Jason Varitek has made it abundantly clear that he wants to stay with the Boston Red Sox — but while his coaching future remains in limbo, his wife has considered a change in scenery.
Catherine Varitek took to X on Tuesday afternoon, responding to fans asking for updates on her husband’s coaching contract, which expired after the 2025 season.
She emphasized her hopes for her husband — the beloved former Red Sox captain who joined the full-time coaching staff in 2021 — to stay in Boston, but teased additional options and a potential city that would be difficult to resist.
“Hope they keep him here,” she wrote, responding to Red Sox Digest host Jim Dalfino.
“These other openings don’t really fit our family dynamic. Unless of course Atlanta calls, we have a home there, Tek has huge baseball ties there, and GM is Greek…that would be epic!
“But that’s just me, what do I know,” she concluded.
The update comes just one week after Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported that a reunion between Varitek and the Red Sox was the “likeliest outcome,” with him expecting Tek to return in the same role he had last season: “game planning and run prevention coach.”
That same week, Varitek went on record stating his desire to return to the club, with which he spent his entire 15-year career and won two World Series — including the Curse of the Bambino-shattering championship campaign in 2004.
“You have to see everything that goes on,” he said during a Boston radio appearance.
“Have I dumped everything I’ve had to make this organization better? And the people that you mentor, coach, and be a part of? Yes. Do I want to continue to do that? Yes. But I have to see where it all lies.”
Varitek added during the interview that he planned to meet with Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Craig Breslow that same day — but a week later, his wife confirmed the progress had stalled.
“I’ve been patiently waiting for this myself…” she wrote on X in response to a fan, clamoring for a Varitek extension announcement.
Varitek has firmly planted his roots in Boston, and the Red Sox moving in another direction would spark outrage among the fanbase.
But then again, it wouldn’t be the first time that the organization parted ways with a fan favorite.