Hanley Ramirez reportedly is headed to Boston to sign a deal with the Red Sox.
Ken Rosenthal says Ramirez’s deal with the Sox is in the range of five years for $90 million:
Sources say Hanley’s deal with #RedSox will be in range of five years, $90M.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 24, 2014
Ramirez was originally signed by the Red Sox and was in their organization until being traded in 2005 as part of the Josh Beckett deal.
The Mariners and Blue Jays were other teams said to have interest in Ramirez.
Signing Ramirez would not mean the Red Sox are out of the free agent market, either. CBS’ Jon Heyman says the Sox are also pursuing Pablo Sandoval.
If the Sox sign Ramirez, the question is where would they have him play? He is already weak defensively at shortstop, and third base would be taken if they signed Sandoval. Plus, they also have David Ortiz at DH. Their lineup would be greatly improved with the moves, but their infield defense would be suspect.
