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By Curt Schilling
Rob Bradford emailed over to ask, “What would you do — just you — if you
were the general manager of the Boston Red Sox right now, today, with Jason
Varitek?”
First off, let’s get a few pieces out of the way.
1. It’s not my money (literally) but I am making this decision based on the
fact that we know a $2 million contract, or $22 million contract, has zero
impact on anything this team might do.
2. I don’t have to sign Tek for anything above league minimum if I don’t
want to.
3. I don’t have a No. 1 catcher.
So here’s my press release/press conference …
The Boston Red Sox would like to announce the signing of catcher Jason
Varitek to a one-year, $8 million contract that contains a performance/mutual
option for the 2010 season. If Jason is healthy and performs to standards he
has achieved in years prior to 2008, he can earn a total of $10.5 million
during the 2009 season.
Depending on your viewpoint you could argue that there was a significant
mistake made by the agent in this situation, or that the club erred in
thinking Jason would accept arbitration, coming off a year we know he
considered disappointing.
Jason has been the cornerstone of two World Championships in the past five
years. We have always known and recognized him as a key component on and off
the field as well as a risk mitigator for any new or young pitcher we brought
into the organization. That he was voted in, by his peers, to the 2008
All-Star Game is a fact that should not go unmentioned. In a day and age when
the game, and the Red Sox, have placed so much emphasis on a player’s
offensive production, it speaks volumes to the ‘intangibles’ Jason has that
they were openly acknowledged and recognized by his peers.
In the past 10 years the Boston Red Sox have finished in the top four in
league ERA eight times (finishing first three times). We feel that is
attributable to the talented staffs we’ve had, and to the fact that Jason
has been behind the plate pretty consistently that entire time.
Our goal every year is to win the World Series; 2009 is no different. Anyone
that knows baseball knows that we stand a better chance to win in 2009 with
Jason catching and healthy, than without.
So rather than push this situation to a place that might have seen us ’win’
the negotiation, save money, and screw someone that has repeatedly tried to
screw us, we didn’t. We wanted to make sure players around the game
understand that the Red Sox value their personnel for what they bring both on
and off the field, as well as at the plate and in the field.
It is much more important that we win ON the field rather than off of it.
Jason is a player we hope has aspirations to retire in our uniform, because
we believe this is where he belongs.
We are always on the lookout to improve this club and recognize that while
Jason keeps himself in better shape than any catcher in the game, he is
nearing a time when catching 130 games a year is not a realistic
option, or the club’s best choice. That is the other reason we felt
compelled to make this happen.
Jason has set a standard for catching the “Red Sox way” and both parties
agree that part of his responsibility to the team during the 2009 season will
be to bring along Mr. Teagarden as the Red Sox next catcher.
Oh and that was the other thing. We’d like to announce a trade. We have
traded Clay Buchholz, Pitching Prospect B and Position Player A to the Texas
Rangers for Catcher Taylor Teagarden. (Fill in whatever names you need to
that makes that trade happen).
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