Red Sox Hurler Elects Free Agency After Short Stint In Boston

The right-hander did not fit into Boston's plans this season

Scott Neville | Aug 14, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox lost a piece of organizational depth to start the week but won't be too beat up about it after a short, failed experiment.

Boston took a worthy shot on a former Cy Young candidate whose production has fallen off a cliff despite seemingly still being in his prime. Unfortunately, the right-hander lasted less than two months in the organization.

Dinelson Lamet has elected free agency five days after he was designated for assignment by Boston according to the Major League Baseball transaction wire. The Red Sox offered him a spot at Triple-A Worcester but the right-hander chose to instead bet on himself in free agency despite his horrendous play in recent years.

Lamet only made one appearance for the Red Sox, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk, with one strikeout.

His poor outing further inflated his brutal season. The 31-year-old is 1-4 with an 11.71 ERA, 32-to-23 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .353 batting average against and 2.35 WHIP in 27 2/3 innings between his one-game stint in Boston and 16 appearances with the Colorado Rockies.

It'll be interesting to see where Lamet ends up, a former top prospect who had been a serviceable starter for a few years and had one elite, albeit shortened season before totally imploding.

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Published Aug 14, 2023

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