Red Sox Avoid Arbitration with Porcello
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Rob Carr/Getty Images(BOSTON, Ma.) — The Boston Red Sox and Rick Porcello avoided arbitration with a one-year $12.5 million contract.
Porcello,26 was acquired by the Red Sox in December in exchange for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. The Red Sox acquired Cespedes last season in a trade that saw Boston send ace pitcher Jon Lester to the Oakland A’s.
Last season with the Tigers, Porcello went 15-13 with a 3.43 ERA over 204.2 innings, allowing 18 home runs while striking out 129 batters. Porcello also led the American League with
The Red Sox also re-signed reliever Junichi Tazawa to a one-year $2.25 million deal.
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