baseman Dustin Pedroia have agreed to a seven-year, worth approximately $100 million extension that will begin following the final guaranteed year of his current deal. Pedroia is currently in the midst of six-year, $40.5 million deal that carries a team option for 2015.

The deal, according to the source, carries a full no-trade clause.
The new contract - which will average roughly $14.3/season - runs through 2021, at which time Pedroia will be 38 years old.

Read Pedroia's comments on the deal here.
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11 comments:

  1. FenFanJuly 23, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    Well-deserved... Pedey is the heart and soul of this team.

    How soon do they name him captain? :-)

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  2. BenjaminJuly 23, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    [Will teammates look at you differently?]

    Not really. They still have to look down at me. I’m pretty short.

    Awesome.

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  3. PhilipJuly 23, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    Since this contract takes hold after the team option from the first contract, what would happen in a hypothetical scenario where the option was voided creating a one year gap between contracts?

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  4. allanJuly 23, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    As I understand it, the new contract would begin after the last guaranteed year of the current contract, which is 2014. The team option for 2015 would go poof - and the new contract would start in 2015.

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  5. 9caseyJuly 23, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    My son picked out his shirt this year at Fenway. Nice to know he has a player to associate with the Red Sox for awhile.

    Great player for little leaguers to look up to.

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  6. 9caseyJuly 23, 2013 at 6:48 PM

    And he could have easily waited for Cano to sign for 20 mil per year. And looked for similar money.

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  7. dj1480July 24, 2013 at 3:45 AM

    I think he sold himself short.

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  8. allanJuly 24, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    Probably. But it's still pretty good money.

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  9. ZenslingerJuly 24, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    I had been thinking 6/100 would be a good deal for the Sox. This is better -- but it is a lot of years. He could have gotten somewhat more, perhaps, but it's still pretty solid. He's Jeteresque in terms of his value -- there's not any shame in failing to be ridiculously overpaid.

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  10. ZenslingerJuly 24, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    Latest is calling it 8/110 since it includes his $10m option year.

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  11. allanJuly 24, 2013 at 1:47 PM

    Pedroia: "I'm not here to set markets. I'm here to win more games than the other second basemen."

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