1. Rick Porcello was traded to the Boston Red Sox on December 11, 2014, and penned a four-year contract extension worth $82.5 million on April 6, 2015, with a $500,000 signing bonus.
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1. Rick Porcello was traded to the Boston Red Sox on December 11, 2014, and penned a four-year contract extension worth $82.5 million on April 6, 2015, with a $500,000 signing bonus.
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3. Rick Porcello will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Red Sox against a revamped Dodgers lineup.
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6. Rick Porcello is the maternal grandson of Sam Dente, who played for the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series.
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7. Rick Porcello struggled the ensuing season after winning the Cy Young award the previous season, finishing with a career high 17 losses.
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8. Rick Porcello became just the 4th Red Sox pitcher to win the award joining Jim Lonborg, Roger Clemens, and Pedro Martinez.
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14. Rick Porcello entered Spring Training competing for a job in the Tigers starting rotation, battling with teammates Phil Coke, Jacob Turner, and Brad Penny for a spot.
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16. Rick Porcello pitched five innings and took the loss for Detroit.
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17. Rick Porcello began drawing comparisons to Boston Red Sox ace Josh Beckett, namely from Tigers official Al Avila, who was the Florida Marlins scouting director when the team drafted Beckett in 1999.
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18. Rick Porcello played the entire 2008 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Detroit's advanced class-A affiliate.
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19. Rick Porcello was signed by the Detroit Tigers to a $7.28 million, four-year deal with two one-year options.
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