Red Sox offseason overview - with the Boston Globe's Gordon Edes
With Jason Varitek returning, the Sox appear set behind the plate. But backup (and Tim Wakefield’s personal backstop) Doug Mirabelli is a free agent, and the Sox are unlikely to bring him back. The Globe’s Gordon Edes discusses Varitek, then identifies four possibilities to back him up in 2007.
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Edes's five options
With Jason Varitek returning, the Sox appear set behind the plate. But backup (and Tim Wakefield’s personal backstop) Doug Mirabelli is a free agent, and the Sox are unlikely to bring him back. The Globe’s Gordon Edes discusses Varitek, then identifies four possibilities to back him up in 2007.
(Boston Globe Photos / Jim Davis)