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Victor Martinez is hoping to finish his major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that he wants a deal wrapped up before the season starts in April.  If the Red Sox and Martinez can’t work out a long-term deal, then Martinez has indicated that he [...]

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein & Co. Have their work cut out for them this coming season and off-season.  We’ve already discussed the pending Josh Beckett free agency, but the Red Sox also need to anticipate what they want to do with the catcher position.  Victor Martinez is their every day catcher for the 2010 [...]

Catcher Luis Exposito is next in line as one of the top prospects in the Red Sox minor league organization. We wrote about shortstop Jose Iglesias earlier this week, and now we want to point out some highlights about Exposito.
Exposito is in town for the Red Sox Rookie Development Program at Boston College.  He is [...]

Spring Training 2010 will bring a new role for Jason Varitek – no longer will he be the clubs primary catcher, as Victor Martinez will assume those duties.  Red Sox GM Theo Epstein & Co. acquired Martinez in a summer trading deadline move that helped bolster the Red Sox offense.  Martinez slid right into the [...]

Jason Varitek will be back for a 14th season in a Red Sox uniform at Fenway Park in Boston.  The Red Sox declined a $5 million club option to keep Varitek, but Varitek decided to exercise his $3 million option to remain a Red Sox for what presumably will be his last year in a [...]

The Boston Red Sox granted George Kottaras’ request to be released on Wednesday.  The Red Sox are all set at the catcher position with Victor Martinez starting and Jason Varitek coming back as the team’s back-up (Tek exercised his $3 million player option last week). Kottaras was out of options to be sent back down [...]

Let’s take a look at our infield.  The trio of Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Mike Lowell performed admirably in 2009.  The shortstop position is still a bit of an X-factor for the Red Sox, but Alex Gonzalez performed well at the end of the season in a Red Sox uniform.
Kevin Youkilis – 1st Base
2009 [...]

The Red Sox have a decision to make when it comes to the team’s catching position for 2010.  Manager Terry Francona transitioned Victor Martinez into the everyday Sox catcher just a month or so after his acquisition from the Cleveland Indians.  Long-time catcher Jason Varitek was fine with the switch given his bad offensive numbers, [...]

2nd up in the Catcher category – Jason Varitek.
I guess it could have been worse – Varitek played in 109 games for the Red Sox in 2009, notching 364 at-bats.  Tek surpassed his 2008 numbers in less games and less at-bats, so that was definitely a positive.  But he took a back seat with his [...]

Over the next few weeks – besides rooting for the Angels to beat the Yankees – we’re going to take a detailed look at the performance of certain Red Sox players during the 2009 MLB schedule.  First up – the catchers:
And 1st up in the Catcher category – Victor Martinez.
Victor Martinez lived up to the [...]