Craig Breslow, Sam Kennedy to speak Friday night at Winter Weekend

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Posted By: jasabacklink January 16, 2024

While there gained’t be a Town Hall occasion as a part of Winter Weekend like final yr, a number of of the membership’s prime decision-makers are nonetheless set to face Red Sox Nation on Friday evening.

According to NESN’s Tom Caron, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and CEO Sam Kennedy will be a part of Jonathan Papelbon and himself on stage as a part of The Cinco Ocho Show, Friday night’s headline occasion at Winter Weekend in Springfield.

“Honesty and transparency are key steps in rebuilding the damaged relationship with fans,” Caron stated in an X/Twitter publish Tuesday evening. “We’ll be asking where this franchise goes from here.”

The announcement got here following a number of articles have been revealed by which the Red Sox all however acknowledged that this isn’t going to be the bountiful offseason the membership had promised. First, Breslow informed Peter Abraham of The Boston Globe that buying beginning pitching this winter has confirmed troublesome and that, massive image, the quickest means again to championship competition would require their present crop of prime prospects to grow to be affect gamers within the majors.

Then, Red Sox chairman Tom Werner spoke to MassLive’s Sean McAdam and walked again his a lot maligned declaration that the Red Sox can be going “full throttle” this winter, saying the comment was “not the most artful comment.”

Werner additionally confirmed he plans to attend Winter Weekend in Springfield this weekend, however McAdam reported principal proprietor John Henry gained’t due to a “scheduling issue.”

The Red Sox opted to not maintain one other Town Hall occasion this yr after membership leaders have been loudly booed by followers throughout final yr’s occasion. The membership as a substitute put collectively The Cinco Ocho Show, which the Red Sox described as a late-night speak show-style section and which Papelbon informed the Herald got here collectively “just recently.”

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Given the way in which this offseason has performed out it is doubtless membership leaders will face one other hostile reception. Though there doubtless is not a lot Breslow or Kennedy might say that may mollify followers, the very fact they’re prepared to get on stage to clarify themselves is a optimistic growth.