Jason Bay News

A story in the New York Daily News said the Red Sox were hoping to acquire Halladay before the winter meetings begin a week from Monday.

Jason Bay will officially become a free agent Friday morning. According to a report on SI.com , Jason Bay has rejected the initial offer from the Boston Red Sox and will officially become a free agent.

Matt Holliday...Roy Halladay...this offseason is so damn confusing. But we know one thing - both players are available and at least one will sign a huge deal this off-season. Will one of the teams that bites be the Red Sox? Look, with apologies to Jason Bay and John Lackey, Matt Holliday is the best free agent on the market.

The Red SoxA finally winning theA World Series was the best and worst thing for the franchise.

The Boston Red Sox had a 15-day window following the end of the World Series to try to re-sign out fielder Jason Bay.

Jon Heyman of SI.com says that Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox initial contract offer, and will head to the open market beginning tomorrow.

In what is considered a thin free-agent class, two elite sluggers remain available: Matt Holliday and Jason Bay.

With the passing of midnight, the Sox' exclusive negotiating window with Jason Bay closed, making him a true free agent.

Outfielder Jason Bay has elected to test the free agent waters. The left fielder rejected the first offer from the Red Sox, which was reported to be a four-year, $60 million deal.

ESPN.com reports that Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay refused an initial offer by the team and will dive into the pool of free agency to test the depth of its waters.

At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents, including six from the Red Sox, received the green light to begin negotiations with all 30 teams.

Omar Minaya, left, needs to see Carlos Delgado, right, on the field before he talks to him about returning to the Mets next season.

Posted by Anthony Stalter At least, this according to WEEI.com : Speaking at an event to honor Red Sox principal owner John Henry, who received the Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate sponsorship, team president/CEO Larry Lucchino expressed his organizationa s desire to re-sign Jason Bay.

Today is the first day that free agents can sign with any team. But one potential suitor already has eliminated itself from the Matt Holliday derby.

It looks like Canadian outfielder Jason Bay will be hitting the free agent market.

Left fielder Jason Bay officially will test the open waters of free agency after declining the Boston Red Sox 's initial contract offer, according to an SI.com report.

Matt Holliday formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jason Bay formerly of the Boston Red Sox are the prize hitters in the 2009 2010 free agent market.

Jason Bay is a good baseball player ... at some things. For other things, he's a bad baseball player.

The flip side is that some baseball executives believe that the rest of the free agent crop will fall through the cracks, sitting and waiting unless they are willing to take a bargain deal.

The Cardinals see left fielder Matt Holliday as a unique talent within this year's free agent pool, and they apparently do not envision themselves as bidders for the market's presumptive second choice should Holliday defect.