According to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, the Boston Red Sox have made a $15.5 million offer to prized Cuban free agent pitcher Aroldis Chapman.
According to one source close to the negotiations, Boston offered Chapman a $15.5 million dollar package that includes a major league deal. When contacted regarding this story, Red Sox officials declined to comment. Boston has been linked to Chapman since the day he became available, and Chapman is close friends with shortstop Jose Iglesias, a Cuban shortstop that Boston signed in September.
Chapman is scheduled to hold a workout tomorrow in Houston in front of teams with his new agents, the Hendricks Brothers. He had previously visited the Red Sox with his old agent Edwin Meijia.
The article doesn’t say how many years the deal is for but my guess is that it would be for three or four years. I’m not sure the Red Sox would go five years on him but you never know with them.
