The Red Sox aren’t adding Mike Trout, but they are reeling in the man responsible for scouting and signing him in the 2009 draft.
The Red Sox, according to a major league source, have hired Greg Morhardt as their Canadian scout. In 2009, Morhardt spearheaded the Angels’ scouting efforts with Trout (the son of his former minor league teammate, Jeff Trout) out of Melville, N.J. Morhardt, as Buster Olney once wrote, identified Trout as having the potential to become the next Mickey Mantle. The Halos ultimately tabbed the future two-time MVP and four-time MVP runner-up with the No.