NASHVILLE — Newly elected Hall of Fame supervisor Jim Leyland mentioned he’s nonetheless haunted by Game 2 of the 2013 American League Championship Series, when David Ortiz famously hit an eighth-inning grand slam to tie the sport and swing the sequence in Boston’s favor.
During his press convention on the Winter Meetings, Leyland mentioned he had each nearer Joaquin Benoit and Phil Coke warmed up with two outs within the eighth and Ortiz on deck. Cook had been fairly good towards Ortiz, Leyland mentioned, however he additionally hadn’t pitched a lot and was a bit of wild, so he determined at hand the ball to his nearer, who promptly allowed some of the well-known residence runs in Red Sox historical past.
“That’s the one that I’ve tossed and turned a little bit about,” Leyland mentioned. “I’m not sure today if I made the right decision or not. I think I did because I went to my best relief pitcher, the guy who I felt had the ability to make the best pitch, but it could be a question.”
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The Red Sox have employed Justin Willard as their new director of pitching. Willard spent the final three seasons because the Minnesota Twins’ pitching coordinator and previous to that served as an assistant coach for Concord University and Radford University. The rent was first reported by Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe. … The Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves swung the primary deal of the Winter Meetings late Sunday night time, with the Mariners transport 24-year-old outfielder Jarred Kelenic and two others to the Braves in alternate for right-handers Jackson Kowar and Cole Phillips. Kelenic is a former high prospect as soon as ranked No. 4 in baseball however has struggled to search out his footing by way of three MLB seasons. … The Red Sox introduced their 2024 Flex Pax will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Tickets will be bought at redsox.com/soxpax.
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