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Source: Price, Red Sox agree to $217M deal

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Source: Price, Red Sox agree to $217M deal

Left-handed ace David Price has reached an agreement on a seven-year, $217 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, a source confirmed to ESPN.

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                                  Tim Kurkijian: Dave Dombrowski did it again

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                                  David Price and Red Sox ink record deal

                                  The reported $217 million contract is the largest ever in terms of total value by a free-agent pitcher, breaking Max Scherzer's $210 million deal with the Nationals from last offseason.

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                                  Boston agreed to a seven-year, $217M contract with the 30-year-old LHP, per ESPN and multiple reports. Price, a five-time All-Star, had a 2.45 ERA last season with Detroit and Toronto. The deal was first reported by Boston Globe.

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                                  Indians sign Joba Chamberlain

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