by chipbuck | Apr 22, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek
There’s been a lot of talk throughout Red Sox Nation both in the media and the blogosphere about who should catch for the Red Sox: Jason Varitek or Jarrod Saltalamacchia. On Wednesday, Peter Abraham at the Boston Globe weighed in with some interesting thoughts on...
by charliesap | Feb 17, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron
photo © 2007 Eric Kilby | more info (via: Wylio) ^ Bill James’s total projected stolen bases: 143 My total projected stolen bases: 147 Note: I only used the projected starting lineup with a split at SS (Scutaro/Lowrie) and RF (Drew/Cameron). In 2010, the Rays...
by charliesap | Dec 2, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek
Late in the 2010 season, it seemed as though Jason Varitek’s tenure with the Red Sox had come to an end. Not so fast. The captain is back. Today, the Red Sox came to an agreement with Varitek on a one-year, $2M deal with $300K in incentives. However, this move...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Ryan Westmoreland, Victor Martinez
Kevin Youkilis left last night’s game in the 4th inning with an ankle injury. At the moment, it appears he’ll be fine — the word out of Fenway is that he’ll be in the lineup tonight. Still, the sight of Youk leaving the game yesterday must have...
by mike silver | Jul 5, 2010 | Bill Hall, Chris Snyder, Dustin Pedroia, Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Mark Wagner, Victor Martinez
There’s no doubt the Sox recent injuries have done a number on the club’s chances of winning the AL East. So we thought it would be interesting to uncover how bleak — or rosy — the those chances have become. Prior to the slew of injuries that befell...
by mike silver | Jul 3, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Manny Delcarmen, Robert Manuel
The injury carousel keeps turning – and, unfortunately, keeps landing on the Red Sox’ spot. While Jason Varitek was placed on the disabled list Thursday with a broken foot, Manny Delcarmen was also added on Friday with a strained right forearm. Reliever Robert Manuel...
by evan brunell | Jul 2, 2010 | Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Kevin Cash, Quick Post
Um, ouch. Jason Varitek hits the disabled list and will be out for six weeks. This means the next nine games require Kevin Cash and Gustavo Molina behind the dish. Oh, ye injury gods. Have you no...
by Troy Patterson | May 29, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
On May fourth I asked the question, Should Jason Varitek be the Starting Catcher? Not much has changed as at the time I noted “In 146 IP thrown to Martinez the staff has a K/BB of 1.64, but when Varitek has caught in 83.6 innings the staff has thrown a 2.35...
by mike scandura | May 9, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dusty Brown, Jason Varitek, Luis Exposito, Mark Wagner, Tim Federowicz, Uncategorized, Victor Martinez
Fact: As a catcher, Victor Martinez makes a good first baseman – and a D.H. Fact: Jason Varitek, at 38, is on the down side of a once brilliant career. Fact: Both players’ contracts expire after the 2010 season. Question: Who will comprise the next generation of Red...
by Troy Patterson | May 4, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
Heading into 2010 it was a fairly easy choice that we wanted Victor Martinez to supply the offense we needed from the catcher position and give adequate defense behind the plate. So far though there has been some early results that might be good reasoning to place...
