The Red Sox haven't had a salary arbitration hearing with a player since 2002 and by the looks of this offseason, new GM Ben Cherrington is trying to keep up the impressive streak started by his predecessor Theo Epstein.
Today, the team avoided arbitration with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury and infielder Mike Aviles. According to ESPNBoston.com, Ellsbury will get a record-setting one-year contract of $8.05 million which more than triples his salary from 2010. Terms of Aviles' deal were not disclosed.
In the last few days, the Red Sox have agreed to one-year deals with Ryan Sweeney, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Franklin Morales, Ellsbury and Aviles. That's in addition to Matt Albers who was the first one to get it done this winter.
The remaining arbitration eligible players are pitchers Alfredro Aceves, Daniel Bard and Andrew Bailey, who are all eligible for the first time meaning they won't be getting much money since they are young and don't have much major league service.
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