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Red Sox To Sign Edward Mujica

By Steve Adams | December 7, 2013 at 10:44am CDT

SATURDAY: The deal is official, with the club issuing a press release announcing Mujica's signing. As the Red Sox note, the team's 40-man roster is now at full capacity. Mujica's contract includes up to $1MM in incentives based upon games finished, tweets Alex Speier of WEEI.com.

THURSDAY: The Red Sox have agreed to terms on a two-year, $9.5MM contract with right-hander Edward Mujica, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Mujica, who is represented by Octagon, will take a physical today, according to Passan.

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Mujica, 29, possesses some of the best command of any pitcher in the Majors. He issued just five walks in 64 2/3 innings this season to go along with 46 strikeouts and a 2.78 ERA. Mujica entered the season buried on St. Louis' bullpen depth chart but ascended to the role of closer. Jason Motte underwent Tommy John surgery, Mitchell Boggs flopped and the Cardinals elected to deploy rookie Trevor Rosenthal in a setup role. The end result was Mujica notching 37 saves for the Redbirds, though he wilted down the stretch and was a complete non-factor in the playoffs.

Mujica's late-season swoon likely cost him several million dollars, as did a free agent market stuffed with closer types of relievers. Mujica, Joe Nathan, Grant Balfour, Fernando Rodney, Joaquin Benoit, Chris Perez, Kevin Gregg and Jose Veras all saved 20-plus games in 2013.  The market also features plenty of former closers in the form of John Axford, Brian Wilson and Andrew Bailey (Axford and Bailey were non-tendered), further presenting teams with late-inning alternatives that helped to suppress Mujica's price tag.

Mujica will join a Red Sox bullpen that figures to be once again anchored by Koji Uehara. Junichi Tazawa, Craig Breslow and a presumably healthy Andrew Miller should join Mujica in bridging the gap to Uehara as the BoSox look to capture a second consecutive World Series title.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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  1. mainesox

    12 years ago

    He’s surprisingly similar to Koji actually, only he trades some Ks for ground balls. Both have elite level BB rates, both are extremely splitter/change-up dependent, and both are/were undervalued when we signed them.

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  2. southpaw777

    12 years ago

    65IP by sept tells me he was probably over pitched and probably fatigued some.

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  3. GreenMonsta

    12 years ago

    Hope they checked out that shoulder really good during physical. Between his disastrous Sept., and the recent Bailey and Hanrahan debacles, I worry.

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  4. jaybuck

    12 years ago

    No roster spots left? They need some guys.

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