Jason Varitek is declining the Sox' arbitration offer, according to Globe sources.
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no surprise really, Boras is his agent and accepting arb takes away all of his leverage...
Posted by: Sam-YF | Sunday, December 07, 2008 at 10:01 PM
/me в шоке
Posted by: WRGeorge | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 02:54 AM
really sam?...i thought being an aging catcher with rapidly eroding skills takes away all of his leverage...
just kidding sf's ;)
Posted by: dc | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 08:29 AM
It's the truth, DC. This is a mistake on Varitek's part, I think. Boras is either overestimating or overstating the market for Varitek's "skills."
Posted by: Paul SF | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Apparently Detroit isn't a landing spot for Tek now... but will the Rangers still deal another one of their catchers?
from hardball times (I think) via baseball musings:
The Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers late Sunday night, fulfilling one of their major off-season needs on the eve of baseball's winter meetings.
Posted by: dw (sf) | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 09:42 AM
my guess is that he's overestimating the need for experienced catchers, and that teams will be willing to extend further to get one, or retain one from the sox perspective...he uses the posada contract as an example...my joke aside, there is a value for tek's services, but it is significantly less than boras has it set...
Posted by: dc | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 09:49 AM
Boras is out of his mind.
Posted by: LocklandSF | Monday, December 08, 2008 at 02:45 PM