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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Free agent Carlos Beltran ranks ninth in MLB history with 16 postseason home runs. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Boston Red Sox have entered into \"serious dialogue\" with free-agent outfielder\u00A0Carlos Beltran, according to\u00A0Scott Lauber\u00A0of the &lt;em&gt;Boston Herald&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beltran hit .296 with 24 homers and drove in 84 runs for the St. Louis\u00A0Cardinals\u00A0last season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He has reportedly been seeking a three-year deal and will be 37 when the season starts next year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beltran, an eight-time All-Star, averaged .288, 26 homers, and 88 RBI in the past three seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cardinals made a $14.1 million qualifying offer to Beltran earlier this month, which Beltran rejected. If a team than other than the Cardinals sign him, the team would have to give up a draft pick.\n&lt;strong&gt;VERDUCCI: The worst positions in baseball -- and how to fix them&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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