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Red Sox Among Five Clubs Aiming To Land Multiple Starters In Loaded Market

Boston is going to be in some upcoming bidding wars

Scott Neville

Red Sox Among Five Clubs Aiming To Land Multiple Starters In Loaded Market
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If there's one thing that's been made clear during the early parts of the offseason, it's that the Boston Red Sox do not plan on rolling out the same roster next year.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has not shied away from the team's pitching deficiencies and is actively pursuing all avenues to bolster the rotation. 

Unfortunately, they will not be the only big-market suitor for frontline pitching this winter. 

"At least the (St. Louis) Cardinals, Red Sox, (Los Angeles) Dodgers, (Los Angeles) Angels and (New York) Mets are thought to be aiming for two (or more) starters, and one team is saying every last dollar is going to its rotation," The New York Post's Jon Heyman wrote Thursday. "Viable starters are primed to hit the jackpot."

The Cardinals starting-pitching struggles mirrored Boston's in many ways but they are also said to have interest in bolstering the bullpen. It's a real possibility that the team putting every dollar they have into the rotation could be the Red Sox -- though that would require trades for a couple of right-handed bats.

Regardless, it's notable to see a report supporting the fact that the Red Sox will attempt to land multiple starters, especially after Breslow said Garrett Whitlock and Tanner Houck will be stretched out as starters -- which was blown massively out of proportion. 

There are many starting pitchers that would fit perfectly into the Red Sox's plans -- though Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto could be holding up the market until he's posted.

When pitchers start to come off the board, expect the Red Sox to be brought up in just about every big-name pitcher's sweepstakes.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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