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The New York Times
Rivera, Free Agent to Be, Closes Door on Boston
By JACK CURRY
Published: February 25, 2007
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 24 — Mariano Rivera, the Yankees’ closer, smiled while he
was told some of the recent developments regarding the Boston Red Sox. Curt
Schilling will become a free agent after the season. Manny Ramirez is not yet
in camp. Daisuke Matsuzaka is a pitching machine.
But Rivera, who also said he would test free agency after 2007, turned
serious when he was asked if he could envision himself pitching for Boston.
“I don’t think so,” Rivera said. “I respect the players and I respect the
organization, but we’ve had so much happen between us. I don’t think I
could do it.”
Ten days ago, Rivera said that the Yankees would not have an advantage and
that every team would have “a free shot” once he entered the free-agent
market. But before Rivera threw his first cut fastball of the regular season,
the heated rivalry with the Red Sox caused him to unofficially trim his
potential suitors by one marquee club.
“There’s too much between the teams,” Rivera said. “I like some of their
players. They’re my friends. I just don’t think it would be possible.”
At one point, Rivera pressed his knuckles together to illustrate the tense
competition between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Rivera, who has been a
member of the Yankees organization since 1990, has known only wanting to beat
Boston, and that mission appears unlikely to change.
If he remains healthy and has another solid season, the Red Sox and other
teams will be eager to lure him. Since the Red Sox have shifted the All-Star
closer Jonathan Papelbon to the starting rotation, they are searching for a
replacement from the uninspiring group of Mike Timlin, Joel Pineiro and
Julian Tavarez. There is also a chance Papelbon will return to the closer’s
role.
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