Sox offered $12.65 million, Ortiz' number came in at $16.5 million. Ortiz is 1 of 4 arbitration-elible Red Sox to go unsigned including Bard, Bailey, and Aceves. Reported 1/17/2012 weei.com
36-yr-old free agent closer Francisco Cordero who had a 2.45 ERA and 37 saves for the Reds in 2011, in a سال when his strikeout rate fell to a career-low 5.4 per nine innings
The Sox will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park's first game اگلے سال with a yearlong celebration that will be heavy on history and filled with special events to usher the oldest ballpark in major-league history into its سیکنڈ century.