Jason Bay

Market Watch: Matt Holliday vs. Jason Bay TOWER GROVE - In his illuminating and detailed look at the defensive difference between baseball's two best free-agent bats, ESPN.com Jerry Crasnick opens with a combination of words that won't be...

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ESPN.com reports that Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay refused an initial offer by the team and will dive into the pool of free agency and test the depth of the waters. If the figures mentioned are indeed the same as that offered by...

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...to pursue free-agent pitcher John Lackey. (PAUL BUCK / EPA / October 23, 2009) Reporting from Chicago - Matt Holliday is not coming. Jason Bay might be coming. John Lackey and Chone Figgins are not coming back -- not together, anyway. Those...

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...EASY PRINTING Sox continue talks - others to join With the passing of midnight, the Sox' exclusive negotiating window with Jason Bay closed, making him a true free agent. (File/Jim Davis/Globe Staff) The talks have been going on all...

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That sound at midnight last night was the window closing shut on the Red Sox [team stats]' best shot at a preemptive re-signing of Jason Bay. At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents, including six from the Red Sox, received the green light to...

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...first time in his seven-year career. "Nothing will happen by day's end, but we'll keep talking," Joe Urbon, Bay's agent, told SI.com. Bay, acquired by the Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-team deal that sent Manny Ramirez to...

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Jason Bay's agent will be able to begin fielding phone calls as early as the stroke of midnight tonight, as the Red Sox [team stats] free agent is not expected to strike any deal with the team before the deadline. "I don't think so," said...

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...out there,'' Red Sox GM Theo Epstein told SI.com. Epstein declined to talk to SI.com about the specifics of the Bay negotiations. Bay, who hit .267 with 36 homers and 119 RBIs with the Red Sox last season, has said he enjoyed his year and a...

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Jon Heyman of SI.com says that Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox initial contract offer, and will head to the open market beginning tomorrow. …this isn't unexpected, as Bay has made it very clear throughout the month that he wants to...

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Angels pitcher John Lackey, Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday and Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay were the highlights of the 79 players filing for free agency Thursday. Lackey, Holliday and Bay are expected to be the three marquee free...

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