UPDATE: the clock is ticking faster, the deadline is really Friday.
Tick…tick…tick, the captain is on the clock and time is running out. When the month comes to an end we will know if Tek will be behind the dish in ’09. More from Extra Bases:
A baseball source confirmed this morning that the Red Sox have presented Varitek with a Jan. 31 deadline to accept or decline their most recent proposal, a one-year offer for a guaranteed $5 million with a dual option for 2010. The proposal affords the Sox a $5 million option on the player for that season; should the team decline to exercise the option, Varitek subsequently can return to the team at a salary of $3 million.
Tek may want to now sign a one year deal so he could make more in ’10 on the free agent market if he has a good year. The Sox will likely be open to a 1 year deal but they are not going to up the salary much. Boras has really screwed his client on this one by telling him to forego arbitration; a $5 million mistake.
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