Sox Decline Club Option on Varitek

[BoSox21]

Rob Bradford of WEEI reports that the Sox have declined to pick up the club's $5 million option on Jason Varitek. Varitek now has 5 days to decide whether he will exercise his $3 million player option.

[Dojji]

Doesn't mean anything yet. Wait and see.

[BoSox21]

Yea, it does mean something. It means the Sox declined their option on him. I didn't say he was guaranteed not to be wearing a Sox uniform next year.

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by Dojji

Doesn't mean anything yet. Wait and see.

Ok.

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by BoSox21

Yea, it does mean something. It means the Sox declined their option on him. I didn't say he was guaranteed not to be wearing a Sox uniform next year.

Ummmm.... Yeah.

[TheMino007]

No surprise in the Sox declining it, but I'm pretty sure he'll pick up his player option. He is pretty much a backup now, so he might as well make a lot of money as a backup in Boston, a place that he is comfortable with, then go somewhere else and take significantly less money. I really hope he doesn't pick it up though. We need a reliable backup catcher. V-Mart isn't going to catch 130 games a year, he isn't really a full time catcher. We saw in his last couple years in Cleveland that he was catching less and less and was transitioning over to 1stbase. How many games can he catch before it takes a toll on his offense, 100? 110? Anything over that and its detrimental to his offense. We need a backup who can catch 50-60 games a year, and I don't want that guy to be Tek. Face it, he has nothing left, he can't hit, can't block the plate, and can't throw runners out. The guy flat out sucks. There are other and better options on the free agent market for cheaper that the Sox could use as a backup catcher.

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by TheMino007

No surprise in the Sox declining it, but I'm pretty sure he'll pick up his player option. He is pretty much a backup now, so he might as well make a lot of money as a backup in Boston, a place that he is comfortable with, then go somewhere else and take significantly less money. I really hope he doesn't pick it up though. We need a reliable backup catcher. V-Mart isn't going to catch 130 games a year, he isn't really a full time catcher. We saw in his last couple years in Cleveland that he was catching less and less and was transitioning over to 1stbase. How many games can he catch before it takes a toll on his offense, 100? 110? Anything over that and its detrimental to his offense. We need a backup who can catch 50-60 games a year, and I don't want that guy to be Tek. Face it, he has nothing left, he can't hit, can't block the plate, and can't throw runners out. The guy flat out sucks. There are other and better options on the free agent market for cheaper that the Sox could use as a backup catcher.

So.

On a day that it is reported that Theo has anointed Victor as the Sox "Full Time Catcher",
you say he can't play more thatn 100-110 games without a significant drop-off in offensive output.

Brilliant!

As a Sox fan, who do I trust?

I don't argue that playing 2 will effect his plate performance. Eventually. But where is the threshold at which decline occurs? 100-110?

News to me.

Veritek "Flat out Sucks"? Says who?

I don't want him as THE CATCHER for the Sox. But I can see him as a back-up.

Who are all the better options?

[Divinity]

Who do you think will be the next captain of the Red Sox?

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Originally Posted by Divinity

Who do you think will be the next captain of the Red Sox?

Nobody. It's sort of pointless.

[Sweet Chin Music33]

Originally Posted by BigPapiEnFuego

Nobody. It's sort of pointless.

And a little tacky to have anyone wearing a "C" on a baseball jersey. I cant believe Varitek actually allowed them to put the "C" there, let alone continue to wear it year in and year out. It was a nice little story, Varitek resigning.....named team captain....yayyyy what a wonderful little homecoming. The "C" on the jersey? Ughhhhh.

A captain, is someone the team looks up to, and leads from behind closed doors within the organization. Someone who bites the bullet and answers the medias harshest questions/comments (ala Mo Vaughn, nobody covered for their teammates better) A "C" on the jersey is just ridiculous eye-candy.

The only sport which sports C on the jersey that doesnt cause vomit inducing symptoms is Hockey. Even as of late Ive noticed that football has their own little system of denoting "captain" by their series of stars where the "C" would be.

I think a baseball team needs a captain, just like everything else, there is rank and respect. I just dont think the whole world needs to know who that person is on the Sox.

[v2freak]

It'd be pretty sweet if he joined the staff and brought his wisdom and knowledge of the game to the team in a different way.

[Lester82]

Oh god i pray that Varitek is going to decline that option.

i pray for 3 things in life:

1. Kate Hudson and Arod's social security number and bank account information was on the documents tossed out windows at the WS parade.

2. That whole "World peace" stuff.

3. An explaination for Sammy Sosa's skin

[Dipre]

Originally Posted by Lester82

Oh god i pray that Varitek is going to decline that option.

i pray for 3 things in life:

1. Kate Hudson and Arod's social security number and bank account information was on the documents tossed out windows at the WS parade.

2. That whole "World peace" stuff.

3. An explaination for Sammy Sosa's skin

Vitiligo, it's a disease that destroys melanin-producing cells.

[BoSox21]

I heard he was undergoing some skin rejuvenation process and that's part of it

[Dojji]

Uhh guys? He's already picked up the option.

Whether that means he's here next year or that he just gets a $3M farewell gift is a question for Theo to answer.