Boston Red Sox Avoid Arbitration with Alfredo Aceves
Right handed pitcher Alfredo Aceves is the latest Boston Red Sox player to avoid arbitration. As per Alex Speier at WEEI.com, the Red Sox agreed to a one year, $1.2M deal with the versatile 29 year old hurler which includes up to $100,000 more in possible bonuses based on potential starts or relief appearances. Aceves had filed for a $1.6M contract heading into arbitration withBoston countering with an offer of $950,000. With Aceves signed, David Ortiz is now the only Red Sox player still heading towards arbitration.
Aceves was Boston’s third best reliever last season, behind Jonathan Papelbon and Daniel Bard, pitching a team leading 93 innings of relief with a 2.03 ERA and a 3.96 FIP. He also made four starts for the Red Sox in 2011 for 22 more inning. Heading into Spring Training, Aceves will get an opportunity to make the starting rotation as the fifth starter. Should he land back in the bullpen, Aceves will continue to be a workhorse in the bullpen, seeing action in long relief and setting up for the newly acquired ace relievers Mark Melancon and Andrew Bailey.
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