The Red Sox need pitching help and reportedly have a big appetite to spend this offseason.
So where would David Ortiz prefer to allocate the cash if he were Chaim Bloom? The Hall-of-Fame designated hitter has a specific all-star he’d like to see Boston target.
“The free agent market is not wide open like years before,” Ortiz told MassLive’s Chris Cotillo on the Fenway Rundown podcast. “Pretty much all great players are under lockdown with some organization. But, you have a guy like [Justin] Verlander out there. You can add him to your resume and it’ll be great, but you’ve got to pay.