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Carl Crawford To Boston Red Sox Deal Guarantees Cliff Lee a 7-Year Contract

the Yankees continue their efforts to court free agent pitcher Cliff Lee, their fallback guy was Carl Crawford.

Well, the Yankees can forget about that as Crawford has agreed to a seven-year, $142 million deal with the Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees need Lee even more than they did just a few short hours ago, and while their initial offer of six years and $140-150 million was incredible, they might have to up it just a little bit.

There have been rumors floating around that there are at least two teams willing to offer Lee a seven-year deal.

The Yankees have been firm in their stance they won't go past six years with Lee. Well, they're going to have to now, as will any other team interested in signing Lee.

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