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The 2018 Boston Red Sox are considered one of the best teams of all time, but that didn’t happen without a concerted effort to keep the chemistry high — and apparently the players are safe.
Brock Holt, a member of that team, hopped on the “Section 10” Red Sox podcast to discuss Rafael Devers’ exit from Boston, which turned into a conversation about clubhouse chemistry.
Holt said the 2018 team “had a guy or two” who caused problems in the clubhouse and were released promptly.
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Brock Holt of the Boston Red Sox runs to first base on his one-out double to left field in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 2018 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
One of them, who is still officially unnamed, allegedly threatened to shoot and kill members of the team.
“We were in Tampa and we were in a circle that stretched before [batting practice]and have a good time,” Holt began. “And this person looks around at all of us and says, ‘You know what? I’ll take a gun to the field tomorrow and kill you all.’
“And then he looks right at me and says: ‘And you stay first’.”
Holt said he told the player that he “[knew] You’re probably joking, but you can’t tell.”
Brock Holt of the Boston Red Sox celebrates with his son after his team’s 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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The Red Sox won 108 games and defeated the New York Yankees and the reigning champion Houston Astros before taking down the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Fall Classic.
However, that team has been mired in minor controversy when it was found at times that the team “used game feeds in the replay room” to decode character sequences while a runner was on second base. The sign theft was not known to manager Alex Cora, the Red Sox coaching staff, the Red Sox front office or “most of the players.”
Brock Holt of the Boston Red Sox reacts at second base after hitting a one-out double to left field in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 2018 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
The Red Sox and Cora mutually parted ways for one season due to his involvement in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal from the previous year when he was bench coach, but they brought him back after one year.
