As a Major League Baseball team, it's exciting to have a reputation for improving young pitchers. Since Craig Breslow took over as chief baseball officer prior

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“SS prospect Rayer Gonzalez has reached a pre-agreement with the Boston Red Sox for a $3.1 million signing bonus, a new franchise record for an international player,” Major League Baseball insider and director of communications for the Dominican Republic’s Ministerio Deportes Hector Gomez reported on X, formerly Twitter.

According to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe, the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles are in the mix for Michael King.

Plus, updates on where Triston Casas stands, Marcelo Mayer's WBC status and Kristian Campbell's offseason work.

Grissom is probably best known to Red Sox fans as the primary return that the team received from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for perennial All-Star Chris Sale. Sale went on to win a Cy Young Award with the Braves, while Grissom batted just .190 for the Red Sox in 2024 and spent this past season in the minor leagues.

Prospect-for-prospect swaps aren’t the most common type of transaction in baseball. But sometimes they make sense. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow found a match he liked with his former assistant Paul Toboni on Monday,