Red Sox Ownership 'Understands' They Need To Be More Aggressive In Free Agency
The Boston Red Sox are about to enter a pivotal free-agency period that could define their success for the better part of this decade.
It will be the first showing for chief baseball officer Craig Breslow at a time when the club has a reset luxury tax and the desperation to increase its budget after another failed season. A few notable starting pitchers could bolster a promising core. Another failed offseason could derail the club.
Red Sox ownership has shown a sense of urgency that has been missing in recent years, which bodes well for the offseason. WEEI's Rob Bradford reinforced that point in a recent radio appearance.
"I do think, whether it's (acquiring) Yoshinobu Yamamoto or whoever it is, they understand that they have to be more aggressive," Bradford said on WEEI's "Jones and Mego with Arcand" radio show.
"Now is it going to be Dave Dombrowski, we're going to pay $40 million more than the next (team) for David Price aggressive? I don't know about that."
The Red Sox desperately need to bolster their pitching staff and Yamamoto might be the best weapon available after dominating in Japan for years.
Boston will have an extensive list of notable pitchers to sort through this winter and needs to make multiple notable additions to get back on track.
The lineup could use a right-handed slugger -- which could mean the return of designated hitter Justin Turner or an external addition. Boston could also use an upgrade at second base but there are some serviceable players in-house.
The most important thing is to get back up toward the top of Major League Baseball spending after sitting in the middle of the pack for a few years. Boston needs to return to their big-market ways to compete for a championship.
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