Little positive will come out of the Boston Red Sox’s 2022 season. Good last in the East of the American, the Bostonians saw their supporters trying to find the reason for this failure. One that stands out next is that the organization is starting to get more and more fearful when it comes time to pull out the checkbook. An analysis to which the president of the team, Sam Kennedy, does not adhere.
In a passage to the MassLive newspaper podcast “The Fenway Rundown,” Kennedy defends tooth and nail that the Red Sox have become stingy. After all, the team’s payroll ranks fifth in MLB and the Red Stockings will be one of six teams to top the luxury tax in the Manfred Tour in 2022.
On the other hand, and this is the problem according to the president, it is the fact that among this group of six teams, only the Red Sox did not qualify (by far) for baseball in October.
“I certainly wasn’t hearing any discussion about our payroll in 2021. If you’re successful, doing the right things, performing in all facets of the sport and playing games in October, nobody don’t question your commitment to pay your players. When you are at the bottom of your division, you expose yourself to this type of questioning. »
Sam Kennedy, via “The Fenway Rundown”
To say that the Red Sox count their pennies is fundamentally wrong, but certainly that narrative is amplified by the management of the organization of these said pennies. Chris Sale’s contract (five years/$145 million), Matt Barnes’ extension, the option to take over Jackie Bradley Jr’s contract… there are many examples. Not to mention that the money is partly responsible for the departure of Mookie Betts to Los Angeles.
Kennedy also wants to put an end to the theory that owners John Henry and Tom Werner aren’t as involved as they once were. Now in the fold of Liverpool FC and the Pittsburgh Penguins, the two men participate in the daily operations of the Red Sox, swears the president.
The latter says that the four championships in 14 years give even more motivation to the owners to regain another one soon.
