Scout Says Red Sox Once Were A Favorite To Sign Angels’ Shohei Ohtani

Scout Says Red Sox Once Were A Favorite To Sign Angels’ Shohei Ohtani

The Boston Red Sox never were in the running to sign Shohei Ohtani last offseason. After a bizarre recruitment saga, the 23-year-old eventually signed with the Los Angeles Angels.

However, the Japanese pitching-hitting phenom nearly joined the Red Sox organization in 2012, according to a piece published Monday by WEEI’s Rob Bradford.

Ohtani, then a high-school sensation, was one of the hottest names on the international market. And a pair of Red Sox scouts — Jon Deeble and Eddie Romero — were hot on his trail.

“After (meeting with Ohtani), we thought we had a good chance to sign him,” Romero recently told Bradford.

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