Red Sox Reportedly In Bidding War For Reunion With Free-Agent Slugger

Boston could use an offensive boost

Scott Neville | Jan 19, 2024

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The Boston Red Sox are less than one month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training but still have a couple items on their agenda.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is in search of another starting pitcher and a right-handed bat with some positional versatility. He reportedly has his eye on the latter.

"Red Sox and (Los Angeles) Angels are in the bidding for Adam Duvall," the New York Post's Jon Heyman reported Thurday. "Unless someone else comes in late, he’s likely to pick between those two teams."

Duvall hit .247 with 47 extra-base hits including 21 homers, 58 RBIs and a 119 OPS+ in 2023 despite missing a good chunk of the season due to a wrist injury.

The 35-year-old would be a serviceable slugger to plug in on a short-term deal but is not the notable addition fans were seeking.

Barring an impact arm such as Jordan Montgomery or Blake Snell heading to Boston, it does appear that the Red Sox's priority for 2024 is to cut costs.

Breslow does not feel this team is ready to compete just yet and will be saving a spending spree for future years, which is both unnecessary and frustrating.

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Published Jan 19, 2024

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