The Red Sox reportedly came close to being the first major league team to sign Shohei Ohtani out of high school.
Former Red Sox international scouts Jon Deeble and Eddie Romero visited Ohtani at his high school and spent two years scouting him, according to Boston's radio station WEEI.
"I think from what I understand it would've come down to the Red Sox and the Dodgers," said Deeble to WEEI. "At that point the Dodgers had a very good relationship with him also through someone who was working for them at the time.