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BRISTOL, Mass. (AP) – The Boston Red Sox and two-time All-Star Rafael Devers have agreed to a one-year deal, avoiding salary arbitration. According to a person with knowledge of the arrangement who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the team did not reveal the specifics of the pact, the deal is for $17.5 million. The 26-year-old third baseman, who earned $11.2 million last season, will stay on the Red Sox's roster for at least one season before hitting the open free-agent market. After All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts, slugger J.D. Martinez, and pitcher Nathan Eovaldi all left in free agency, Boston will retain one of its main players from last season. The Red Sox made the greatest offseason splash by signing Japanese star Masataka Yoshida to a five-year, $90 million contract. Christian Arroyo, Ryan Brasier, Reese McGuire, Nick Pivetta, Josh Taylor, and Alex Verdugo are the six remaining unsigned Red Sox players eligible for arbitration. In the 2021 and 2022 All-Star games, Devers was the American League's starting third baseman. He batted in 141 games last season. 295 total bases, 42 doubles, 27 home runs, and 88 RBI. The Red Sox are attempting to rebound from a disastrous 2022 season in which they went 78-84 and finished last in the AL East a year after winning 92 games, earning a wild-card playoff berth, and reaching the ALCS.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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