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"It?s probably representative, age-wise," Boras said of the four-year, $52.4 million deal Posada inked, "and it?s also representative of what a player on a winning team (is worth). You?re not going to have many catchers who have the performance levels and a 60 percent winning percentage on a franchise and have won two world championships and caught four no-hitters. The idea of it is that there just aren?t many in the marketplace that can lead a club like Jason Varitek and that?s going to be his value." The Red Sox have yet to make an opening offer to Varitek, but it's likely they will make a two-year proposal with an average annual value less than $10 million. RealGM Note: Varitek was ranked 1,232nd in season FIC and 'deserved' to make $390k with a Reina Value of -96%. The metric does not take defense into account, but Posada's OPS in his own walk year was 297 points higher than Varitek's in 2008. |
Scott Boras, the agent for catcher Jason Varitek, is reportedly using the deal Jorge Posada signed with the Yankees last winter as a benchmark for his client.