Youk, Lowe, Lowell headline ’18 Sox HOF class

The Red Sox Hall of Fame is about to get a little bigger. An eclectic group of five people will make up the 2018 Red Sox Hall of Fame class, the club announced Thursday, including two members of the drought-breaking 2004 World Series championship team, a slugging standout at the hot corner, a longtime employee and a 19th-century masher.