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Red Sox Sign Felipe Lopez
Felipe Lopez has joined the Red Sox for the remainder of the 2010 season, reports Scott Miller of CBSSports.com. Lopez was released by St. Louis on Tuesday and was claimed on waivers by the Padres earlier today. Lopez chose to veto San Diego's offer and instead signed with the Red Sox.
A source tells Miller that one of the reasons that Boston was interested in Lopez was because, as a Type B free agent, the team can get a compensation pick if Lopez signs elsewhere in the winter (provided he turns down Boston's offer of arbitration). As Miller points out, it's odd that Lopez would pass on the chance to play in a pennant race with San Diego, even though he wouldn't have qualified for the Padres' postseason roster anyway.
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