MLB: Red Sox sign closer Papelbon to one year deal | FrontRowSportsReport.com: Sports Blog
frontrowsportsreport.com 3/7/2008 — The Boston Red Sox signed closer Jonathan Papelbon to a one year deal worth $775,000 - which doubles Papelbon’s 2007 salary. Papelbon was one of 18 Red Sox who agreed to a one year deal resulting in their entire roster being under contract.

Nathan: Save it Pap
bostonherald.com 3/7/2008 — FORT MYERS - At the heart of his contract dispute with the Red Sox, Jonathan Papelbon insists, is a desire to achieve "a certain standard" that may benefit other...

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox give Papelbon $775,000 - The Boston Globe
boston.com 3/7/2008 — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Jonathan Papelbon was going to be the Red Sox closer this season; there was no doubt about that. The only question, really, was how much he would be paid. Would the sides hammer out a multiyear deal? Would Papelbon be renewed at a ...

No Renewal
baseballmusings.com 3/7/2008 — The Red Sox reached an agreement with Jonathan Papelbon, rather than renewing him for the minimum raise: The Boston Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon agreed Thursday to a $775,000, one-year contract, nearly doubling his salary. That's the way it...

Red Sox Sign Papelbon
sportsofboston.com 3/8/2008 — The Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon agreed on a 1-year, $775,000 contract. Papelbon earned $425,550 last season while earning 37 saves and 1.85 ERA. So if I do the math, Paps will be earning almost twice as much as he did last year. Papelbon wanted a new multi-year deal, but he does not have any leverage due to his small amount of ML service.

DODGERS 9, RED SOX 6 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 3/7/2008
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Gorman: It's all about long term — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 3/7/2008
Why would a team sign a player like Jonathan Papelbon to a bigger contract when it doesn't have to? According to former Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman, it has everything...

Papelbon sets standard — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 3/7/2008
FORT MYERS - Jonathan Papelbon should be happier now. The Red Sox reliever set a salary record for closers with just two-plus years of service time yesterday when he...

Crisp losing ground — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 3/7/2008
FORT MYERS - Coco Crisp has hardly had the opportunity to make much of an on-the-field statement in his battle with Jacoby Ellsbury for the Red Sox' starting center field...

Papelbon content with one-year deal — Major League Baseball News 3/7/2008
Although he said earlier in the week he believed he should set the standard for closers, Jonathan Papelbon said Friday morning he is pleased with the one-year, $775,000 deal he signed with the Red Sox on Thursday.