The Boston Red SOx farm system is, to put it mildly, in a “recovery”phase.

But his best players will gain valuable experience on the international stage this autumn.

USA Baseball released its 28-man roster for the world baseball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament Thursday, and it includes four Red Sox prospects, the most of any MLB club.

Here’s the list:

– Bobby Dalbeck, 1B/3B (Triple-A Pawtucket) – CJ Chatham, SS (Triple-A Pawtucket) – Tanner Hauck, RHP (Triple-A Pawtucket) – Noah Song, RHP (Single-Lowell)

Team USA does not have any MLB-level players, but the squad is led by former new York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi and includes many prospects in the MLB Top 100, including No. 5 overall prospect Joe Adell of the Los Angeles Angels.

The team will train in sunrise, Arizona, later this month before competing in the Premier12 tournament, which begins on November 2 and is the first opportunity for the U.S. team to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Americans are in the group a stack, which includes the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands and Mexico, so they must face quality competition.

Dalbeck (No. 2), Houck (No. 5) and Chatham (No. 9) are all top 10 prospects in the Boston system, while song is a 2019 draft pick and a naval Academy graduate who has the option of delaying his baseball career to serve in the Navy.

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It’s time for the Red Sox to start thinking like a small-market team because burning money in the name of their rotation could have dire consequences that extend into the 2020s as well.

With Chris Omsl, David Price, and Nathan Eovaldi set to earn $ 80 million a year through 2022 despite serious injury risks, the Red Sox will need to bargain hunting to fill the rest of their rotation. So where can they turn?

Finding undervalued assets will be key. One way to identify them is to find the pitchers with the greatest disparity between their ERA and FIP.

Last-Fielding independent pitching is an era-like number derived from events a pitcher can directly control: walks, strikeouts, home runs, and hit pitches, the idea being that everything else is in the hands of the defense. FIP has its drawbacks because it works on the assumption that a pitcher can’t affect balls in a game, which means hurlers aren’t credited for most of their outs, but it can still be a useful tool.

The wide spread between the pitcher ERA and FIP can offer bad luck or poor defense that mask some major strengths. The Red Sox, interestingly, looked a lot better as a staff through FIP than ERA, led by Chris sale (4.40 ERA vs. 3.39 FIP), David Price (4.28 vs. 3.62), and even Rick Porcello (5.52 vs. 4.76).

Their staff ERA of 4.70 surpassed their 4.28 FIP by the widest margin of any team in baseball. Defensive metrics are notoriously spotty, but Fangraphs ranked Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts dead last on his position in defensive runs saved, saying he cost the Red Sox 19 runs. Similarly, center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (minus-2) and third baseman Rafael Devers (minus-13) were considered negatives, too. Bogaerts and Devers aren’t going anywhere, but Bradley, defending Gold Glover, is likely to be sold this winter. The Red Sox can also upgrade their defense at second base.

Anyway, we’re drifting a little far. The point is to find opposing pitchers who have significantly underperformed their FIP, which could make them targets this winter. There are 4 names to remember.

A first-round pick by the Blue Jays in 2011, Musgrove was traded to the Astros a year later before joining Pittsburgh as a center in the 2018 Gerrit Cole blockbuster. He made a career-high 31 starts this year, will be 11-12 with a 4.44 ERA that masked a 3.82 FIP.

Those relatively average numbers still set the 26-year-old up as Pittsburgh’s most effective starter, and he remains in control of the team through 2022.

With the Pirates in what feels like a perpetual rebuild, it’s hard to imagine them considering any player untouchable. Musgrove can make for an intriguing goal.

Gausman is a non-tender candidate, as he intends to earn at least $ 10 million in the final year of arbitration. Selected fourth overall in the 2012 draft by the Orioles, Gausman was once considered a top-10 prospect.

He still doesn’t live up to that hype, but he’s better than the numbers suggested last year between Atlanta, where he posted a 6.19 ERA (and 4.20 FIP) in 16 starts, and Cincinnati, where he found use as a pitcher (4.03 ERA, 3.17 FIP). Gausman has struck out a career-high 10 batters over nine innings and is still only 28, so maybe the flyer is in order, especially if other teams view him as a pitcher and the Red Sox give him an opportunity to start.

What does the al loss leader sound like? Pitching for a woeful team, Turnbull went just 3-17 with a 4.61 ERA in 30 starts. His 3.99 FIP offers better things than results, however, and he won’t become a free agent until 2025.

Turnbull is throwing 95-97 and considered part of Detroit’s future, but it never hurts to ask. The 27-year-old went winless in his final 18 starts and a late bloomer who is still pitching in Double A at the age of 25.

The rookie went 5-8 with a 5.09 ERA in 21 starts, but his 4.28 FIP and low walk rates (2.2 per nine innings) offer some promise. The 23-year-old is originally from Venezuela and cannot become a free agent until 2025. He has a low 90s fastball and changeup, and the Marlins like his competitiveness. Being the Marlins means they are in constant fire sale mode, however, and Lopez is worth a look.

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The Red Sox may cross the biggest name from their GM search before it was ever even an option.

Dodgers President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman announced Monday that he will finalize a deal to stay in Los Angeles “in the next couple of days.” Friedman technically became a free agent after the Dodgers ” season ended shockingly against the Nationals last week.

His five-year, $ 35 million contract expired, but the Dodgers quickly locked up the 43-year-old, who built consecutive winners in Tampa and Los Angeles and was considered the most intriguing candidate for the job running the Red Sox, who opened when the team parted ways with Dave Dombrowski in September.

With Friedman off the Board and the Twins reportedly nearing a deal to extend Lynn native Derek Falvey as their chief baseball officer, the Red Sox have seen a candidate pool for their opening game before their search even begins. Before the season ended, the Diamondbacks took another name out of the game, expanding GM Mike Hazen, a Massachusetts native and former red Sox Executive. Cubs President of baseball operations Theo Epstein has also stated his commitment to Chicago, although his contract status has not changed.

One name that hasn’t been taken off the Board is Haim bloom, Tampa’s Vice President of baseball operations. The 36-year-old Yale graduate oversees Tampa’s baseball operations along with Eric Neander, and they guided the Rays to the wild card before taking the Astros to game 5 OF the ALDS.

Widely considered one of the most innovative franchises in the game, the Rays have reached 90 wins in two straight seasons despite having one of the lowest salaries in baseball.

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