Conventional wisdom says since they don’t have an heir apparent at closer, the Red Sox would be smart to re-sign Craig Kimbrel. There may be reasons to believe otherwise. (Matthew Kory; The Athletic) ($$)
Is there a chance not signing Kimbrel would actually make the Sox better? (Christopher Smith; MassLive)
Steve Pearce, the guy who won the World Series MVP, is another free agent. He’s already making his pitch to come back. (Lauren Campbell; NESN)
But there are a lot of non-Red Sox on the free agent mark.