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Red Sox Rumors: V-Mart, Varitek, Crawford

The latest on the Red Sox, including details on the team's final offers to the Tigers' newest free agent signing:

• The Red Sox offered Victor Martinez a three-year, $36MM deal and a four-year $42MM deal before he signed in Detroit, according to MLB.com's Ian Browne.
• As Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald points out, the Red Sox could bring Jason Varitek back in 2011, even though they declined to offer him arbitration. Click here for all the updates on which ranked free agents were offered arbitration.
• Wondering how the Red Sox have handled ranked free agents under Theo Epstein? Alex Speier of WEEI.com has all the details.
• Red Sox manager Terry Francona told the Dale & Holley Show on WEEI that he's confident the team will be strong by Spring Training, even though Epstein and the rest of the front office have some needs to address now.
• Francona called Carl Crawford a "game changer," not unlike Johnny Damon.
• The skipper also suggested that reports about Marco Scutaro's availability don't mean "anything."
• Francona was careful not to say much about Justin Upton, but he did repeat that the Red Sox value their own young players highly.

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