Found November 10, 2009 on
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It wasn’t anything unexpected, but Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein announcing that Victor Martinez will be the team’s full-time catcher next season certainly smacked of something more on the horizon, and it certainly meant the end of more than a decade of Jason Varitek’s reign as the team’s primary catcher.
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November 09, 2009
The Red Sox reportedly picked up Victor Martinez's option for 2010.
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November 09, 2009
No surprise here, though now it's official: The Red Sox have exercised their $7.1MM option for Victor Martinez according to Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe. This was about as much of a no-brainer as they come.
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Via Baseball Musings
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November 09, 2009
The Red Sox declined the $5 million option on Jason Varitek, but the catcher can stay with Boston by exercising his $3 million player option (he can make up the difference in incentives). Unless Victor Martinez gets hurt, there’s little chance of Jason meeting the incentives.
I wouldn’t mind seeing the captain go to a [...]
Via Fenway West
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November 11, 2009
Jason Varitek has picked up his player option and will be back with the Red Sox next season for $3 million. The team had given him until midnight tonight to make a decision on the player option. Theo has already announced that Victor Martinez will be the starting catcher for the '10 season meaning Varitek will be limited to a backup role.
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November 09, 2009
The Boston Red Sox have exercised the club option on catcher Victor Martinez for the 2010 season, but declined to pick up options on both Jason Varitek and shortstop Alex Gonzalez.
Via The Evil Empire
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November 10, 2009
According to Rob Bradford, the Red Sox have declined Jason Varitek's $5 million option for the 2010 season. He now has five days to decide whether to exercise his $3 million player option (with up to $2 million in incentives) for the 2010 season.Bradford also reports that the Red Sox have come to terms with Tim Wakefield on a two-year deal worth $5 million. He will receive $3...
Via Bleacher Report
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November 09, 2009
The Boston Red Sox made a few moves today to ensure that most of their 2009 roster stays intact for 2010.According to MLB.com, Boston has picked up catcher Victor Martinez's $7.1 million club option for 2010...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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November 09, 2009
Jason Varitek has exercised his $3MM player option, according to Adam Hirshfield of NESN.com, and will return to the Red Sox in 2010, shortly after Boston had declined Varitek's $5MM team option.The decision comes after the Red Sox made it clear that they plan on using Victor Martinez as their everday catcher in 2010, and speaks also to the expected difficulties many players...
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November 09, 2009
The Red Sox reportedly picked up Victor Martinez's $7.1 million team option, declined Jason Varitek's $5 million team option, and tore up Tim Wakefield's team option and replaced it with a two-year agreement.
Via Bleacher Report
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November 11, 2009
In this age of huge contracts and even bigger ego's can anyone tell me there is no place for the old fashion player/coach? Jason Varitek has been the epitomy of the old time player since he entered the league...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 10, 2009
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