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Meet Matt Barnes: Red Sox Closer

While wandering eyes look for a free agent, there's a stalwart right in front of us. Matt Barnes is the most reliable, time tested, experienced, and talented holdover whose time has come. Matt Barnes should be The Closer for the Red Sox.

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MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up

The 2018 Baseball Winter Meetings have ended.  Here is a Red Sox focused roundup, and other related notes.

The 2019 Red Sox Bullpen: Joe Kelly or David Robertson

Kelly had an indelible stamp on the 2018 team.  He started the year by blowing game 1.  He became Jim Buchanon and started a Joe Kelly Fight Club faze when he called out Tyler Austin of the Yankees.  Then he became an afterthought and albatross around the neck of the bullpen as the summer dragged on. But then, in the playoffs, the mid-bullpen became a strength, because he became a strength.  In six innings in the World Series he had a 0.00 ERA and 10 strikeouts.  That is domination.

What to Do with Craig Kimbrel

Another night; another heart attack brought on by Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel, but another win. This has become commonplace…