“There were nine teams who scouted David Robertson in Providence on Saturday, including Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and assistant Eddie Romero, with Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski winning the sweepstakes over his former team,” Nightengale reported on Twitter/X.

In 2024, in the first Red Sox draft helmed by then-new chief of baseball operations Craig Breslow, the Red Sox used the 50th overall pick to take Texas Christian southpaw Payton Tolle. That was the highest pick used by the Red Sox on a pitcher since 2017, when the organization took Tanner Houck at No. 24.

Red Sox Red Sox reportedly ‘in agreement’ with relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman on one-year deal "Boston sought left-handed help for its bullpen and lands the 36-year-old Chapman."

Hernández, who the Red Sox signed to a minor league deal on Thursday but was last seen in a major league organization with the Yankees, has already spent three seasons with the Sox. In 2021, the Rays shipped him up to Boston alongside Nick Sogard in exchange for Jeffrey Springs,