FORT MYERS, Fla. — Not too long ago, John Farrell oversaw a Red Sox team at JetBlue Park that was waiting anxiously for the future.
On Tuesday, he looked across the field at the Yankees and saw some similarities.
“There’s a growing list of young players maybe similar to where we were two or three years ago,” the Boston manager said before the Yankees won 5-4 in a split-squad game.
Farrell was referring, in part, to the development of current Red Sox like Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts and while the Yankees are waiting on Clint Frazier and Gleyber Torres, they know Greg Bird will have to be a significant part of wherever they go — in 2017 and down the road.