Jason Varitek

Jason Varitek - Boston Red Sox
  • Avg .209
  • HR 14
  • RBI 51
  • Runs 41
  • SB -
Boston Red Sox
  • Height: 6-2
  • Weight: 230
  • Bats: S
  • Throws: R
  • Born: Apr 11, 1972 - Rochester, MI
  • College: Georgia Tech
  • Draft: 1994 - 1st round (14th pick) by the Seattle Mariners

News and Notes

News and Notes
 Player Notes

Nov 12 C Jason Varitek agreed to activate his 2010 player option on Nov. 11 that will pay him a base salary of $3 million and could allow him to make up to $2 million more in incentives centered on games played and playing time. The switch-hitting catcher hit .209 with a .313 on-base percentage and a .390 slugging percentage last season while showing severe decline in the final two months of the season. The Sox had decided not to pick up Varitek's $5 million team option for 2010, but the 37-year-old will be back in Boston as a backup catcher for at least one more season. Yahoo! Sports


Nov 11 Varitek has exercised his $3 million option to stay with the Red Sox. Boston declined to exercise its $5 million club option on Monday, and Varitek then had two days to decide whether to exercise his player option at the lower price.

Advice: The 37-year-old was Boston?s starting catcher for nine of 10 seasons through 2008, except in 2001 when he was limited to 51 games because of injury. He was the regular last season until Boston obtained Victor Martinez from Cleveland on July 31.

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 Recent News
  •  Red Sox Team Report Nov 20 (Yahoo! Sports)
  •  Indians have looked better and better Nov 12 (Lowell Sun) *
  •  Varitek exercises option, stays with Red Sox Nov 12 (Sentinel & Enterprise) *
  •  D12: Jason Varitek heading back to the Red Sox, but as what? Nov 12 (Yahoo! Sports)
  •  Varitek accepts Sox backup role Nov 12 (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) *
  •  Varitek exercises option to remain with Red Sox Nov 12 (North Adams Transcript) *
  •  Zimmerman wins Gold Glove for Nationals Nov 11 (PA SportsTicker)
  •  Clarification: BBO--Flood's Memorabilia Nov 11 (PA SportsTicker)
  •  Sox: Wake will stick around Nov 10 (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) *
  •  Red Sox exercise option on Martinez, pass on Varitek, Gonzalez Nov 10 (Sentinel & Enterprise) *
  •  Red Sox exercise option on Victor Martinez Nov 10 (Berkshire Eagle) *