The bullpen is hardly the most important thing the Boston Red Sox need to address right now, but on Monday, they lost out on a pitcher who was reportedly in the

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The 25-year-old Bennett, drafted in the 2022 second round out of Oklahoma, stands 6-foot-6 with a listed weight of 234 pounds, a similar build to Red Sox's top pitching prospect, No. 2 overall in their system, Payton Tolle — who like Bennett is a native of Oklahoma.

Following the departure of Justin Willard to the Mets, the Red Sox have filled their director of pitching role.

The teams swapped minor league pitchers, with the Sox sending rocket-armed righthander Luis Perales to Washington for towering lefthander Jake Bennett. Why trade one highly regarded pitching prospect for another? In many ways, the deal reflected contrasting positions of two organizations.

That restless feeling coming from the New England area is Boston Red Sox fans begging the front office to do something now that the 29 other MLB teams have signed at least one free agent to a big-league deal.

The Boston Red Sox's pitching development program has received a lot of recognition in the past year, and Ben Buck has assuredly played a role in that success.

There’s a reason the White Sox insisted Teel be included as one of the centerpieces in the Garrett Crochet trade last winter. He’s an athletic, left-handed hitting catcher with a tremendous feel for the strike zone. He plays with energy. He plays with edge.