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In no uncertain terms, the Red Sox significantly stepped up the pressure on catcher Victor Martinez Monday when they signed Cuban Adalberto Ibarra to a Major League contract worth anywhere between $3 and $4.3 million over five years.   The versatile Ibarra has seen action all around the diamond, but the 22-year-old has focused progressively more and more on catching during only the past few years, and therefore brings with him to Boston the added benefit of owning a pair of far less-worn knees than a player who may have been working at catcher his whole life.   Considered by most Cuban baseball authorities to be a Major League caliber catcher, Ibarra will first be sent to Boston’s minor league complex for a pre-assignment assessment, according to the Boston Herald’s M ...

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