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AZTarHeel · 05-19-2004, 01:26 AM

Red Sox pin future on Martinez, Garciaparra
Beantowners re-sign both players to long-term deals

The Boston Globe * June 1, 2004

The future of the Boston Red Sox will be in the hands of Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra.

The Sox re-signed both players earlier this week, general manager Theo Epstein said.

Martinez (9-0, 2.06 ERA) had asked for more than $17 million per year but settled on a six-year, 14.5 million contract. The 32-year-old right hander is making just over $12.5 million this season.

He's now the highest paid player in the Boston organization (Manny Ramirez makes $14 million a year). Martinez is now the second highest paid player in all of baseball behind Alex Rodriguez from New York.

"I'm very happy with how things transpired," Martinez said. "I look forward to playing out my career in a Boston uniform."

Garciaparra was believed to be on his way out this winter when Boston was courting A-Rod. But that deal fell through, and the Sox retained Nomar back.

After a slow start that many blamed on ill feelings toward the organization, Garciparra has heated up over the past month. He's now hitting .320. He batted .529 in games last week.

Garciparra's deal is for four years at $9.4 million per season.

The two signings eat up a lot of Boston's change set aside for re-signings. Fourteen other players on the active roster are set to be free agents after this season, including the AL's leading RBI man Ellis Burks, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Bill Mueller and Derek Lowe.

Epstein hasn't left too many hints at how Boston will proceed next.

This could be Boston's lone chance to win a World Series in a long time if this group is broken up by economics.

05-19-2004, 01:26 AM	#131 (permalink)
AZTarHeel All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,488 Thanks: 9 Thanked 9x in 8 posts	Red Sox pin future on Martinez, Garciaparra Beantowners re-sign both players to long-term deals The Boston Globe June 1, 2004* The future of the Boston Red Sox will be in the hands of Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra. The Sox re-signed both players earlier this week, general manager Theo Epstein said. Martinez (9-0, 2.06 ERA) had asked for more than $17 million per year but settled on a six-year, 14.5 million contract. The 32-year-old right hander is making just over $12.5 million this season. He's now the highest paid player in the Boston organization (Manny Ramirez makes $14 million a year). Martinez is now the second highest paid player in all of baseball behind Alex Rodriguez from New York. "I'm very happy with how things transpired," Martinez said. "I look forward to playing out my career in a Boston uniform." Garciaparra was believed to be on his way out this winter when Boston was courting A-Rod. But that deal fell through, and the Sox retained Nomar back. After a slow start that many blamed on ill feelings toward the organization, Garciparra has heated up over the past month. He's now hitting .320. He batted .529 in games last week. Garciparra's deal is for four years at $9.4 million per season. The two signings eat up a lot of Boston's change set aside for re-signings. Fourteen other players on the active roster are set to be free agents after this season, including the AL's leading RBI man Ellis Burks, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Bill Mueller and Derek Lowe. Epstein hasn't left too many hints at how Boston will proceed next. This could be Boston's lone chance to win a World Series in a long time if this group is broken up by economics. Last edited by AZTarHeel; 05-21-2004 at 08:12 PM.