http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/10/jason-varitek-one-more-year-with-the-sox/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/10/jason-varitek-one-more-year-with-the-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-11860 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:26:58 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2051#comment-11860 The problem is that Varitek isn’t even a worthy backup catcher. His defense is absolutely god-awful at this point, and who carries a decent-hitting, no-glove backup catcher? No one, because doing so is frickin’ pointless! Mark Wagner, who plays excellent defense and might not be totally useless with the bat would be a much better choice, plus he would be about $2.7 million cheaper than Varitek. Why the Red Sox felt the need to give Varitek this option year, after it had become apparent that no other team would even give up the draft picks necessary to sign him, much less give him a multi-year deal, is absolutely beyond me. I hope they release him.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/10/jason-varitek-one-more-year-with-the-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-11859 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:43:08 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2051#comment-11859 Yeah, but no chance he was even going to get a sniff at $3 million without this…

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