Daily Red Sox Links: Jason Varitek, Corey Kluber, Matt Barnes

Most of the focus with the new Red Sox coaching staff has, understandably, been around Alex Cora as well as the addition of Will Venable. For the first time however, Jason Varitek also has a title and he is excited to get to work in his newly-named role. (Peter Abraham; Boston Globe)

With the Red Sox in desperate need of pitching but with enough holes that they likely are going to spread money around rather than throwing large sums at one player, Corey Kluber could be a great fit this offseason. (Ricky Doyle; NESN)

We haven’t really seen a dent put into the free agent market just yet with just a couple of players signing new deals thus far. The group is going to be more crowded soon with the non-tender deadline coming up this week. (Sean McAdam; Boston Sports Journal)

I’m a big late on this, but this is an interesting read on hard-hit data and the best way to glean real information from it. (Alexander Chase; Pitcher List)