Tony Graffanino has until midnight tonight to accept salary arbitration, but all indications last night were that the infielder already has made up his mind. For now, at least, he will be staying with the Red Sox. According to sources, Graffanino will inform the Sox today that he has accepted their offer for salary arbitration. The decision effectively takes Graffanino off the free agent market and binds him to the Sox entering spring training of 2006. A 33-year-old veteran of 10 major league seasons, Graffanino earned $1.1 million last season in the second year of a two-year, $2.2 million deal. He finished the year with a .309 average, seven home runs and 38 RBI in time split with the Sox and Kansas City Royals, meaning he could be in position to earn roughly $2 million in arbitration.