{"id":575931,"date":"2026-02-16T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/575931\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:08:16","slug":"red-sox-president-sam-kennedy-explains-approach-to-rafael-devers-contract-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/575931\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox President Sam Kennedy Explains Approach To Rafael Devers Contract Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy addressed how the organization has handled resources freed up after <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/red-sox-president-sam-kennedy-talks-rafael-devers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Devers\u2019 departure<\/a>, and he did not mince words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve seen the re-allocation in many, many different ways. All the moves that have been made are a reflection of using resources that we\u2019re lucky to have,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2023124255852912858\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kennedy said on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The comments arrive as the Red Sox enter the 2026 season with a reshaped roster that features several notable additions funded in part by the savings from Devers\u2019 contract. Boston locked up young stars like Roman Anthony through 2034, signed Ranger Suarez to a five-year deal, brought in Willson Contreras, and added Sonny Gray on a short-term pact.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sam Kennedy on re-allocating the Rafael Devers money:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019ve seen the re-allocation in many, many different ways. All the moves that have been made are a reflection of using resources that we\u2019re lucky to have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2023124255852912858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those acquisitions have strengthened both the rotation and lineup in ways that directly address areas where the 2025 club came up short. Kennedy\u2019s remarks serve as a defense of the club\u2019s strategy, emphasizing smart spending over simply replacing one high-profile name with another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Critics have questioned whether the moves truly upgraded the team\u2019s championship ceiling, but Kennedy pointed to the flexibility the re-allocation has created across multiple roster spots.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox now head into spring training with a deeper pitching staff and added offensive depth. Kennedy\u2019s message was simple: the money is being put to work in targeted, effective ways rather than tied up in one long-term commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will get their first real look at the new-look roster when exhibition games begin later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy addressed how the organization has handled resources freed up after Rafael&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4,863,89,2543,5923],"class_list":["post-575931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-boston-red-sox","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-mlb","tag-rafael-devers","tag-red-sox","tag-redsox","tag-sam-kennedy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116081650002051779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}