“The Red Sox were busy Monday, picking up catcher/first baseman Victor Martinez’s $7.1 million team option, declining catcher Jason Varitek’s $5 million team option, and tearing up pitcher Tim Wakefield’s team option and replacing it with a two-year agreement.
The team also confirmed it was not picking up a $6 million option on Alex Gonzalez, which had been reported Sunday.
Wakefield’s deal is worth $5 million over two years: $3.5 million in 2010 and $1.5 million in 2011, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney. It replaces a perpetual $4 million-per-season team option the Red Sox had on the knuckleballer.”
Read the rest of the article, “Sox decline Varitek option” at ESPN.go.com
I think the Red Sox made some pretty good moves today. The biggest story out of this article I believe is the fact that the Red Sox declined Varitek’s option. Varitek’s production recently has been down, but he has been a long-time favorite Red Sox player.
