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Ranking 5 best players Red Sox acquired in January over the last 20 years

By Stryker Shenoy

BOSTON, MA - JULY 26: Former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz is honored at Fenway Park following his weekend induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, prior to the game against the Cleveland Guardians on July 26, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - JULY 26: Former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz is honored at Fenway Park following his weekend induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, prior to the game against the Cleveland Guardians on July 26, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images) /
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Bill Mueller, Red Sox
Boston Red Sox batter Bill Mueller, right, and New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada watches Mueller ball leave the park for a home run at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox won, 11-10, with a 9th-inning game winning home run by Bill Mueller. (Photo by J Rogash/Getty Images) /

2. Bill Mueller, 1/14/2003

Bill Mueller signed a two-year contract with the Red Sox in January 2013 after spending seven solid but not spectacular years with the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. He thrived with the Red Sox. In his first season with the team, he won the American League batting title and helped the Cowboy Up Red Sox come within one win of making the World Series.

In his second year, he would deliver key hits throughout including most importantly in the American League Championship Series. With the Red Sox down 3-0 in the series and three outs from elimination, it was Mueller facing off against the best closer in baseball history, Mariano Rivera. Mueller delivered the clutch hit that drove in Dave Roberts with the tying run.

The rest is history as the Red Sox would come back to beat the Yankees in the series and then beat the St.Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series Championship since 1918. Bill Mueller is a Red Sox legend and will never have to buy a beer in Boston again.

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