Earlier today, BoSox Injection had a report about Kelly and the Red Sox agreeing to a new deal. Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reported that “It was the first year of arbitration eligibility for Kelly, who went 10-6 with a 4.82 ERA in 2015. The 27-year-old righty went on an eight-start stretch in which he went 8-0 with a 2.59 ERA before being shut down for the final three weeks of the season with an elbow issue.”
Kelly was part of the John Lackey deal that sent the veteran pitcher to the St.