BOSTON - NOVEMBER 30: Hideki Okajima (R) holds his new Red Sox jersey with Red Sox Executive Vice President and General Manager Theo Epstein (L) at Fenway Park November 30, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. Okajima, 30, signed a multi-year contract with the Red Sox after being one of the top setup relievers in Nippon Professional Baseball for the last several years. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

BOSTON - NOVEMBER 30: Hideki Okajima (R) holds his new Red Sox jersey with Red Sox Executive Vice President and General Manager Theo Epstein (L) at Fenway Park November 30, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. Okajima, 30, signed a multi-year contract with the Red Sox after being one of the top setup relievers in Nippon Professional Baseball for the last several years.

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  2. Newly-acquired Boston Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre, right, is handed his jersey by general manager Theo Epstein at a baseball news conference introducing Beltre at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday Jan. 8, 2007. Beltre and the Red Sox have finalized a one-year contract that guarantees the third baseman $10 million.
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  4. Newly-acquired Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Cameron, left, smiles as he sits next to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein during a baseball news conference at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Cameron signed a two-year contract with the Red Sox worth a reported $7 million to $8 million a season.
  5. Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein faces reporters during a news conference held to introduce newly-signed Red Sox shortstop Marco Scutaro at Fenway Park, in Boston, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. After cycling through seven shortstops since the middle of the 2004 season, the Red Sox announced on Friday that they have given Scutaro a two-year deal with a club option for 2012.
  6. Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, left, looks on as newly signed Red Sox shortstop Marco Scutaro displays a Red Sox uniform during a news conference at Fenway Park, in Boston, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. After cycling through seven shortstops since the middle of the 2004 season, the Red Sox announced on Friday that they have given Scutaro a two-year deal with a club option for 2012.

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