Bay Watch has officially begun as Boston Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay filed for free agency on Thursday. The Red Sox can negotiate exclusively with him over the next 15 days.
During that time, he can talk to other teams but cannot talk financial terms or contract. If he hasn’t re-signed with the Red Sox within the 15 days, he can sign anywhere including the Red Sox.
The Red Sox will probably also offer him arbitration so that if he does sign somewhere else, they will get two draft picks since he is a Type A free agent.
Let the fun begin folks. Something tells me this is going to be a long two weeks.
