Brock Holt claims that a Red Sox player threatened to kill the entire team in 2018

The Boston Red Sox's 2018 season was the 118th in franchise history, and under first-year manager Alex Cora, the team finished with a record of 108 wins and 54 losses, winning the American League East Division title and subsequently the World Series.

But this epic journey was far from smooth sailing. In the latest episode of the Section 10 podcast, Brock Holt told a disturbing story about a former Red Sox player that year who allegedly threatened to shoot his teammates.

I'll tell you this, we were in Tampa, and we were stretching before batting practice. We were all in a circle having a good time. Someone looks at all of us and says, “You know what? I'm going to bring a gun to the field tomorrow and kill you all.” And then he looks me straight in the eye and says, “And you'll be first.” “

That was all it took for the baseball world to start searching for the suspect. And everything seems to point in the direction of Hanley Ramirez.

Brock Holt tells us an INSANE story about a member of the 2018 Red Sox…who was then quickly released pic.twitter.com/in9Qx5Mhrx

— Section 10 Podcast (@Section10Pod) February 12, 2026

Holt said the team got rid of the bad apple and that the Boston team was in Tampa when the incident occurred. The Red Sox played three road games against the Rays from May 22 to 24, 2018.

Ramirez was designated for assignment on May 25 and officially released on May 31. In 44 games played, he had a .254 batting average with a .708 OPS. It's nothing to write home about, but it didn't warrant a release.

The only other series Boston played at the Rays' home that year were from March 29 to April 1 at the start of the season and from August 24 to 26. No players were released from the major league roster immediately after those games.

Furthermore, no MLB team picked up Ramirez for the rest of the season, and he joined the Cleveland Indians in 2019 for only sixteen games in the final year of his career.

A blood-curdling story.

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