Free Agent Kevin Millwood Signs With Red Sox

So Millwood has indeed opted out of the deal, electing to become a free agent rather than hang around in the Yankees organization, waiting for an opportunity. Even though his stuff isn’t what it was and his results have been mediocre to date, one imagines he’ll be signed by somebody else before long.

That May 1 deadline is rapidly approaching, and as Buster Olney writes, Millwood will make one more start in the minors before the Yankees have to make a decision.

So we’ll see what happens, but the odds are against the Yankees calling Millwood up before the end of the month. That would allow Millwood to declare himself a free agent again, though he could also choose to stick around.