Previously reported to be a target of both the Dodgers and Indians, Kyle Barraclough has been linked to yet another contending team. According to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, the Red Sox—owners on Major League Baseball’s best record this season—sent one of their top talent evaluators to watch the Marlins closer dominate in person.
Although there are plenty of relief options on the market this summer, Barraclough is among a small handful of pitchers who meet Boston’s high standards:
“They’re not just looking to get an eighth-inning reliever’’ an evaluator for a competing club said.