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Willson Contreras trade reveals direction of Red Sox’s pitching development

It’s no secret that Craig Breslow knows a thing or two about pitching. He was a member of the Boston Red Sox’s 2013 World Series winning roster, and played for 12 seasons, eventually hanging it up at 36. He has drafted pitchers at a significant rate during his two years at the helm in Boston, and those selections have yielded players like Payton Tolle, a hulking lefty banging down the door at the big league level after just a year in the organization.

It seems that Breslow isn’t content to overhaul the pitching program via only the draft any longer, though.