This sound like a cliche complaint, but.... How the hell is $8 million over two years insulting?
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote: > Mazz chimes in: > > > <http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/> > < Back to Front > Page<http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/>Text > size > *–* *+* > Varitek, Sox in stare > down<http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/01/varitek_sox_in.html> > Email|Link<http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/01/varitek_sox_in.html> > |Comments > (0)<http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/01/varitek_sox_in.html#comments> > Posted > by Tony Massarotti, Globe Staff January 29, 2009 04:24 PM > With less than 24 hours remaining before a deadline set by the team, the > Red Sox and catcher Jason Varitek seem caught in a stare down that could > very well produce an unhappy ending for both the player and club. > According to a baseball source, the deadline by which Varitek must accept > or decline the Red Sox' latest contract offer is set for tomorrow morning, > leaving less than a day for the matter to play out. According to the same > source, Varitek is very seriously considering the option of sitting out the > 2009 season and/or retiring rather than accepting the contract offer made to > him last week. > In that proposal, the Red Sox gave Varitek the choice of a one-year > contract for a guaranteed $5 million or a one-year deal for $5 million with > a vesting option. In the latter scenario, Varitek would earn another $5 > million if the team exercises the option for 2010, $3 million if an option > is exercised by the player. > Though Varitek appears to have no other suitors at this time, it would not > be unprecedented for him to sit out (or retire) until he receives an offer > to his liking. With agent Scott Boras advising him at that time, too, > Varitek sat out an entire year after being drafted in the first round by the > Minnesota Twins in 1993. He then re-entered the draft and was selected by > the Seattle Mariners in 1994, who eventually signed the player. > Even then, Varitek did not play a minor-league game until 1995, meaning > that his stance might very well have cost him two years of his development. > Should Varitek reject the Red Sox' offer, the team will have little choice > but to walk away given the finality with which this offer was presented to > the player. The Sox then would likely go to spring training with a catching > platoon of the switch-hitting Josh Bard (better from the right side) and the > lefthanded-hitting George Kottaras. The righthanded-hitting Dusty Brown also > would be in camp. > Independent of the Varitek negotiations, the Sox are expected to revisit > talks with the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks about respective deals > for the switch-hitting Jarrod Saltalamacchia and the lefthanded-hitting > Miguel Montero. > The switch-hitting Saltlalamacchia is regarded as having far better > offensive upside but comes with major questions defensively. Montero is > looked upon as a more balanced player and the more likely acquisition by > trade, according to another baseball source, and presumably would displace > Kottaras given that he bats from the left side. > There is the possibility, of course, that Boras and Varitek are threatening > to reject the offer merely as a way of leveraging the Red Sox into a more > desirable agreement given the approaching deadline. > > > --- On *Thu, 1/29/09, Ray Salemi <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Varitek > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 4:43 PM > > > Yeah. > > What he said. > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < > [email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Which isn't to say leadership and game management aren't valuable. You >> just don't overpay for a guy doesn't hit because he's a good game manager. >> >> >> - Matt >> >> --- On *Thu, 1/29/09, Ray Salemi >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Ray Salemi >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Subject: Re: Varitek >> To: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 4:19 PM >> >> Hitting is good. >> >> "Leadership" and "Game Management" are highly overrated. >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Steve Ouellette >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> I agree. Tek has been a good soldier, but he was seriously overpaid once >>> for that, and I'm not even convinced he could outhit a George Kottaras/Dusty >>> Brown platoon, let alone Josh Bard. >>> >>> Steve O >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Tom Salemi >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Michael Holley, on EEI, suggested this morning that his "moles" tell him >>>> that Varitek would rather sit out this year than accept the Red Sox current >>>> offer. >>>> I'm fine with that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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