Boras Talks Tek

Scott Boras talked about Jason Varitek with the Boston Globe today:

“If you think about his physical conditioning, he’s got many more years to play in this game,” Boras said last night. “When he’s out there, this club is decisively different. You’re really talking about a guy that is inherently valuable. In this day and time, what is a player like that worth?

“We’re in the process of finalizing data intake. We have to look at the marketplace. We have to look at similarly situated All-Star players, who they are in stature to their team. There are many comparisons. We’re certainly going to look at how those players [were] received in the free agent market and use that as that watermark.”

Notice how Boras highlights “All-Star.” That kind of overlooks the fact that Tek was voted in as an All-Star purely on name recognition and not for what he had done this season. I do think that Tek does have some value to this team but I can’t see giving him more than a 2 year contract. I believe that there is very little chance of Tek coming back to Boston if he is going to go with Boras’ plan for a long term big money deal.

MLB Trade Rumors also points out that there is a mass amount of free agent catchers that can call a good game but can’t hit.