My offseason morning routine is quite predictable as I will get a newspaper and check social media and the various news drops regarding anything baseball. The usual abundance of rumors – potentially real – but mostly unsubstantiated. Then there is the player movement via trades and free agent signings and among that group – front and center – was former Boston Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly signing a three-year deal with the recently vanquished Dodgers for $25 MM.
The first issue of a Kelly departure – and I certainly wish him well after his spectacular pitching in the 2018 playoffs – is an examination of Kelly’s body of work with the Red Sox.