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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Isn't the amount they signed Jason Varitek for the same amount that the Sox needed to increase their offer to Victor Martinez?
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But, but, but---he's a great handler of pitchers. And Dice K is SO much more comfortable with Tek catching him--for the 40 innings or so he'll pitch between stints on the DL
So, for that $2 million, instead of a .310 average, 25 HR and 80-100 RBI, they get a guy who'll be lucky to hit .220, hit 10 HR and have about 50 RBI. With an equally bad throwing arm, and whose idea of catching the knuckleball is chasing it to the backstop and holding the runner on first to second. Assuming he can still throw from the backstop to third on one bounce.
But look at the bright side--they still have JD Drew pulling down $17 million or so a year.
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