Jay Groome to start the year on the disabled list

On Tuesday, in our preview of the Salem Red Sox, we talked about the exciting possibility of the High-A club having a rotation featuring all of Jay Groome, Tanner Houck, Bryan Mata, Darwinzon Hernandez and Jake Thompson. That’s fun! Unfortunately, that is not going to happen, at least to start the year. The Red Sox minor-league affiliates still, to the best of my knowledge, have not released their official rosters yet. Maybe they will have by the time this publishes. There’s no way of knowing! That said, we do have one major piece of news regarding one of the names from that list of top pitching prospects. Groome, the best arm in that group and the most popular choice for top prospect in the entire system, is going to start the season on the disabled list according to a report from the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier.

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