Tag: Tim Wakefield

  • BoSox exercise $7.7M option on Martinez (AP)

    FILE - In this June 7, 2009 photo, Boston Red Sox's Jason Varitek heads back to the dugout during their baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox declined team options on Varitek and shortstop Alex Gonzalez and exercised the 2010 contract options on catcher Victor Martinez(notes) and signed pitcher Time Wakefield to a two-year contract on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.

    The Red Sox exercised their $7.7 million option on Victor Martinez and declined options on Jason Varitek and Alex Gonzalez on Monday. Boston also agreed to a $5 million, two-year contract with 43-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, replacing a perpetual $4 million annual club option. The moves on the options were expected after Boston obtained Martinez from the Cleveland Indians on July 31 and he…