Boston Red Sox Major Transactions |  | | | | Friday, January 16th, 2009 | | Placed SP C. Sabathia on the active roster. | | Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | | Signed free agent SP C. Sabathia to a 5-year contract worth a total of $90,000,000. | | Saturday, December 20th, 2008 | | Placed SP W. LeBlanc on the active roster. | | Placed SP C. Young on the active roster. | | Placed 1B C. Pena on the active roster. | | Placed LF C. Lee on the active roster. | | Placed LF A. Dunn on the active roster. | | Friday, December 12th, 2008 | | Signed free agent LF A. Dunn to a 4-year contract worth a total of $72,000,000. | | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | | Traded 20-year old minor league left fielder C. Marrero, 29-year old reliever J. Switzer and 18-year old minor league shortstop O. Tejada to the Tampa Bay Rays, getting 30-year old first baseman C. Pena in return. | | Traded 21-year old minor league first baseman L. Anderson and 19-year old minor league starting pitcher R. McIntosh to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 21-year old starting pitcher J. Cueto in return. | | Traded 28-year old starting pitcher J. Beckett, 28-year old starting pitcher D. Matsuzaka and 29-year old closer J. Valverde to the San Diego Padres, getting 29-year old starting pitcher C. Young, 26-year old minor league starting pitcher J. Germano, 25-year old starting pitcher W. LeBlanc, 32-year old left fielder C. Lee and 25-year old minor league shortstop A. Pinckney in return. | | Friday, December 5th, 2008 | | Placed MR J. Rincon on the active roster. | | Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | | Signed free agent MR J. Rincon to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000. | | Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | | Placed CF C. Beltran on the active roster. | | Placed CF L. Milledge on the active roster. | | Monday, November 24th, 2008 | | LF M. Ramirez becomes a free-agent. | | CL J. Ascanio received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $380,000. | | C J. Varitek becomes a free-agent. | | LF B. Moss received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $380,000. | | C J. Towles received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $380,000. | | SP J. Tavarez becomes a free-agent. | | 2B K. Ginter becomes a free-agent. | | CF J. Van Every received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $380,000. | | Friday, November 21st, 2008 | | Signed MR J. Lopez to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,000,000. | | MR D. Aardsma received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,656,000. | | CL J. Valverde received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,232,500. | | MR J. Switzer received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $835,200. | | 1B K. Youkilis received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,988,000. | | 3B E. Encarnacion received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $7,608,600. | | CL J. Papelbon received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,402,200. | |
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