Update: Boston has traded David Aardsma to Seattle for minor league lefty Fabian Williamson.
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Jonathan Papelbon and Javier Lopez both signed one-year contracts today, avoiding arbitration hearings.
Bot's deal is for $6.25 million -- a record for an arbitration-eligible relief pitcher. Lopez signed for $1.35.
The Red Sox traded David Pauley, DFA'd when John Smoltz was added to the roster, to Baltimore for 24-year-old right-handed reliever Randor Bierd. In his first season in the majors, Bierd had a 4.91 ERA in 29 appearances, striking out 25 and walking 19 in 36.2 innings.
Catchers Market: The Angels signed Mike Napoli for $2 million, the Orioles grabbed Gregg Zaun for $1.5, and Ivan Rodriguez would like $3, but there's not much interest. Sean McAdam writes that Jason Varitek's value may not be as low as Zaun's, but "it isn't substantially higher, either".
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I shudder to think of how Pappelbon will be spending his money. That guy is INSANE!
Ha ha ha. Tek coulda had 10 mil right?
Fabian Williamson...average stats thus far...2+ walks per game though...
what do these four people have in common? NPPN, the new ABBA. It's like Japan without the vowels..like if they spelled it Nippon in the Torah.
I shudder to think of how Pappelbon will be spending his money. That guy is INSANE!
He should be able to build one hell of a duck blind down in Mississippi.
For $6.25m, he can pay the ducks to shoot themselves.
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