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Ellsbury, Red Sox avoid arb. with $9M deal
Jacoby Ellsbury - OF - Boston Red Sox
Jan. 18, 2013 - 1:40 PM ET

Red Sox avoided arbitration with OF Jacoby Ellsbury by agreeing to a one-year, $9 million contract.

He gets less than a $1 million raise from his salary from 2012, when he was limited to just 74 games due to injury. Ellsbury has a chance to strike it rich in a free agent deal next winter if he can manage to stay healthy during his walk year.