The perfect Halloween costume for every Boston Red Sox player
We’ve reached the height of spooky season, and with Halloween weekend upon us, it’s the perfect time to pick out costumes for the Boston Red Sox.
The rules of picking out costumes for the 2021 Red Sox are that there are no rules.
Here we go!
Red Sox starting rotation’s Halloween costumes
Nathan Eovaldi: Captain America
Captain America survived being on ice for over half a century, Nathan Eovaldi came back from two Tommy John surgeries. They’re both resilient leaders who absolutely rock red, white, and blue.
Chris Sale: Slenderman
Like the fictional monster, Chris Sale is tall, thin, and terrifying to opposing batters.
If you don’t want to anger him, just give him run support and don’t show him a Players’ Weekend jersey. If you can’t manage that, hide the scissors.
Eduardo Rodriguez: Rocky
ERod had a pretty up-and-down season after missing 2020 due to COVID and resulting viral myocarditis, but there were moments where he looked like his old self, including during the postseason. He’s overcome a lot, and he just keeps fighting, which is pretty inspirational.
Tanner Houck: Chris Sale
Tanner Houck has been compared to Chris Sale all season long, but in righty form. They’re also both tall, thin, and blonde, so it’s a pretty easy costume. Just swipe one of Sale’s jerseys, and voila!
Garrett Richards: Katy Perry
He’s hot in the bullpen and he’s cold in the rotation, he’s yes in relief and he’s no to starts. He’s in and he’s out, he’s up and he’s down, you get the picture.
Martín Pérez: A popstar
Pérez loves to sing and do karaoke. A pair of cool shades, some leather pants, and a portable microphone, and he’s ready to rock.
Red Sox bullpen pitchers’ Halloween costumes
Garrett Whitlock: Maverick
Because the rookie is the Boston bullpen’s Top Gun, obviously.
Adam Ottavino: Babe Ruth
Ottavino once bragged about being able to strike out Babe Ruth, so it’s only fitting that he’d dress up as the Great Bambino. They both pitched for the Sox and Yankees, too and were two of the rivalry’s rare trades, if you can call selling Ruth for cash a “trade.”
Darwinzon Hernandez: Wild Thing
Like Charlie Sheen’s iconic character in the film Major League, Hernandez is unpredictable on the mound. It’s an easy costume, too: glasses, a baseball uniform, and the song blasting from his phone at all times.
Josh Taylor: a Tailor
Taylor the Tailor could make all of his teammates’ Halloween costumes; it’s a costume that’s fun and a productive play on words.
Hirokazu Sawamura: Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The newcomer’s nickname this season was Saw-Man, and he loves to carve up batters.
Matt Barnes: Barnacle Boy
On Spongebob Squarepants, Barnacle Boy has the power to throw balls of concentrated water. Hopefully, Barnes gets back to throwing more concentrated pitches next season.
Red Sox infielders’ Halloween costumes
Xander Bogaerts & Rafael Devers: Chandler and Joey from FRIENDS
Like Chandler and Joey, Bogaerts and Devers aren’t brothers by birth, but their sweet and funny friendship makes them brothers by choice.
Christian Arroyo: Bronson Arroyo
Every time the booth talked about Christian Arroyo this season, he wasn’t the Arroyo that came to mind. I’d avoid bringing back the blonde cornrows, but the new Arroyo as the old Arroyo would be hilarious.
Christian Vazquez: Bane
Because nobody cared who he was until he put on the mask.
Kevin Plawecki: Wreck-It Ralph
Actually, Weck-it Ralph.
Kyle Schwarber: a Waltham Firefighter
Schwarber endeared himself to the people of Massachusetts, especially Waltham. He’d fit right in with the firefighters to whom he sent pizza during the postseason.
Bobby Dalbec: a baseball robot
By all accounts, Dalbec eats, sleeps, and breathes baseball.
JD Martinez: a fisherman
Martinez’s love for fishing is well-documented on his social media. It would be an easy costume for the Miami native, considering it’s what he’ll be doing all offseason anyway.
Red Sox outfielders’ Halloween costumes
Hunter Renfroe: The Winter Soldier
Much like the man previously known as Bucky Barnes, Hunter Renfroe now has an absolute weapon for an arm.
Kiké Hernández: a banana
We know Kiké already has a banana costume, and there’s nothing unapPEELing about repeating!
Alex Verdugo: Howard from Uncut Gems
Verdugo has some of the best bling on the team, so he’d make a perfect Howard (Adam Sandler) from Uncut Gems.
He could also be SpongeBob since his love for the absorbent, yellow, porous square is represented in gemstone form.