Headlines

  • Mets, Yankees Among Teams To Show Recent Interest In David Robertson
  • Stuart Sternberg Has Agreed To Sell Rays To Patrick Zalupski, Deal Expected To Be Final By September
  • Nationals Select Eli Willits With First Pick Of 2025 Amateur Draft
  • 2025 MLB Draft, First Round Results
  • Red Sox Place Hunter Dobbins On 15-Day IL Due To ACL Tear
  • Astros Promote Brice Matthews
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2025 Trade Deadline Outlook Series
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Jonathan Papelbon Will Not Sign Before Postseason Deadline

By Jeff Todd | August 31, 2016 at 11:52am CDT

Veteran reliever Jonathan Papelbon will not reach a deal today with the Red Sox or any other organization, according to WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford. As a result, he will not be eligible to appear on a postseason roster.

That decision makes it seem all but certain that Papelbon will not look to pitch again this season. The long-time closer is known as a fiery competitor, and it is hard to imagine he’d go through the process of trying to ramp back up without the potential for suiting up in the playoffs.

Whether or not Papelbon will seek to make a comeback in the future remains to be seen. We haven’t heard any suggestion that he is mulling retirement, of course, but there is now at least an open question. After all, Boston and other organizations did express real interest in picking up the 35-year-old after he was cut loose by the Nationals earlier this month.

Share 0 Retweet 9 Send via email0

Boston Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon

Reactions To The Tim Tebow Workout
Main
MLBTR Mailbag: Waivers, Martinez, Tigers, Hamilton
View Comments (8)
Post a Comment

8 Comments

  1. WolandJR

    9 years ago

    This just in! Papelbon hasn’t become good again after from taking a few weeks off.

    Reply
  2. Josh Hambilly

    9 years ago

    He’s ‘Wash’ed up.

    Reply
  3. mike156

    9 years ago

    The whole incident is bizarre. Washington activated him, cutting loose another player. Then it told him it would DFA him, and he asked for his release, because he would have ended up in DFA limbo unless a trade could be worked out. For some strange reason, Washington agreed–essentially allowing him to make his own deal immediately while being paid his full salary–with Washington losing the possibility of prospect or salary relief. There obviously was some interest–but Papelbon won’t sign.
    It’s hard for a once elite player to accept decline. Still,this seems like a very unusual course of action, unless he thinks either a) he’s retiring, or b) he’s going to get offered some giant contract in the off-season

    Reply
    • CursedRangers

      9 years ago

      I agree that it feels like something else is in play here. No I don’t have any insight that anyone else doesn’t have, but this is too weird. What competitor quits a team with the 3rd best record in all of baseball. What player doesn’t try to sign on quickly the year he is going to be a free agent. Seems like we are missing part of the story. But who knows.

      Reply
      • ScottProctorButtDoctor

        9 years ago

        Maybe is thinking about resting his arm until next season. He wouldn’t have much time to make his season numbers look better for a contract next season anyway.

        Reply
  4. Red Sox rob

    9 years ago

    He’s a fool….. He would’ve been better off finding a team that he could’ve pitched with still this year to prove that he still the dominant closure he’s always been then next spring sign a lucrative longer-term deal with the new team now the best he can hope for next year is maybe a one-year deal with somebody for a prove you still got it amount of money. he should fire his agent

    Reply
  5. gmenfan

    9 years ago

    Oh Johnny, you’re such a TEASE !

    Reply
  6. giants51

    9 years ago

    He’s done ….. He took too much time off…….

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

  • Top Stories
  • Recent

Mets, Yankees Among Teams To Show Recent Interest In David Robertson

Stuart Sternberg Has Agreed To Sell Rays To Patrick Zalupski, Deal Expected To Be Final By September

Nationals Select Eli Willits With First Pick Of 2025 Amateur Draft

2025 MLB Draft, First Round Results

Red Sox Place Hunter Dobbins On 15-Day IL Due To ACL Tear

Astros Promote Brice Matthews

Red Sox Likely To Activate Alex Bregman Tomorrow

Phillies Reportedly Targeting Controllable Relievers

Yankees Prioritizing Pitching, Also Searching For Infield Help

Orioles Trade Bryan Baker To Rays

Yankees Release DJ LeMahieu

Trevor Williams To Undergo UCL Surgery

Nationals Fire PBO Mike Rizzo, Manager Dave Martinez

Brewers Activate Brandon Woodruff

Clarke Schmidt Expected To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

Bobby Jenks Passes Away

Braves Release Alex Verdugo

Top 40 Trade Candidates For The 2025 Deadline

Rays Reinstate Ha-Seong Kim

Yankees Have Shown Interest In Ryan McMahon

Trade Deadline Outlook: Milwaukee Brewers

Manfred On Twins Sale, Media Rights, Potential For Bay Area Expansion

Manfred: Longer Break In 2028 For All-Star Game And Olympics Is Possible

Trade Deadline Outlook: Cincinnati Reds

Rays To Play Home Games At Steinbrenner Field Throughout Playoffs

Trade Deadline Outlook: St. Louis Cardinals

MLBTR Chat Transcript

Guardians Place Paul Sewald On Injured List

Mets, Yankees Among Teams To Show Recent Interest In David Robertson

Poll: Who Will Win The 2025 All-Star Game?

MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

Latest Rumors & News

Latest Rumors & News

  • Sandy Alcantara Rumors
  • Luis Robert Rumors
  • Alex Bregman Rumors

 

Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

MLBTR Features

MLBTR Features

  • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
  • Front Office Originals
  • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
  • MLBTR Podcast
  • Trade Deadline Outlook Series
  • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
  • Contract Tracker
  • Transaction Tracker
  • Extension Tracker
  • Agency Database
  • MLBTR On Twitter
  • MLBTR On Facebook
  • Team Facebook Pages
  • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

Rumors By Team

  • Angels Rumors
  • Astros Rumors
  • Athletics Rumors
  • Blue Jays Rumors
  • Braves Rumors
  • Brewers Rumors
  • Cardinals Rumors
  • Cubs Rumors
  • Diamondbacks Rumors
  • Dodgers Rumors
  • Giants Rumors
  • Guardians Rumors
  • Mariners Rumors
  • Marlins Rumors
  • Mets Rumors
  • Nationals Rumors
  • Orioles Rumors
  • Padres Rumors
  • Phillies Rumors
  • Pirates Rumors
  • Rangers Rumors
  • Rays Rumors
  • Red Sox Rumors
  • Reds Rumors
  • Rockies Rumors
  • Royals Rumors
  • Tigers Rumors
  • Twins Rumors
  • White Sox Rumors
  • Yankees Rumors

Navigation

  • Sitemap
  • Archives
  • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

MLBTR INFO

  • Advertise
  • About
  • Commenting Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Connect

  • Contact Us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS Feed

MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information

hide arrows scroll to top

Register

Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version