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1:35 AM UTC Share share-square-250986 While it’s always exciting to watch young amateur players fulfill their dreams by getting drafted by a Major League team and embarking on a professional career, the people responsible for making that happen -- the scouts -- often go overlooked and underappreciated.   It wouldn’t be practical to name every scout responsible for keeping the game of baseball moving. But with the 2021 Draft just a few days away, we thought we could at least shine a light on the people responsible for overseeing the Draft for each organization, the scouting directors. AM...

May 2, 2021 Myles Straw grew up a big Tampa Bay Rays fan and has been to hundreds of games at Tropicana Field. Much for that reason, he’s more than a little familiar with Brandon Guyer. Which isn’t to say that Straw emulates the recently-retired outfielder. Guyer reached base via HBP a bruise-worthy 85 times from 2014-2018, and he did so despite never getting as many as 400 plate appearances in a single season. The bulk of his plunkings came in a Rays uniform. When I talked to Straw this past Wednesday, he had played in 120 big-league games, all with the Houston Astros. He had never been...

Bogaerts blasts one out of Fenway, BoSox hold on to beat M's Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night. The Canadian Press Xander Bogaerts and Alex Verdug , The Canadian Press BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night. J.D. Martinez also homered for the Red Sox, who survived a late scare when Kyle Seager hit ...

Bogaerts blasts one out of Fenway, BoSox hold on to beat M’s Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night. J.D. Martinez also homered for the Red Sox, who survived a late scare when Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer in the ninth to pull Seattle within a run. One night after rallying with a four-run 10th inning for a 7-4 victory, Seattle couldn't quite pull off another comeback. Matt Barnes, who gave up Seager's drive deep to right, got Evan White to line out to Bogaerts and end ...