Rusty Weiss
Shocking 2018 Clubhouse Claim: Unnamed Teammate Allegedly Threatened to ‘Kill All of You’ – And Holt Was First
Former Boston Red Sox utility infielder and World Series champion, Brock Holt, recently shared a shocking and disturbing anecdote from the team’s dominant 2018 season.
Holt, who is a legend in Beantown after hitting for the cycle (for the first time in postseason history) in Game 3 of the 2018 American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, claimed an unnamed teammate once threatened to “bring a gun to the field” and “kill all of you” during a pregame stretch session.
“We were in Tampa, and we were stretching before BP,” Holt said in an interview on the Section 10 podcast. “And we were all in a circle, having a good old time, just stretching, getting ready for a Major League Baseball game. This someone looks around at all of us and says, ‘you know what? I’m going to bring a gun to the field tomorrow and kill all of you.’”
Bro, what the flip? Holt elaborated.
“And then he looks straight at me, and he says, ‘And you’re gonna be first.’ And I was like, dude, I know you’re probably joking, but you can’t say that.”
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
That is an absolutely insane accusation. But one that Andy Barkett, who also played for the Red Sox in 2018, claims is a “true story.”
Holt and Barkett refused to name the player for obvious and likely legal reasons, but as “The Big Lead” points out, there was only one player who was released by the team in the middle of a series in Tampa.
I will also, for obvious and legal reasons, not say his name. Though it does rhyme with Banley Lamirez.
That individual was mired in a slump at the time, likely making the move stand out a little less, but it is noteworthy that he, as a former three-time All-Star and batting champion, was not picked up by any other team until signing a minor league contract the following season.
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It’s not like ownership and management didn’t know about the threat, which would definitely be immediate grounds for being let go. Holt approved of one of the coaches bringing the information to a higher-up.
“Our strength coach at the time was like, ‘dude, I’ve got to tell (then-General Manager Dave) Dombrowski,” Holt said, “and I’m like, ‘please do because I’m the first one that’s gonna go.'”
The team was an eventual World Series champ, so any releases of high-profile players during the season would have been odd. Holt explained the player was gone the next day: “We don’t have a lot of time, let’s get him out of here.”
Yeah, and hopefully had his security clearance immediately removed.