Mathews is best known for throwing a 156-pitch complete game last summer during a postseason start for Stanford. St. Louis drafted him in the fourth round and subsequently shut him down for the season. They've since been rewarded with a quick ascent through the minor leagues that now has him stationed a call away in Triple-A.

Sure, maybe it was crazy to ask the Red Sox to match the 11-year, $270 million Bogaerts got from the San Diego Padres, but it was hard to envision how losing Bogaerts would in any

Boston Red Sox prospect Kristian Campbell is now number three in the Sox’s farm system, according to SoxProspects. Campbell was originally number 22 before the update. Campbell has been dominating in the minor leagues this year,