Here we go again?
Happy Thursday.
Craig Breslow’s plan has been, slowly, coming into focus.
Were they serious about Juan Soto? Maybe. Even being legitimately in then running for a superstar is more than we saw even last season where Jordan Montgomery was linked all winter and turned out to be too rich for their blood.
The free agent pitchers have (largely) signed elsewhere.
But the Crochet trade is a savvy move for an ace.
Now MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo thinks the Red Sox could be strong contenders in the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes.
“In the AL, the Red Sox are very serious about making a pitch to the Sasaki team,” Mayo wrote. “The main selling point might be the history of Japanese pitchers having success and positive experiences playing in Boston: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Uehara and Junichi Tazawa.
Sure, this is true.
“They have an impressive pitching development program and it certainly doesn’t hurt when the general manager, Craig Breslow, can speak directly to it (as opposed to just handing it off to “the experts”). Breslow also personally scouted Sasaki for one of his starts in Japan in September.”
We know Breslow and the Sox place a high priority on young pitching. And the money isn’t really going to matter in this case. Can they sell him on Boston?
Talk about what you want and be good to one another.