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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In the 2010 Hardball Times Baseball Annual, Bill James took a look at predicting whether a player will do better or worse in 2011. To read the article in its entirety, ACTA Sports (the publisher of the Annual) has made it available as a PDF here . The gist of the article is the idea of taking as many different indicators of performance as possible and fusing them into one list of hitters and pitchers...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The roster for next year still has significant holes that could take a while to be filled, but Red Sox manager Terry Francona expressed satisfaction with one spot yesterday. ...
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SOX (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
With Victor Martinez being able to catch Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek back for what’s likely his final season in a Boston Red Sox uniform, George Kottaras temporarily found himself out of a job on Wednesday. According to Alex Speier of WEEI.com, the Red Sox put Kottaras on release waivers. He was picked on Wednesday afternoon [...]
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Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP 7 months ago: Boston Red Sox catcher George Kottaras, right, stands with Jason Varitek during a spring training baseball practice in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday March 31, 2009. With only a few days left before the team heads North to start the regular season, Kottaras is positioned to possibly break spring training camp as part of the Red Sox roster.(AP Photo/Charles...
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THE PURSUIT OF 80's(ness) (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Many of us have returned to card collecting after a break. For me it was getting married and having children. Less time, less disposable income and just being plain knackered. Now my children are at an age where collecting can be a shared experience, there is a little left over at the end of the month and well frankly sleep is overrated. So it was great to find the blog Hey That's Mine. Derek returned...
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Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I'm back from my vacation/travels/schoolnight-curfew. And, I brought LINKS. I'll have to dig through a whole pile of them that I built up while away, but this should hold y'all over till then. (My apologies if I link to something that's already been linked to before; I don't recommend cramming a week of OTM into 90 minutes.) The triumph of Moneyball - THT What was the impact of the book that Billy...
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Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Comcast Sportsnet New England published this great breakdown of Red Sox salaries: Here is an estimate of where the Red Sox' 2010 payroll stands at this moment: PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT J.D. Drew: $14 million David Ortiz: $13 million Mike Lowell; $12.5 million Josh Beckett: $12.1 million Kevin Youkilis: $9.37 million Daisuke Matsuzaka: $8.3 million Victor Martinez: $7.7 million Jon Lester: $3.75 million...
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Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Have you read the " Tek Issues " post on Extra Bases today? The Globe already has one Dan Shaughnessy so they don't need another guy trying to find conflict where there isn't any. In the post Christopher L. Gasper speculates that Varitek's presence on the team will be harmful to Victor Martinez: Tek's return for a 14th season with the Sox sets up Martinez's game-calling skills to be second-guessed...
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The New York Yankees did make their first couple of moves this offseason. They were nothing to get too excited about but they removed Josh Towers and Freddy Guzman from the 40 man rosters and allowed them to become free agents. This news came from Chad Jennings of the Journal News who was out in Chicago for the GM meetings. The Yankees are going to try and sign their own guys but are in no rush, i...
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Tom's Bombs of Thought (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Jason Varitek’s hot bat early in the season appeared to justify the 2-year contract the Red Sox handed him in the offseason. However, his production has nosedived late this year. Since the acquisition of star catcher Victor Martinez, Varitek has hit just .134 while striking out one out of every three at-bats. Many wondered whether the Martinez acquisition would affect the playing time of third...
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The Mighty Quinn Media Machine (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
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? He wasn't going to take a cut in pay and go somewhere else, where he wasn't even guaranteed being a starter. No one, and I mean no one, was going to give him...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
After discussing his options with agent Scott Boras, Jason Varitek exercised is player option for 2010 last night, locking himself in for 3 million bucks next season. After picking up Victor Martinez’ $7.1M option for next season, Theo Epstein said that the Red Sox plan on using V-Mart as the everyday catcher, so it will be [...]
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Bostonist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Photo by Keith Allison of Flickr. Sure, he may be the most expensive backup catcher in history. And maybe his stats aren't what they used to be, and even those stats aren't what they were a few years ago. But even if Jason Varitek the catcher is past his expiration date, Jason Varitek the heart of the Red Sox and the captain is still around. And still, we hope, worth the $3 million he decided to accept...
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The House That Dewey Built (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Not surprisingly, Jason Varitek exercised his $3 million player option to return to the Red Sox for one more year. The one role I can see him being somewhat helpful in is as a backup who starts against left-handers only. His name should never, ever be written on a lineup card against a right-handed starting pitcher. [...]
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