Sam Kennedy reacts to another disappointing Red Sox season and previews a busy offseason for Boston

Co-hosts Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam are joined by Red Sox president/CEO Sam Kennedy for a year-end look back at the 2024 Red Sox. Kennedy discusses his takeaways from the season and previews the offseason, including discussing Boston's budget, positional needs and if ownership is still invested in the product. Kennedy also talks about changes coming to Fenway Park, Boston's uniform package, international games and much, much more.

[jasonchampagne]

Blah blah blah. Same answers from Sam.

[martinbressette]

The hallmark of the great Red Sox teams of recent decades is that they all had some stars who the fans could get behind and generally performed up to expectations. Those guys got paid. Are the Red Sox basically saying that the current group is good enough and that it's their fault for not winning more? If you don't spend to upgrade, you generally get what you pay for. If I want to follow a mid-market, cross your fingers with the young guys team, I can just follow somebody like the Twins.

[BradSandler-qc]

They probably talking about who will take Matz contract so they can bring up more young talented players. Do not expect them to spend any big money on free agents. Hopefully the kids coming up can get them to the playoffs. My wishlist would be 1) Trade to get Gladdy or sign Free Agent Oscar Hernandez, 2) Trade or Sign for a top Starting Pitcher, 3) Trade or sign free agents to help the bullpen. Do those 3 things and we are back in playoffs.

[christopherb.]

He thinks we're stupid. Insulting.

[algarbarino]

5/6 misses in playoffs the last 6 years. Fielding mediocre cheap teams with high potential guys. Come on! Last years “Full Throttle” was a bunch of BS. You need a combination of veteran players, rookie players, and free agents. Not hoping that these cheaper rookies will help cut payroll and propel them into the playoffs. Not happening unless they pick up starting pitching that gets deeper into games, does not burn bullpen out by asking them to get 9-12 outs every night. You need a power right handed hitter, a second baseman who can hit, and relief pitchers.

[Michael-tjbk]

Wtf does not having gm got to do with payroll? It should have no impact. You just want to spend enough to try and creep in playoffs. It's obvious. Period