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Red Sox Sign Cody Ross
By Mark Polishuk [January 23, 2012 at 7:48pm CST]
The Red Sox have reached a deal with outfielder Cody Ross, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The two sides seemed to come closer to a deal over the course of the day, with ESPN New York's Adam Rubin saying Ross would "probably" join the Sox and Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reporting that the club had "made some progress" with the free agent outfielder. Ross is represented by SFX.
Ross played all three outfield positions for the Giants last season and hit .240/.325/.405 line with 14 home runs in 461 plate appearances. A right-handed hitter, Ross projects to join the left-handed hitting Ryan Sweeney in a right field platoon, though Ross could also get a few starts in left field for Carl Crawford (also a lefty bat) against tough southpaws.
The Mets, Athletics, Reds, Braves and Rockies were all connected to Ross at various points this winter, with Boston seemingly moving into the lead once they freed up some payroll space by trading Marco Scutaro to Colorado.
By Mark Polishuk [January 23, 2012 at 7:48pm CST]
The Red Sox have reached a deal with outfielder Cody Ross, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The two sides seemed to come closer to a deal over the course of the day, with ESPN New York's Adam Rubin saying Ross would "probably" join the Sox and Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reporting that the club had "made some progress" with the free agent outfielder. Ross is represented by SFX.
Ross played all three outfield positions for the Giants last season and hit .240/.325/.405 line with 14 home runs in 461 plate appearances. A right-handed hitter, Ross projects to join the left-handed hitting Ryan Sweeney in a right field platoon, though Ross could also get a few starts in left field for Carl Crawford (also a lefty bat) against tough southpaws.
The Mets, Athletics, Reds, Braves and Rockies were all connected to Ross at various points this winter, with Boston seemingly moving into the lead once they freed up some payroll space by trading Marco Scutaro to Colorado.
