The Boston Red Sox are going to have some needs this offseason. Japanese phenom Munetaka Murakami could potentially help in a number of ways.

Manny Ramirez wants to return to Major League Baseball. As a hitting coach. Per Insider Jon Heyman: "Manny Ramirez is getting word out to all 30 teams he’d love to serve as an MLB hitting coach.“ “He wants to bring his greatness to teach the young guys,” his agent Hector Zepeda said.

“After a season in which he hit .273/.360/.462 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI, as well as making a great impression in Boston’s clubhouse, Bregman should do well in free agency,” Murray, who also tabbed the Detroit Tigers as another fit, wrote.

The Detroit Tigers have a big decision to make with Tarik Skubal this winter, and the Boston Red Sox are a team that could take advantage.

His credentials as a hitter are impressive: A .312 career batting average with 555 home runs, 1,831 RBI and a .996 OPS. While some of those numbers were perhaps inflated by PED use, there's no doubt that Ramírez was born to hit.

A watched pot never boils and the MLB hot stove starts cooking when you least expect it. We're not even to the World Series yet in the postseason and rumors are

The Red Sox have as many as six eligible free agents, but several won’t be eligible and others wouldn’t match that value. Free agents can accept the qualifying offer and be under contract for that figure for the following season; if they reject the offer, they remain free agents but would then carry compensation costs for their new teams.

The Boston Red Sox have seen some key pieces of the organization leave already this offseason. Former Red Sox executive Paul Toboni left to become the president of baseball operations of the Washington Nationals.