According to sources close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the Boston Red Sox have made contact with free agent catcher Bengie Molina, but they are not ready to make a move on him.

The Boston Red Sox are in need of catching help to replace the unreliable Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Other candidates the team may be looking are are Ivan Rodriguez of the Washington Nationals, Jason Kendall of the Kansas City Royals, Jeff Mathis of the Los Angeles Angels or Ryan Doumit or Chris Snyder of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Molina has been on the fence about officially retiring all winter, but his brother, Jose Molina, was quoted in the Spring as saying that Bengie still has the desire to play.