The Boston Red Sox finished the 2024 season with 81 wins and 81 losses, good enough for third place in the American League East.
Since winning the World Series in 2018, the Red Sox have missed the postseason in five of the last six seasons, and they’ve missed the playoffs three straight years.
The Red Sox will look to take back the division from the Yankees in 2025, and they will look to the free agent class for some help in achieving this goal.
The Red Sox are talking to starters Blake Snell of the San Francisco Giants and Max Fried of the Atlanta Braves, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Red Sox talk Blake Snell and Max Fried @JeffPassan:
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Snell won the Cy Young Award with the San Diego Padres in 2023, and he played his first season with the Giants in 2024.
After battling some injuries throughout the season, Snell started 20 games and posted a 3.12 ERA with 145 strikeouts in 104.0 innings.
Fried entered the league in 2017 with the Braves and has spent all eight seasons of his career with the organization.
In 2024, Fried started 29 games and posted a record of 11 wins and 10 losses with a 3.25 ERA and 166 strikeouts in 174.1 innings.
Although the Red Sox haven’t won the AL East since 2018, adding any of these free agents would give them a boost in 2025.
The Red Sox are also reportedly in talks with Yankees star Juan Soto as they explore all their options in the free agent class.
With so many big-name free agents, this offseason should be an interesting one for the Red Sox.
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