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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I just don't understand why Theo is going after a catcher, unless he's planning on trying to lure someone who needs a catcher.
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You have no catcher that's why. Varitek is a part time catcher at best and if you are lucky plus, if the Red Sox Nation plans to keep Martinez healthy and productive you pretty much have to limit his time at catcher, he's a first baseman these days, maybe at most play him at catcher 25%, but that will whittle away productivity in years to come. At catcher, you'll have a good to very strong Martinez for maybe a year, a year and a half at most, then he's done and if you do sign him long term as rumored it'll be at a salary no one will want to eat. At first base, you have a very good to Manny like productive Martinez for 5 years maybe more.
Moving Lowell to make first open for Martinez makes sense. The only true holes you have then are at catcher and shortstop.
Scutaro is a decent pick up but at 34 and his range dropping fast you have to ask is he just a gap stop at the position. Lowrie isn't the answer at short either, he's damaged goods, once a team shows that they have lost confidence in a player... his time there goes downhill. Physically he may eventually be healthy enough to play everyday, mentally... as long as he is in Boston I wouldn't bank on it.