As Boston Red Sox rebuild farm system, Chaim Bloom points to Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester as examples of a second-round pick’s value
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Red Sox's Chaim Bloom speaks at a news conference, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP
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The Red Sox hit home runs in the second round of the 2002 and 2004 MLB Drafts, picking Jon Lester and Dustin Pedroia who helped them win World Series titles in 2007 and ‘13.
Boston has swung-and-missed in the second round, too. Mickey Hall (54th overall, 2003), Jonathan Egan (57th overall, 2005), Hunter Morris (84th overall, 2007) and Derrik Gibson (77th overall, 2008) all never played a game in the major leagues.