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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>BoSox lock up Beckett through 2014 for $68M </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Josh Beckett - S - BOS - Apr. 5 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Red Sox signed RHP Josh Beckett to a four-year, $68 million extension.
The new deal, to be announced Monday afternoon at a press conference, will pay Beckett a $5 million signing bonus and annual salaries of $15.75 million from 2011-2014. The 29-year-old righty has gone 65-34 with a 4.08 ERA since joining the Red Sox back in 2006, strong numbers in baseball's toughest division.
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The new deal, to be announced Monday afternoon at a press conference, will pay Beckett a $5 million signing bonus and annual salaries of $15.75 million from 2011-2014. The 29-year-old righty has gone 65-34 with a 4.08 ERA since joining the Red Sox back in 2006, strong numbers in baseball's toughest division.
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