Edwin Jackson Rumors: Cardinals, Red Sox and the Multi-Year Offer
By Editorial Staff
After spending much of the Hot Stove season watching from the sidelines, the market for free agent starting pitcher Edwin Jackson is starting to pick up. Yesterday we heard that the Red Sox and Orioles are eying the right-hander and it now appears that the Cardinals are also in the mix for Jackson. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com confirms that the Cardinals and Red Sox are keeping tabs on Jackson, while the Scott Boras client reportedly has a multi-year offer on the table from an unknown team.
At this point it would appear that the most likely team to have extended a multi-year offer to Jackson would be the Orioles. Yesterday it was reported that they would love to add Jackson and that their front office might be willing to go as high as four years for the 28-year-old.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals and Red Sox appear to be more interested in adding Jackson on a one-year deal. Nick Carfado of the Boston Globe tweeted yesterday that Jackson is believed to be open to a one-year deal but only with “a few teams”. Carfado hears that the Red Sox are one of the clubs that Jackson would be willing to sign with for only a single season.
Boston seems to be taking the lead in the race for the free agent starter, as it was reported yesterday that the Red Sox may actually prefer signing Jackson over other offseason target Roy Oswalt. It was assumed that Jackson would price himself out of Boston’s range, but with his reported willingness to accept a one-year deal we could see the Adrian Beltre situation happen all over again.
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