Bay, Red Sox Stop Negotiations - 美國職棒

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Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said that, after substantive
conversations with outfielder Jason Bay (and his representatives) about the
possibility of a contract extension this spring, the two sides have concluded
that an agreement is not possible at this time. The Sox and Bay will
disengage from discussions for the rest of the spring, though the two sides
remain open to resuming conversations over the course of the season.


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"There's desire to get something done on both sides," Epstein said. "There's
just a mutual recognition right now that it's going to be next to impossible
to get something done. It really boils down to the nature of the market right
now, more than anything else."

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"There's nothing I can do about the market or that I'm a free-agent," Bays
said. "If something comes up that makes sense we'll consider it.

"I felt like when I came over here [from Pittsburgh]. It was like I was a
free-agent. If you could pick a place, this would be the top of your list."

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"The market has changed so much from two years ago to this winter, from a
year ago to now," Epstein said. "Who knows where it's going to be a year from
now? So that unpredictability, I think, has created a landscape that's been
difficult for us to navigate in terms of getting an extension done a year
early. Both sides wanted it, so we tried. But both sides recognized that it's
just too difficult to get done right now.

"We had some talks [earlier in the offseason], but they weren't really
substantive. Recently, we've had more substantive talks. It's become clear
that because of the unusual marketplace, we're not going to get anything done
during spring training. We're going to sort of halt talks for now, just table
them. But both sides have committed to maintaining good dialouge throughout
the course of the season."

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有內鬼，終止交易。

"現階段"停止協商

換句話說就是時機不對

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