Victor Martinez News

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The Boston Red Sox are considering acquiring a marquee first baseman. The club is reportedly interested in San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez and Detroit's Miguel Cabrera.

The Red Sox released Kottaras today. The 26-year-old catcher was out of options and couldn't be sent to the minors again.

RED SOX general manager Theo Epstein has no worries about the right side of the field.

The Red Sox will raise some ticket prices as much as $5 next season after freezing all sections for 2009.

While Theo Epstein circulates amongst his peers at the Major League general managers meetings in Chicago this week, he'll be coming home to face an increasingly busy offseason of tedious contract work.

So it looks like a couple of long, long-time teammates will be teammates at least a little longer still.

Catcher Jason Varitek exercised his $3 million option to stay with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, choosing to remain with the team as a backup to Victor Martinez rather than become a free agent.

While they still hold exclusive negotiating rights with their free agents, the big one - left fielder Jason Bay, who yesterday earned his first Silver Slugger Award - is expected to hit the market next week.

The Boston Red Sox made a few moves today to ensure that most of their 2009 roster stays intact for 2010.

Catcher Jason Varitek exercised his $3 million option to stay with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, choosing to remain with the team as a backup to Victor Martinez rather than become a free agent.

Scott Boras definitively said to ignore reports to the contrary that Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has not decided whether to pick up his $3 million player option for next season.

Matsui and Damon both said after the Yankees ' six-game victory over Philadelphia last week that they would like to stay with New York.

As expected, the Red Sox have exercised their 2010 option on C / 1B Victor Martinez while declining their option on SS Alex Gonzalez.

But the Red Sox, the team with the most reported interest in Gonzalez, probably will need to offer major-league pieces to entice the Padres.

While their rivals from the Bronx are enjoying the afterglow of a World Series championship, the Red Sox are in business mode, trying to plot their own title contender for 2010.

As Astros right fielder Hunter Pence cranked eight home runs off Clay Buchholz yesterday at the Reebok Baseball Summit, the righthanded hurler sported an ear-to-ear grin.

Will Victor Martinez be the full-time catcher next year and will Jason Varitek still be around? -- Liam R., Roslindale, Mass.

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Right after game three and the sweep of the Boston Red Sox at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels, I watched Kevin Youkilis on NESN , answering questions about getting swept, and he says calmly "yes, it's frustrating, but it's time to look forward to next season." While I'd like to see Youkilis be pissed...it is time to look forward to the ...