Shohei Ohtani to Red Sox rumors thickens

Shohei Ohtani to Red Sox rumors thickens;

Fire is present anywhere there is smoke. A great deal of smoke has also been created by the escalating rumors linking Shohei Ohtani to the Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox are one of the clubs and places that the recently crowned two-time American League MVP has “expressed affinity for certain teams and cities in the past,” according to several sources of ESPN’s Jeff Passan. According to Passan, Ohtani “loves visiting Boston” and “has a fondness for Fenway Park.”

Ohtani “is probably less concerned about geography and more concerned about the quality of the team he is going to,” according to Jon Morosi on MLB Network. The Red Sox are one of a few teams that are “linked to varying degrees,” according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.

You’re almost definitely connecting them to the Red Sox if you’re a baseball insider covering Ohtani’s free agency.

Furthermore, Boston has previously been in close contact with the idea of signing Ohtani. In 2018, former team international scout Jon Deeble informed WEEI that he was on the verge of being signed by the Red Sox in 2012 straight out of high school, but he decided to stay in Japan.

Deeble told WEEI, “I believe it would have come down to the Red Sox and the Dodgers.” “There’s no doubt that the Red Sox were one or two to get him.”

Eddie Romero, an executive vice president and assistant general manager who was previously an international scout, continued, saying via WEEI, “We were hoping to get him.” He was unquestionably our top choice on our internal preference list that year.

Ohtani might once again be the team’s first focus as they have a chance to make amends. Though there will be many other teams vying for John Henry’s services, it appears the Red Sox have an inside track to sign the biggest free agent in baseball history.

And in that case, well Nothing will declare “the Red Sox are back” if that doesn’t.