Red Sox baseball director Chaim Bloom met with reporters (including Alex Speier of the Boston Globe) this afternoon and confirmed that the club remains in contact with the representatives of the free center-back player Jackie Bradley Jr. They will stay in touch until the situation “resolves,” Bloom added. Bradley is undoubtedly the player in the first position who remains in the free agency at this time. In addition to his involvement in the Bradley market, Bloom noted (via Speier), Sox could discuss contract extensions with players already on the roster in spring training.
Elsewhere in East AL:
- Even after agreeing to the terms with Brett Gardner, a Yankees expect to deliver primary left fieldwork to Clint Frazier, manager Aaron Boone told reporters (via ESPN’s Marly Rivera) Frazier, a former big contender, took office with a stellar cut line of 0.267 / .394 / .511 with eight home runs in 160 plate appearances in 2020. The 26-year-old still played only 162 MLB games and had some ups and downs defensively, so a meeting with the trusted Gardner provides a kind of safety net for New York.
- Rays potential client Brent Honeywell was diverted from the course by a series of arm injuries, having undergone four elbow surgeries since his last lower league action in September 2017. The 25-year-old is back in the major league camp and feeling better than he has years old. “I’m excited. I am healthy. … Everything is good. After the last one, it was a great help for me and a great relief for my elbow. Everything is called ‘on the right track’ and we are moving in the right direction, ”Honeywell told reporters (including Adam Berry of MLB.com). There is no specific timeline for the 25-year-old to return to the action, but there seems to be a general sense of optimism about Honeywell’s ability to contribute at the level of the major league in 2021.