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Unless an injury occurs or a trade happens, the Boston Red Sox will have four-fifths of their starting rotation set until 2014. That is because John Lackey, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, and now Josh Beckett are under team control until that year. Yesterday, the Red Sox signed Beckett to a four-year, $68 million contract extension. The deal will pay Beckett $15.7 million from 2011-2014. Beckett also received a $5 million signing bonus. When the deal ends, Beckett will be finishing his 14th year in the major leagues and will be 34 years old. It seems like Beckett has been around forever and should be a lot older, but when you make your major league debut at the age of 21, then it’s going to seem that way. Beckett came to the Red Sox in 2006 in the deal that sent Hanley Ramirez to the Flo ...

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Article written by Adam Bernacchio