Brock Holt's Comments About Joining Brewers Won't Make Red Sox Fans Happy
Brock Holt spent seven seasons with the Boston Red Sox before leaving to join the Milwaukee Brewers this offseason. He was rarely an everyday starter during his tenure, but did make an All-Star Game in 2015.
He departed Boston in an offseason when the team decided to shed salary. Recent comments by Holt reflected that he did not exactly feel wanted within the Red Sox organization.
Brock Holt had other offers but felt #Brewers were best fit: "You always want to feel wanted, anywhere you go and no matter what you do. I feel like Brewers wanted me to be here and that was a deciding factor for me to get a deal done. I couldn't get more excited to be here now."
— Tom (@Haudricourt) February 19, 2020
Red Sox fans may be a bit frustrated with the organization in an offseason that saw Mookie Betts traded to Los Angeles, all in the name of shedding salary.
Mookie Betts is gone. Brock Holt is gone.
— Red Sox Nation (@REDSOXNATI0N) February 18, 2020
The sun might as well just not shine tomorrow. Or ever again.
Holt was in Boston long enough to become a beloved fan favorite. The team's argument for letting him walk could be that he was only a 7.6 WAR player in seven seasons. That doesn't set him up as deserving of a multi-million dollar deal when every dime is being analyzed by the front office.
Yet fans don't care about a rich owner's budget and Red Sox fans are sad to see Holt go. He now joins a list of former Sox favorites playing elsewhere in 2020.