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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Report: Beckett has four-year offer on table </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Josh Beckett - S - BOS - Mar. 30</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports that the Red Sox have offered right-hander Josh Beckett a four-year contract extension.
Olney adds that "there is optimism a deal will be completed in the next week or two." If that's the case, perhaps it doesn't bother Beckett that the Red Sox are unwilling to give him a five-year deal, similar to the one they gave John Lackey this offseason. Beckett, 30 in May, went 17-6 with a 3.86 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 199 strikeouts last year. He posted a 3.72 ERA and a 22/5 K/BB ratio in 19 1/3 innings of Grapefruit League play this spring.
Source: ESPN.com
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Report: Beckett has four-year offer on table </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Josh Beckett - S - BOS - Mar. 30</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports that the Red Sox have offered right-hander Josh Beckett a four-year contract extension.Olney adds that "there is optimism a deal will be completed in the next week or two." If that's the case, perhaps it doesn't bother Beckett that the Red Sox are unwilling to give him a five-year deal, similar to the one they gave John Lackey this offseason. Beckett, 30 in May, went 17-6 with a 3.86 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 199 strikeouts last year. He posted a 3.72 ERA and a 22/5 K/BB ratio in 19 1/3 innings of Grapefruit League play this spring.
Source: ESPN.com
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