BoSox seek resolution with Varitek, Wake soon
Jason Varitek - C - Boston Red Sox
Feb. 8, 2012 - 2:00 PM ET
Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said Wednesday the team will have some sort of definitive resolution on Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield by next week.
The Red Sox don't really have a role for Varitek or Wakefield their projected roster, so we doubt this will end with either getting a contract. Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, was recently quoted as saying that the 39-year-old backstop was still "deliberating what he wants to do," but he is believed to have a job with the organization waiting for him if he decides to hang up his shin guards. Wakefield, 45, doesn't appear interested in pitching anywhere other than Boston, so the knuckleballer may also be forced to walk off into the baseball sunset.
Source: Boston Globe