[Tony M]

I guess we'll be stuck with Varitek for next season as I can't see the team taking the $5m option on him, but he's surely going to exercise his $3m option as he'd not get that on the free agency market.

We need to re-sign Bay without a doubt.

Thankfully I don't think much is needed in the starting department (Beckett, Lester, Buchholz and Matsuzaka as the 1-4 with Wakefield probably being the #5 sharing the duties with Tazawa) and the 'pen is stacked.

Bay, Ellsbury and Drew across the back should be a fairly consistent outfield next season, but we need a proper backup catcher with some offensive clout. I think the idea of rotating C-1B-3B should be continued as it takes the pressure off Lowell's injury proneness and gives Martinez a break from catcher every so-often but that does leave Kottaras and Varitek as the backup catcher choices unless Dusty does a good job at ST