Red Sox, Ortiz, avoid arbitration: One year, $14,575,000

[Auggie]

mlb.com / 2-13-12

BOSTON -- The Red Sox avoided arbitration with David Ortiz just hours before a scheduled hearing in Florida, agreeing to terms with the star slugger on a one-year deal, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington announced Monday.

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That figure is the midpoint of what the Red Sox submitted ($12.65 million) and what Ortiz's camp requested ($16.5 million). Last season, Ortiz earned $12.5 million.

Ortiz, a seven-time All-Star, is entering his 10th season with the Red Sox.

He will again be a centerpiece in Boston's batting order and had a solid 2011 season, hitting .309 with 29 homers, 96 RBIs and a .953 OPS.

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[joeybee12]

1. Hmmm....

Hmmmmm

[madinmaryland]

3. Wait. I thought Tom Brady married

Kevin Youkilis??

[joeybee12]

5. No, they're just living in sin, that's what those damn liberals

do in Tax-achusetts!

[El Supremo]

2. That's about $ 24 thousand per plate apperance.

[Auggie]

4. That's nothing ...

in 2010 A-Rod got $61,301 per at bat ($32,000,000 divided by 522), or $226,950 per hit (141).

[hughee99]

6. Probably the right move for both.

Sox don't have a DH in waiting and weren't going to get a better one on the FA market. Ortiz probably wasn't going to get more money from a team that would have also had to give compensation picks (because they offered arbitration). It sounds like they pretty much split the difference on the arbitration.