HBT: Red Sox sign Napoli for 3 years, $39 million
UPDATE: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com says it?s a three-year, $39 million deal.
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Rob Bradford of WEEI reports that the Red Sox are close to a three-year deal with Mike Napoli. No figures have been reported yet, but Bradford says Napoli will be the Sox? primary first base option.
Napoli, 31, batted .227/.343/.469 with 24 home runs and 56 RBI in 417 plate appearances this past season for the Rangers. He had a career-best .320/.414/.631 batting line, 30 home runs and 75 RBI in 432 plate appearances the season before.
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