Both Joe Kelly and Koji Uehara are signed through the end of the 2016 season, with arbitration for Kelly set in 2017. Kelly will only be a free agent in 2019, while Koji will be a free agent next year. Both men are arguably why the bullpen has hit their stride in September, but the Red Sox need to start thinking about what to do with them when the season is over.
Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe feels that Uehara’s return from a pectoral injury has looked almost like a rebirth: “Now he has a late-season body of work to take into free agency, and the Red Sox certainly have to consider re-signing him.