ported that the Boston Red Sox have a “good possibility” of landing top free agent pitcher Jordan Montgomery if he doesn’t return to the Texas Rangers because of his wife’s connection to the city.
“The other team that I think is a good possibility for Montgomery if it doesn’t work out in Texas would be Boston,” Heyman said in a video posted on X. “His wife is, I believe, (in) medical school or in residency I think connected to Harvard… and I hear that the Red Sox certainly do like Montgomery very much.”
Montgomery’s wife, McKenzie Dirr, earned a degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and studied at Harvard’s department of dermatology before beginning residency at a hospital in Boston. The couple recently moved there and Montgomery has been working out at Boston College this offseason.
Now that connection might give the Red Sox an inside edge on adding Montgomery, one of the most coveted pitchers left on the market.
“He’s gonna be in very good shape, people like him, he’s trending up, very durable, very clutch,” Heyman said.
After a stellar season in 2023 that saw Montgomery pitch for a 3.20 ERA, 166 strikeouts and 10 wins in 188.2 innings for both the St. Louis Cardinals and Rangers and ended with a World Series trophy, he is one of the most enticing pitchers left on the free agent market.
