The Red Sox have offered Edwin Jackson a contract and the Orioles would consider offering a four year deal. The market for Jackson — arguably the top free agent remaining — seems to be picking up. Here are the most recent rumors from around MLB:
- The Red Sox are believed to be one of a few teams with which Jackson would accept a one-year deal, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe tweets.
- The Cardinals checked in on Jackson, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. The right-hander, who finished the 2011 season in St. Louis, has a multiyear offer from an unknown team that's not the Red Sox or Cardinals.
Edwin Jackson has a multiyear offer from the Orioles probably
I would assume he would take the 4 year deal over the 1 year deal, even if the 4 year deal payed him less of an AAV than a 1 year deal. Ex- 4 year/$40 mil as opposed to say 1 year/$12 mil
wow….incredibly insightful info right there
But its not a definite. Especially when the team offering a 4 year deal is a pretty bad team.
No need to be a wise guy about it. Not all players take the same kind of offers.
mercurial playes – like Edwin – always take the longer deal – if you can parlay a pretty avg season into a 4 yr deal as a guy that has bounced around his entire career you take it – plus i have more likes so i win
And why don’t you read what others below me said. Should he take a 4 year offer from the O’s or a 1 year offer from the Cards, Red Sox or another good team.
More likes? Congrats…..I didn’t know there was a limit such as first to 7 likes wins.
i should scroll down to see what the other experts say eh?
You might just learn something then.
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plus i have more likes so i win”
2nd thoughts?
thats what i was thinking too…what do you take, a 1/10 to 1/13 contracts from a winning team like the Cardinals or Red Sox, or take the probable contract in the range of 3/36-44 or 4/48-55
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Really?
Your first comment ever was to mock someone else’s comment? Mommy didn’t love you or what?
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Well then that explains it all
Red Sox…winning team?….BAAAHAHAHAHAH. If by “winning team” you mean “team that missed the playoffs the last two years,” then yes, spot on.
I think he meant Teams who are actively trying to win and project a winning culture. Not like some of the MLB.
Yeah, because a team that won 90 games last year (and it was considered a disappointment!) isn’t a winning team amirite?
If it’s going to take $10-13M, the Cardinals won’t pay that much (plus it would cost us a supplementary round draft pick).
More like from Boras.
I think this is just Boras talking to get more people interested in his client. Its hard to believe that Jackson wouldn’t jump all over the multi-year deal if there was one there, unless of course it was a low-ball offer.
My bet is on the mystery team. They sign everybody…
You know things are bad when I’m getting nervous that other teams might be moving in on Jackson.
You are too funny!
The Royals should sign him, but I heard they probably won’t bring in a FA SP. Maybe Montgomery or Odorizzi can break with the team, but that comes with big IFs.
If he ends up signing a one-year why not sign with a team who plays in a pitcher’s park (SEA, SD). Nice way to pad the stats (other than wins) to go into free agency next year.
Why has this guy been on 5 teams in last 4 season?
well the Diamondbacks and White Sox were both sellers. The Rays don’t have money to pay guys arbitration and the Tigers preferred Scherzer?
If I were Jackson, I wuold take a 1 yr, deal. Next yr. could offer more teams with money needing a starter.
I don’t see Jackson signing a one-year deal because of the strength of the pitching market next year. This year, all he had to compete with was Darvish, Oswalt, and Wilson. Next year, it’s Cain, Greinke, Hamels, Marcum, etc.
With the Cards checking in on Oswalt, Jackson, and likely others, it leads me to believe they’re pretty darn sure they can get Westbrook to waive his NTC, and that they have a trading partner all lined up.
Either that, or they’re willing to eat Westbrook’s contract.
Honestly, I hope Mo really looking to make a trade for a quality middle infielder, LOOGY, or to clear payroll for a midseason acquisition (sorry KMac). Extending Yadi as well. The rotation, while could be improved upon, has been set for months.
Who would take Westbrook?
The Yomiuri Giants may be interested.
Really, an “unknown” team? You mean the Yankees? C’mon, get some new material here. I often wonder if MLB agents lobby these writers to use this site for their gain. I guess that’s part of their job extorting as much money as they can right?
When were the Yankees ever one of those “unknown” teams?
Usually it’s the Phillies, Marlins, Marlins, Marlins, Marlins, Marlins, Marlins, and Tigers
No honorable mention for the Angels who swooped in on Pujols?
I’m pretty sure they weren’t a mystery team. They said it was most likely down to the Marlins or Cardinals, and then the Angels mentioned they could sign him and Wilson. They were one of the last teams to make a bid but there were rumors not too long before they signed both Wilson and Pujols, that they were able to afford to get both of them.
Having watched the winter meetings all day while it happened (having a vested interest in the outcome), the choice was down to Marlins, Cardinals, and one other offer from an unnamed team, according to Bob Nightingale of USA Today. The night before Pujols signed, it appeared that the Marlins were out of the running, and almost everyone assumed the Cardinals would resign Pujols, but not until just after the winter meetings. Other than Bob Nightingale, no one else reported there was another team legitamately in the running, and even he didn’t reveal the other team.
Angels weren’t revealed as the mystery team until just before Pujols was signed. They didn’t even start talking to him until the day before they signed him.
Most experts and fans believed that upon acquiring Vernon Wells’ albatros contract that they had taken themselves out of the running for Pujols.
Angels were certainly a mystery team.
Indeed you are right. I looked back on another rumor page back in December, although it was rumored that the Angels were the mystery team.
Back on Dec. 7th:
In today’s mammoth recap of Pujols rumors,
we heard that three teams have extended offers of ten years and at
least $200MM to Pujols — the Marlins, the Cardinals, and a mystery
team. While the Cubs were also reported to still be interested, the
Angels may represent that mystery club.
I guess in the end, you were right. However, I still say the Fielder signing is more of a Whoa than the Pujols one.
No argument there. I would have wagered almost anything on Fielder taking 6/150 from the Nats. No way I thought to see any of 9 years, 200+ million, or Detroit in the conversation.
No argument there. I would have wagered almost anything on Fielder taking 6/150 from the Nats. No way I thought to see any of 9 years, 200+ million, or Detroit in the conversation.
I’m sure you and everyone else will have no argument with me when I say Disqus has been miserable today.
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The Marlins were rarely the mystery team. It seemed like they were mentioned in every rumor so far this offseason.
The Unknown team is the Phillies
Gotta be the Rockies…can never have too much pitching.
That’s good news for Red Sox fans haha
It’s sad… but true.
The staff on it’s own is shaky. But even if they add a guy who can occasionally throw some solid games out of the #4 spot and provide the team with 200 innings on a cheapish one-year deal then it’s worth it.
Long term deal though would be awful.
If the Twins were willing to give Mark Buehrle a contract, then why don’t they try and sign Jackson? Plus, he’s younger than him.
Edwin Jackson ~= Jeremy Guthrie?
Jackson is amenable to a 1 year deal with the Red Sox? Great. Fine. Stop pussyfooting around and SIGN HIM ALREADY.
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