Connor Seabold talks Fenway Park, “rowdy” Boston Red Sox fans

The Boston Red Sox may have traded Connor Seabold to the Colorado Rockies, but the right-hander will take plenty of Fenway Park memories and lessons with him to Coors Field.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Connor Seabold reflects on his time pitching at Fenway Park

After being designated for assignment by the Red Sox following the acquisition of Corey Kluber in January, Seabold was traded to the Rockies for a player to be named later or cash. The 27-year-old right-hander told me as part of this article that he believed the deal was something that was orchestrated well by Boston management.

“The Red Sox did me a solid,” Seabold said. “Realistically, I don’t think I was in their future plans and that’s fine. They were trying to put together a team that’s going to win now, and I just happened to fall out of the depth chart. They let me go somewhere where I’m going to have a lot more opportunities and potentially start a big league career, so I have to thank them for that.”

It’s certainly been an interesting offseason in Boston, especially on the pitching and shortstop fronts. After finishing in the AL East basement last season, Red Sox fans have already shown their displeasure about this offseason’s moves to chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the Boston front office, and Seabold said the passion of Red Sox fans is always noticeable.

“The fan base in Boston is rowdy to say the least,” Seabold smiled.

Seabold was often on the wrong end of that rowdiness, sporting a 21.21 ERA in 4.2 career innings over two games inside Fenway Park.

“Not everything is going to go your way and there are times you will feel like you’re not somewhere you need to be. I got my opportunities out there, and they didn’t really go great per se. But every outing I had up there (in Boston), I learned,” Seabold said.

He hopes to take those lessons with him to the Rockies this season as he transitions from the Green Monster to pitching at altitude. And, while he didn’t spend a lot of time on the mound at Fenway, there were certainly things that stood out to him about pitching there.

“It’s definitely old school there. It’s hard to shake the feeling that there’s so much history at that place,” Seabold explained. “Obviously you have the Monster and you feel it staring over your shoulder at all times when you’re on the mound.

“There’s that, and the funky dimensions and everything else that makes Fenway what it is. It’s old, but in a cool way, and you get a sense of just how much crazy stuff has happened there over the past 100-plus years. It’s absolutely a cool place to pitch.”