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December 14, 2006

Matsuzaka reaches preliminary deal with Sox

BOSTON -- Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka is in Boston, and it looks like he'll be staying a while. The Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement with the 26-year-old right-hander on a six-year contract that would guarantee him a minimum of $52 million - enough to get him to fly cross-country well before Thursday night's deadline to seal the deal.

"Theo and I were still negotiating terms when we arrived," agent Scott Boras said after a long day of talks with Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. "We finalized the deal when he arrived in Boston."

The Red Sox planned a 5 p.m. news conference Thursday to announce the agreement, a person familiar with the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 11:44 AM | Permalink

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