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2016 Boston Red Sox season

The 2016 Boston Red Sox season was the 116th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East for the first of three consecutive seasons with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses. In the postseason, the team was swept by the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. This was the final season for 3-time World Series champion David Ortiz.

2016 Boston Red Sox

On October 22, 2015, in followup to the August 2015 announcement by that longtime play-by-play announcer Don Orsillo would be replaced for the 2016 season by Dave O'Brien,[1] NESN further announced that the color analyst position would be filled with a combination of Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley and Steve Lyons.[2]

NESN

On October 25, 2015, the Red Sox hired former general manager Rubén Amaro Jr. as their first base coach. He replaces Arnie Beyeler.[3]

Philadelphia Phillies

Regular season[edit]

Opening Day, April 5 in Cleveland[edit]

The opening day game, scheduled for April 4, was postponed to April 5, due to cold weather. The game was called two hours prior to game time.[9]


On April 5, in his Red Sox debut, David Price struck out ten Indians batters and earned the win. He became the fifth Red Sox pitcher to win an opening day game in his debut for the ball club and the first since Pedro Martínez did it in 1998. Mookie Betts went deep in the third inning, scoring Jackie Bradley Jr. and gave Boston an early 2–0 lead. In a four-hit inning, Cleveland brought two runners home and the game was tied at two in the bottom of the fourth. In the sixth, on a Travis Shaw single, Hanley Ramírez took third base from first, and scored on a Brock Holt blooper to left field. Travis Shaw took third on a Blake Swihart ground out and scored on a wild pitch by Corey Kluber. Junichi Tazawa and Koji Uehara retired all batters they faced in the seventh and eighth respectively and with Craig Kimbrel warming in the bullpen and Dustin Pedroia on first, David Ortiz hit his fifth opening day home run of his career, extending the lead to 6–2. Although not a save situation, Kimbrel made his Red Sox debut in the ninth and shut the door, allowing a walk and striking out two.

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"2016 Draft Retrospective: The Picks"

2016 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference

Archived September 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

2016 Boston Red Sox season at Official Site

2016 Boston Red Sox season at ESPN

2016 Boston Red Sox Media Guide

Archived July 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

2016 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections