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Before he even made his first start for the Boston Red Sox, Rick Porcello decided he wanted to stay. The 26-year-old right-hander, who was acquired from Detroit in December and is scheduled to make his Red Sox debut on Wednesday, agreed to a four-year, $82.5 million contract with Boston on Tuesday that runs from 2016-19. ''In a short time, I have become very comfortable with the organization and my teammates,'' Porcello said on the Players Tribune in a post that went online after the deal was announced. ''We have a special thing going here, and I couldn't be more excited to be a part of it.'' Acquired from the Tigers in a four-player deal that sent Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit, Porcello said he spent time with Red Sox veterans Mike Napoli, David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia at the team's winter event and talked about trying to win a World Series in 2015.
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