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Jacoby Ellsbury

Jacoby Ellsbury

Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury ( ; born September 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball center fielder with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.

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After breakout season, Jacoby Ellsbury agrees to a new deal with the Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox agreed to terms on Tuesday with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, avoiding salary arbitration.

It is worth $8.05 million.Ellsbury, 28, was named the American League Comeback Player of the Year and finished second in AL MVP voting after a breakout season. He hit .321 and set career highs with 46 doubles, 32 home runs, 119 runs, 105 RBIs and 52 walks in 158 games. He led the majors with 364 total bases and 83 extra-base hits.Selected by the Red Sox in the 2005 first round, Ellsbury has a .301 career average, and made the All-Star team last season.Infielder Mike Aviles also agreed to a one-year deal. Aviles, 30, was acquired by Boston from Kansas City on July 30, 2011 and hit .317 in 38 games. He played third base, shortstop, second base, right and left field....

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  1. Saltalamacchia drives in 5 runs for Red Sox in 12-1 rout over Indians

    Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered during a six-run seventh inning and drove in five runs and the suddenly successful Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 12-1 on ...

  2. Red Sox place OF McDonald on DL

    The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Darnell McDonald on the 15-day disabled list Sunday.The 33-year-old, who is suffering from a left oblique strain, is batting a m...

  3. Boston's Ellsbury ruled out for several more weeks

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury will be sidelined for "several weeks" while recovering from multiple rib fractures, the Major League Bas...

  4. Did Bautista's MVP bid fall short again?

    The American League has a number of worthy MVP - Jose Bautista and Jacoby Ellsbury .But before anything else, to clear up any confusion over the definition of the MV...

  5. Ellsbury , Pedroia in regular-season form as Red Sox wrap spring by beating Nationals 8-7

    Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia sure looked ready for the regular season Tuesday, combining for four hits, four RBIs and four runs before taking the rest of the a...

  6. Injured Red Sox Ellsbury could miss up to eight weeks

    Boston Red Sox All-Star center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after he dislocated his right shoulder, the team said on Saturday....

  7. Report: Boston's Ellsbury out 6-8 weeks

    Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury will reportedly missed six to eight weeks with a dislocated shoulder after injuring himself in Friday's game against th...

  8. Boston's Ellsbury leaves game

    Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury left Friday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays with an apparent right shoulder injury.He hurt the shoulder while sliding...

  9. Red Sox ink Ellsbury to 1-year deal

    The Boston Red Sox and outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a contract for the 2012 season.Ellsbury is coming off a bounce-back season af...

  10. Ellsbury homers in 14th inning to save Boston's wild-card lead with 7-4 win over Yankees

    About eight hours after hitting two homers that didn't help their cause, Jacoby Ellsbury put the Red Sox in control of the wild-card race with another.His two-out, t...

  11. Ellsbury's HR keeps Red Sox clinging to wild card lead

    Jacoby Ellsbury's third homer of the day on Sunday rescued the Red Sox and kept them in the wild card lead.Ellsbury's three-run blast off Scott Proctor in the 14th i...

  12. Ellsbury homers again as Red Sox extend Mariners' skid to 13 with 7-4 win

    Jacoby Ellsbury continued his July power surge with his seventh home run of the month and John Lackey picked up his third consecutive win as the Boston Red Sox exten...

  1. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury ready to flash speed after injury-plagued season

    Jacoby Ellsbury stood in the batting cage, swinging freely from the left side at balls set on a tee and thrown underhanded from 15 feet.The Red Sox fleet center fiel...

  2. Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury to miss several more weeks after having ribs examined

    CLEVELAND (AP) — Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury , who has played only nine games this season because of broken ribs, will be sidelined several more weeks....

  3. OF Jacoby Ellsbury , still sidelined by rib injury, rejoins Red Sox teammates in Toronto

    TORONTO (AP) — Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury rejoined the Red Sox in Toronto Friday after being away for over a month while he worked out in Phoenix.Catcher Vict...

  4. Graying of the Game: Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies seeing stars age right before their eyes

    Eric Chavez looked around the New York clubhouse and saw he had more in common with his teammates than the pinstripes on his uniform.There's a lot of salt and pepper...

  5. Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury has hairline fractures in 4 ribs, prospects for return unknown

    BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has hairline fractures in four ribs and it's uncertain when he'll be able to return.Ellsbury has been out since Apri...

  6. Red Sox place Ellsbury on DL

    Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a shoulder injury."Jacoby injured his right shoulder during yesterda...

  7. Saltalamacchia drives in 5 runs for Red Sox in 12-1 rout over Indians

    Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered during a six-run seventh inning and drove in five runs and the suddenly successful Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 12-1 on ...

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