Jacoby Ellsbury

The Red Sox have no interest in extending a multi-year contract to Jacoby Ellsbury this offseason, according to ESPN’s Jason Churchill.

Churchill notes that Ellsbury is eligible for arbitration for the second time and could warrant a one-year salary of more than $5 million after earning $2.4 million this past season. However, the Red Sox would prefer to see him repeat his 2011 campaign before they pay him like an MVP candidate. It’s also worth noting that Ellsbury is a client of Scott Boras, who generally believes in getting his players to free agency. At this stage, neither side is expected to be active in pursuing a multi-year deal.

Jon Heyman of SI.com considers Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum and Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux to be the favorites for the Cubs’ and Red Sox’ vacant managerial positions.

He adds that both clubs are “willing to be swayed” and that Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar, Jr. or Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin “could still blow them away and get the job.” Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times has also reported that Maddux is at or near the top of the Cubs’ list. The two teams are interviewing a few of the same candidates, which comes as no surprise since Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein has been involved in both processes.

Jacoby Ellsbury was awarded with his first career Gold Glove on Tuesday.

Ellsbury’s teammates Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez also took home hardware at their respective positions. Alex Gordon got the surprising nod over Brett Gardner in left field while Erick Aybar, Matt Wieters and Nick Markakis rounded out the other first-time winners. Adrian Beltre won his third career Gold Glove at third base after Evan Longoria took the prize in the previous two seasons. Chicago’s Mark Buehrle was the only repeat winner from 2010, taking home his third straight Gold Glove award at pitcher.