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Red Sox Reportedly Interested In Veteran To Bolster Positional Player Depth

Probably not the move fans will clamor for
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Red Sox Reportedly Interested In Veteran To Bolster Positional Player Depth
Red Sox Reportedly Interested In Veteran To Bolster Positional Player Depth

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The Boston Red Sox are expected to make a few moves before setting their roster and with so many marquee players remaining, still have time to make a splash.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is seeking a starting pitcher and an impact right-handed bat with positional versatility. 

While those pending additions have the fans patiently waiting, they also will continue to add depth throughout the final stages of the offseason and spring training. The latest player Boston reportedly is interested in fits into the depth category.

"Free-agent second baseman/left fielder Tony Kemp has drawn interest from the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, according to sources," FanSided's Robert Murray reported Sunday.

Kemp hit .209 with 21 extra-base hits including five home runs, 27 RBIs and a .607 OPS in 124 games for the Oakland Athletics last season. Defensively, the 32-year-old is nothing to write home about either.

If Breslow does add Kemp, it will simply be to shore up a middle infield group that is patiently waiting for players such as Marcelo Mayer and Nick Yorke to elevate into the big-league conversation.

Kemp is in the 100th percentile for strikeout rate and 76th for walk rate -- meaning he puts together solid at-bats. That said, he's not very productive even when putting the ball in play with regularity. 

This is the time of year when every team takes shots on a slew of players that are not worth getting excited about but could contribute down the line.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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