Why Sam Kennedy Expects More From Red Sox Ownership In Playoff Absence

BOSTON — Sam Kennedy knows there’s supposed to be a higher standard of winning with the Red Sox. That simply hasn’t been the case for the last three seasons.

Boston went 81-81, breaking a span of two losing seasons, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for three years in a row. The team failed to make splashes in the offseason, remained lackluster at the trade deadline and cycled through insufficient depth in a spinning cycle over the course of three seasons.

In that sentiment, the team’s president and CEO believes Red Sox ownership needs to do more to help the ballclub and failed to do so in recent years.

“No, we’re not there,” Kennedy told reporters at Fenway Park. “That’s on us. You can phrase it anyway you want. When you fall short of your expectations, you can always do more. We feel that obligation and that responsibility each and every year. There was a feeling this year, particularly yesterday in the ballpark, that we don’t want this to end.”

Kennedy continued: “In a lot of way in a season of what could have been. We need to do more. We need to be better in every aspect within our ownership group, within the front office. We’re not here to be having press conferences on Sept. 30 or Oct. 1. We’re here to be talking about postseason play. That’s what we gotta get back to.”

The positives of the season came in the further development of young MLB players with high-profile talented prospects potentially on the cusp of making the big-league club out of spring training for the Red Sox in 2025. Kennedy knows the front office must do its part to supplement that intriguing youth to ensure a postseason push.

“I think the building blocks are there to get back to where we belong,” Kennedy added. “That’s exactly what we intend to do this offseason.”