There was optimism about the Boston Red Sox coming into the offseason. In addition to Jordan Montgomery, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, and Blake Snell, the team’s chairman Tom Werner had promised that the team will go “full throttle” in the free agent market.
Rather, Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy made a public admission last month that the payroll would probably be lower in 2024 than it was in 2023, the team informed at least one free agent that they needed to reduce payroll before signing him, reports of budget constraints in 2023 surfaced, and the team’s fan base and reporters were left perplexed and incensed about why the third-most valuable team in MLB was functioning like a small market.
You might recognize the surname. He is the son of Mark Guthrie, a former Cape Cod Baseball League player and reliever for the Red Sox. During his 15-year MLB career, the older Guthrie won 46 games for the 1999 Red Sox before being traded to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for closer Rod Beck. He also won a World Series with the 1991 Minnesota Twins. In the 2003 NLCS between the Cubs and Florida Marlins, Guthrie also faced off against future Boston heroes Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell, giving up an 11th-inning home run to
Considering how quickly time is passing and how everyone is becoming older, here are some insights from the younger Guthrie.
