Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has said on a number of occasions that one of his top priorities this offseason will be acquiring a reliable reliever to secure the eighth inning role. With the team in the market for bullpen help we can expect that at least one of the core relievers from this year’s roster could be on their way out.
The Red Sox have a number of relievers that saw their contracts expire at the end of the season, including a pair of arms that were used to fill the eighth inning role.