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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Drew era in Boston, bookended by a World Series title won by older brother J.D. in 2007 and another Series title won by younger brother Stephen last month, is coming to a close.

A baseball source said Tuesday that shortstop Stephen Drew will not return to the Red Sox because there are a number of teams willing to make multiyear offers for his services beyond anything Boston would do. Agent Scott Boras said he has talked with Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington about Drew and his other free-agent client with Boston ties, Jacoby Ellsbury, but contended there is a high volume of interest in both players.

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A baseball source said shortstop Stephen Drew will not return to the Red Sox for the 2014 season.
Of Drew, Boras said, "Obviously, if you want to win, and you want a middle-of-the-diamond player -- and a lot of really, really good teams need upgrades in the middle of the diamond -- he's got a very active, very large market."

Drew, who made $9.5 million on a one-year deal last season, rejected a qualifying offer from the Red Sox that would have given him a one-year, $14.1 million deal, choosing to take his chances in a weak shortstop market. If Drew does sign elsewhere, that team will forfeit a first-round draft pick (unless it owns one of the first 11 picks) and the Red Sox would get a compensatory pick in next year's first-year player draft.