PROVIDENCE — Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington thought in December that he had first baseman Mike Napoli signed to a contract. This time around he’s going to make sure.
Napoli has agreed to a one-year deal with the Red Sox, major league sources said Thursday. The agreement would pay the first baseman a base salary of $5 million, with an additional $8 million possible based on the number of days he spends on the active roster.
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For Napoli to 'settle" for this deal tells me that he really must be damged goods and couldn't find a better feal elsewhere.
With the amount of time this took there were very few options open to either side by the time things got resolved. This is a good deal for the Sox. If he reaches his incentives that's great and if he doesn't five million isn't a lot in the world of major league baseball.