New Poll Question: Which Red Sox veteran will have the biggest impact on the 2010 team?
firebrandal.com 13 days ago — New Poll Question: Which Red Sox veteran will have the biggest impact on the 2010 team? Jason Varitek Tim Wakefield Which of the younger players stand the most to gain from these two as teachers? Previous Poll results: Which Red Sox catcher would you least like to see ...

Jason Varitek Back With Red Sox In 2010
soxanddawgs.com 13 days ago — Just hours after the Boston Red Sox declined their option on catcher Jason Varitek , he has decided to exercise his player option worth $3 million. He can make an additional $2 million in incentives based on the number of games he starts. The news was first reported by Adam Hirshfield of ...

Jason Varitek: one more year with the Sox
bases.nbcsports.com 13 days ago — The Red Sox declined their $5 team option on Jason Varitek yesterday, but the Captain had a $3 million player option that he decided to exercise last night:NESN learned on Monday night that the 37-year-old Varitek will exercise his $3...

Varitek Exercises His Option, Will Be Back With Red Sox in 2010
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 11 days ago — According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, via Twitter, Boston Red Sox C Jason Varitek has exercised his player option for $3 million for 2010. For Varitek, this move makes all the sense in the world. For the Red Sox, I am confident in saying they were hoping Varitek would decline the option.

Jason Varitek Officially Back For 2010
soxanddawgs.com 12 days ago — On Monday, there was report that Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek had exercised his player option after the Red Sox had declined their team option. This report turned out to be false at the time as Red Sox GM Theo Epstein stated he had not heard from Varitek or his agent Scott Boras. But ...

Where Else But Boston?
quinnmedia.blogspot.com 11 days ago — Jason Varitek, who will be 38 this coming April, took the full five days he was allotted to decide he'd exercise his player option for $3 million and will be back with the Red Sox in 2010. But let's face facts. What other choice did Tek have? No one, and I mean no one, was going to give him ...

Jason Varitek Exercises Contract Option for 2010
sportsofboston.com 12 days ago — Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has exercised his $3 million player option, and will return to the team in 2010. On Monday, the Sox chose not to pick up the $5 million team option, which triggered the player option.The Sox picked up the $7 million contract option on Victor Martinez Monday, and ...

Hot Stove Burning Up For Red Sox
boston.sportsthenandnow.com 12 days ago — Theo is wasting no time tinkering with the Red Sox Roster We’ve got a handful of things to talk about, following an eventful day initiated by Theo Epstein and company on Monday. We’ll start with the captain. On Monday, the Red Sox declined the $5 million club option that ...

Red Sox pick up 2010 option for Victor Martinez
bottomlinesox.com 14 days ago — It's confirmed. V-Mart will be back in Boston for 2010. This is great news, since Martinez' arrival on July 31st snapped David Ortiz out if his funk and sparked the offense for the entire second half. If the Sox can re-sign Bay, we'll have a nice looking heart of the order with Bay, ...

Varitek Option Maybe Good All Around Move!
yougabsports.com 11 days ago —   Jason Varitek decided to use his player option and will make about 3 million dollars as a back up catcher for the Boston Red Sox 2010 campaign. I thought Tek would be gone based on the Red Sox reliance on numbers and production. However, it appears that Varitek is going to embrace ...

Yankees already favorites for 2010 — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 17 days ago
The Yankees haven't even gone down the Canyon of Heroes yet, but they've already been established as the World Series favorites in 2010. Courtesy of our friends at Bodog.com, here are the odds for the 2010 World Series. Odds to win the 2010 ...

NOTES / TV ratings for Series rebound — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 17 days ago
World Series television ratings bounced back from last year's record lows. The Yankees' six-game victory over the Phillies on Fox averaged an 11.7 rating and 19 share. That's the highest since a 15.8/26 in 2004, when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals to ...

Yanks beat out the Bosox as team of decade — NY Post: Sports 17 days ago
Let's end one debate before it really gets started. The Red Sox gave it a nice run for a while, but the Yankees are the team of the decade -- again. I can just imagine what the scene in Red Sox Nation is about now. The fans are bitter. Very bitte...

The Jeremy Hermida Trade to the Red Sox Is Better Than You Think for Boston — Bleacher Report - MLB 17 days ago
Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox traded minor leaguers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez to the Florida Marlins for outfielder Jeremy Hermida. As I checked my favorite site, MLB Trade Rumors, for the trade, the general comments were spread out from ...

Jeremy Hermida: Bust or Breakout — Bleacher Report - MLB 17 days ago
The Red Sox acquired Jeremy Hermida on Nov. 5 from the Florida Marlins in exchange for two minor-league pitchers. The Marlins received two LH pitchers in Jose Alvarez and Hunter Jones. The players received are a far cry from top prospects but can ...