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MVP Pedroia reaches deal with Sox

2:12 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 |
Jack Perry    Email

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has agreed to a new contract with the team, the Red Sox have announced.

It's reportedly a six-year deal worth $40.5 million.

Here's the breakdown:

Pedroia will get a $1.5 million signing bonus, $1.5 in 2009, $3.5 in 2010, $5.5 in 2011, $8 in 2012, $10 in 2013 and $10 in 2014. In 2015 he has an $11 million option.

He has said all along he wanted a long-term deal in Boston and now he has it.

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