Mitch Moreland and Steve Pearce
Both are done after 2019 and become free agents. Steve Pearce has contributed nothing this season and sits on a $6.25 MM contract that has produced a lone home run and a batting average that makes Sandy Leon look like a real hitter. Age, poor performance, and injury at 37-years-old means retirement.
Two things regarding Mitch Moreland: Moreland will hit and Moreland will get injured. Moreland has accomplished both in 2019 so he has continued to be consistent. With a contract of $6.5 MM to expire, Moreland’s days in Boston will end. Maybe an early gift and release Moreland so he could hook up with a contender.
Moreland carries a good glove – once winning a Gold Glove – and certainly has his moments with the stick, but at 34-years-old the Red Sox options look longingly to youth such as Michael Chavis who provides what Moreland does with more defensive versatility.