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Minor Lines 4/13: Familiar Struggles On The Farm

Related Topics: Marcelo Mayer, Jacob Faria

I’m begging you guys to give me some wins to write about so I’m not the biggest pessimist on this site! As you’ll see, though, the lower-league teams did their thing.

For a few years now — since 2017 to be exact, when he was 18-years-old — Bryan Mata has been in conversations as a guy who could make a difference as a Red Sox starter someday. With velocity that occasionally tickled 100 mph, and a wide arsenal of pitches, how could he not?