Red Sox Legend & Team Advisor Makes Pitch For Shohei Ohtani To Come To Boston

Boston could use a big splash this winter

Scott Neville | Oct 30, 2023

Red Sox Legend & Team Advisor Makes Pitch For Shohei Ohtani To Come To Boston /

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The Boston Red Sox will explore all options this offseason as they attempt to put their last-place finish in the American League East behind them.

Boston has a new chief baseball officer in Craig Breslow, a reset luxury tax and a top farm system. In a perfect world, they could also add the best player in Major League Baseball.

Two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani is primed to hit the open market and already is being recruited. Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez spoke on the matter while covering the World Series. He was asked about the possibility of Ohtani coming to Boston.

"I hope so! I hope, I'm rooting big time to have Shohei with us," Martinez said, as heard on the "Baseball Isn't Boring" podcast. "I would love, love dearly to have Shohei with us."

Martinez was asked why he thinks Ohtani is a realistic possibility for the Red Sox and took the time to make his pitch.

"First of all, I think Shohei fits right into the team," Martinez said. "I think Shohei has the perfect market and the proper people around him to make him comfortable. I think Shohei has a pretty good chance of becoming a legend in Boston."

Martinez serves as a team advisor and has at least some level of input on decision-making. That likely means he gives his two cents here and there on potential acquisitions but at least we know Boston has at least one pro-Ohtani voice in the room.

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Published Oct 30, 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