If you’ve run out of tears from watching the 2015 Red Sox, here’s some news that will help dry your eyes.
The club’s future is brighter than most, if not all, 29 other teams.
Says who? Our freshly minted Core Four Report, that’s who.
Every team banks on its scouting and development departments to identify the best, brightest and youngest in their system. The players and pitchers who make the big league team in their early 20s tend to be the type of special talents who blossom into All-Star-caliber players. Some, like the Angels’ Mike Trout (23 years old), the Nationals’ Bryce Harper (22) and the Orioles’ Manny Machado (22) are so ripped with talent that they produce almost from Day 1.