No, your eyes were not deceiving you. That was former Boston Red Sox catcher and current coach Jason Varitek taking batting practice Tuesday at Fenway Park before the 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

And no, the former Red Sox captain is not planning a comeback at age 53. Varitek was taking hacks to help the club’s fantasy football draft.

“It appears the Red Sox are picking a fantasy draft order by having Jason Varitek take BP and seeing how far baseballs with certain names on them landed,” Masslive.com’s Chris Cotillo posted Tuesday on X.

“Most of Tek’s hits were to the warning track or off the wall,” MLB writer Tom Carroll noted .

“ Greg Weissert’s ball got fouled straight up into the cage. Laughter ensued,” the Boston Globe’s Tim Healey observed.

According to Masslive

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