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Ballbug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe : Red Sox throw Wakefield a change-up — The Red Sox did some cost-cutting with Tim Wakefield today according to sources. Rather than pick up his $4 million option for 2010, they signed him to a $3.5 million deal. He also will get a $1.5 million deal for 2011 that includes incentives.
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | yesterday
Globe colleague Tony Massarotti spoke to Tim Wakefield about his new two-year, $5 million deal. It sounds like this will be the final contract for the 43-year-old. "Yes, I’m done after two more,’’ Wakefield said. "That’ll put me at 45." Wakefield has 175 wins with the Red Sox, 18 away from breaking the franchise record held by Roger Clemens...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rob Bradford / Full Count : Wakefield, Sox Agree on New Two-Year Deal — The Red Sox have chosen not to pick up Tim Wakefield's $4 million option for the 2010 season; instead, the team and the pitcher have come to terms on a two-year deal. The new contract will pay the 43-year-old a guaranteed $5 million …
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tim Wakefield has agreed to a two-year deal with the Red Sox for a total of $5 million. Wakefield will be paid $3.5 in 2010 and $1.5 in 2011 (with more incentives in the second year). Tony Massarotti reported that the Sox had "some concerns about exercising the regenerating, $4 million option ... in the wake of surgery to remove disc fragments" from Wakefield's back....
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tim Wakefield has one of the most hallowed Red Sox records in his sights, and now he has two years to break it. The Sox yesterday signed the 43-year-old knuckleballer...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tony Massarotti / Boston Globe : Wakefield, Sox renegotiating — In the wake of a back injury that required Tim Wakefield to have offseason surgery, the pitcher and the Red Sox are close to finalizing a two-year deal that would give Wakefield the chance to become the club's all-time leader in victories.
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sox keep Wakefield with two-year deal
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the wake of a back injury that required Tim Wakefield to have offseason surgery, the pitcher and the Red Sox are close to finalizing a two-year deal that would give Wakefield the chance to become the club's all-time leader...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Red Sox did some cost-cutting with Tim Wakefield today according to sources. Rather than pick up his $4 million option for 2010, they signed him to a $3.5 million deal. He also will get a $1.5 million deal for...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
1:28pm: WEEI.com's Rob Bradford says the new deal will guarantee Wakefield $5MM ($3.5MM in 2010, $1.5MM in 2011), with incentives that could push the total value of the deal up to $7MM. 1:26pm: The Red Sox have held (and exercised) a perpetual $4MM option for knuckleballer Tim Wakefield since 2005, but now Tony Massarotti of The Boston Globe reports that the two sides are renegotiating...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | yesterday
More photos » by Eric Shelton - ASSOCIATED PRESS 3 months ago: Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield delivers to the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Shelton) Browse more photos » Thanks to Drugs Delaney for breaking the news here on OTM. Long said to be one of the best bargains in baseball,...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Not only will Tim Wakefield be back with the Red Sox next season, he now has a contract for 2011. Not bad for a 43-year-old coming off back surgery.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Red Sox renegotiated Tim Wakefield’s annual option today. Wake had been working off an auto-renewing option locked in at $4 million, but the aging knuckleballer struggled with injuries in 2008 and 2009, forcing the Sox to tweak the deal for future years: Extra Bases: The Red Sox did some cost-cutting with Tim Wakefield today according [...]
SOX (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rather than exercise the annual $4 million option on Tim Wakefield, the Boston Red Sox have re-signed him to a 2-year deal worth $7 million. They also announced they have declined the $5 million option on Jason Varitek’s contract. Varitek still holds a $3 million team option that includes $2 million in incentives based on [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Varitek, 37, was a three-time All-Star with the Red Sox from 1997 to 2008. He was the team's long-time captain and caught a club-record 1,381 contests and ranks among the club's all-time leaders in overall games played (9th, 1,439), doubles (8th, 290), home runs (12th, 175), RBIs (15th, 705) and walks (15th, 583).
