9 Red Sox Who Won't Return in 2024

9. Kyle Barraclough

While the 2023 season was filled with lows for Red Sox fans, fewer gaffes were bigger than the one that happened on Aug. 28.

In a must-win game against the Houston Astros, Boston entered the sixth inning with a 4-3 lead. Reliever Kyle Barraclough was tasked with keeping the lead, which proved to be too big of an ask. He proceeded to allow 10 earned runs on 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings, playing a key role in Boston eventually losing 13-5.

Barraclough was promptly outrighted to Triple-A and didn't see another appearance for the rest of the campaign.

With only 21 relief appearances over the last three MLB seasons, it's become clear that Barraclough isn't a big-league hurler anymore. He's been declining since being traded out of Miami in 2019 and likely won't get a second wind given that he turns 34 in May.

Unless Breslow sees something inside the ex-2012 seventh-rounder that I don't, his time with the Red Sox is likely over.

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