The future is now for the Boston Red Sox.
Outfielder Andrew Benintendi, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, has been called up from Double-A Portland to the big leagues. The Boston Herald’s Evan Drellich was the first to report the news, and director of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski confirmed the move after the Red Sox’s 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners.
“It really came down to we looked at some possible alternatives to help us in left field,” Dombrowski said on “NESN Sports Today.” “We thought some of them were good choices, but we also thought the cost for some of those were quite high. We also weighed that versus what …