Varitek To Discuss Player Option

What are the other options for a back up catcher next year?

Just put kevin youkilis' fat ass back there

Kottaras, Wagner, or Brown. Wagner has no major league experience, will probably get a shot during ST and be assigned to AAA. Brown has minimal major league experience and also will probably end up in AAA. Kottaras can do what Tek can't, catch a knuckler. It's kinda his job to lose, if Tek picks up his option then it'll probably be a ST battle between the two.

V-Mart gets the majority of the starts with Tek catching Beckett and an ocassional other starter (Clay perhaps) NOT NAMED WAKEFIELD. Then after next year, he moves to a bench coach job or some other coaching within Boston.

I told you red sox fans last year. Variteks going downhill while Salty and Teagarden have there careers ahead of them. Shoulda made that trade with us.

Posted by: Rangerfan | November 09, 2009 at 01:55 PM
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Instead of trading Masterson for any of the Rangers catchers (all of whom stunk), Red Sox management waited and grabbed Victor Martinez (again using Masterson as trade bait). Only a pathetic Rangers fan who's been waiting 40+ years for a championship would question the move.

"Variteks going downhill while Salty and Teagarden have there careers ahead of them. Shoulda made that trade with us."

You mean two guys who both had a lower OPS than Tek last year? The two guys who were doing so bad the Rangers traded for another catcher despite starting the season with a surplus? And when you compare that against Clay Buchholz showing he can be a solid #3 pitcher. Oh yes, that's a trade I regret. Sure.

considering the sox could now pickup any Texas catcher we wanted for 5 cents on the dollar, and the red sox now secure with an elite catcher, i think the sox made the right decision

I don't see the reunion deal making any difference, since Tek never really played for the M's prior to getting shipped off with Derek Lowe for Heathcliff Slocumb, but as an M's fan, I can't think of a better guy to replace Kenji Johjima as a Veteran Catcher to split time with Adam Moore this year.

I can't WAIT to hear BORASS telling everyone he is going to get Posada money again for Tek...
I don't see Tek NOT taking his 3 mil option...

As far as the Rangers catchers?? ummm I agree with 5 cents on the dollar.. Salty had what shoulder surgery? lemme think.. that CAN'T be good for a catcher...
Hey Rangerfan Keep smoking the hippie lettuce...that post was good for a laugh!!

Lol..I was gonna comment on the Rangers fan comment, but everyone else already did.

Varitek should just take Brad Mills' old job because he has lost it. Thanks for the years Tek but in my opinion your run is over.

Thank you Tek for your years and your great catching ability. But thank god you are gone.

Lets Sox fans hope that Boras can convince Tak that he can get a starting gig out there somewhere that pays better than 3M next year. He gives good advice you know? Like last year when he convinced Tek to turn down 10M he would have certainly gotten (at least) in arbitration, instead of being forced to settle for the 5M in 2009, plus this lousy 3M player option he is looking at now.

Way to go Boras. You rock bro.

As far as the massively overpriced catcher comments are concerned from last year? They should have taken Bard when they had the chance. Neither of those guys were worth Bucholz then, or ever.

Tek might have to suck it up and accept the $3 million. He went through a divorce recently and his wife took half his money. His only big contract was 4 years / $40 million. Half that minus taxes = about $12 million. Cut that number in half for all the crap he probably wasted his money on and he's not looking at a lot of dough socked away in the freezer. Yeah. He'll be back.

Varitek stinks. I would take Jose Molina (or Cervelli) over him anyday.

Tek sucks

Even if he exercises his option, I would much rather see the Red Sox go after someone like Yorvit Torrealba to backup Martinez, or allow Martinez to DH and then let the Sox move Ortiz/Lowell..

Hope he picks up his option. Sox fans will remember and appreciate just how incredible he was first half, including 13HR and high OBP. No one will be surprised if he does that again; and as a backup will probably keep it going through July. At latest by 9/1 he will be working with the kids on the expanded roster. Then he will retire with fanfare and become a Sox coach, training up the young catchers and pitchers. Enjoy the process.

Another year of holding the kids up. Some people cannot look at themselves and say it is time to go. Varitek did you ever hear of Teddy Bruschi.

"Tek can call a game better than anyone in the league"

This is absolute madness. If I hear another Sox fan spout the "calls a great game" mantra. Im going to lose my head.

The Sox should go after Micheal Young for SS, They can afford his contract, he's a gold glove defender and The rangers would love some payroll flexibility. Would a package of delcarmin, Kotchman and a mid level prospect be enough considering the sox take on all of his contract?

"The Sox should go after Micheal Young for SS, They can afford his contract, he's a gold glove defender and The rangers would love some payroll flexibility. Would a package of delcarmin, Kotchman and a mid level prospect be enough considering the sox take on all of his contract?"

I was thinking the same thing the other day.

you notice how all the positives about Varitek are things you cannot actaully measure? his great clubhouse leadership, great game calling etc is total bs. He gets praised to the skies when his pitchers do well but when beckett went in the shitter for two months did we hear any great game calling varitek talk then? no. Its fine if you want to keep him around becuase he is a great guy to calm the clubhouse waters, but realisitcily you have to realize you are paying him to be like the character Turtle on Entourage and not for his baseball skill.

He would be crazy not to exercise that option! Who wouldn't!? Just think that is 3 million wasted on a backup catcher that could have been used for real value.

hahaha rollins94 top post of the day. The Turtle on Entourage comparison is priceless.

Posted by: yanks09 | November 10, 2009 at 04:14 PM
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Get's my vote.

So does that make Theo Tek's Vince?

vtek needs to resign with the sox or pickup his option, the redsox need their captain or they r nothing

What is there to think about? Varitek needs to stop discussing things with Boras.
Last year his discussions caused him to turn down a 10 mil arb pay day, and if he turns down this years 3 mil gift, it would be on Boras for giving bad advice.