{"id":582455,"date":"2026-02-20T07:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/582455\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:08:22","slug":"boston-red-sox-predicted-to-quickly-cut-ties-with-former-no-3-pick-they-recently-signed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/582455\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox predicted to quickly cut ties with former No. 3 pick they recently signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/news\/red-sox-predicted-cut-ties-former-no-3-recently-signed\/7d4d650844272771efc4e3cf?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox predicted to quickly cut ties with former No. 3 pick they recently signed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox predicted to quickly cut ties with former No. 3 pick they recently signed<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> took a low-risk chance on former top prospect Brendan Rodgers this offseason, but it remains uncertain if he truly has a chance to play. Rodgers was injured last season and played in fewer than 45 games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Astros;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Astros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>FanSided\u2019s Cody Williams predicted that Rodgers will be a roster cut, despite being invited to Major League Spring Training after signing a minor league deal. The move was seen as an option for a once-promising infielder looking to revive his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Red Sox invited Brendan Rodgers to spring training after signing the former Gold Glover to a minor league deal this offseason. On Boston&#8217;s part, it&#8217;s a smart dice roll on a player whose career has simply taken a stark decline recently, but is still just 29 years old,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/mlb\/5-red-sox-players-who-are-as-good-as-gone-by-the-end-of-spring-training\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, showed upside early in his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/colorado-rockies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado Rockies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colorado Rockies<\/a> and was one of the best high school players in America during his prep days. However, injuries and tough offensive production have derailed much of his career.<\/p>\n<p>For Boston, the signing doesn\u2019t carry much financial risk, but it offers potential infield depth if Rodgers rediscovered his form.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Still just 29, Rodgers has a chance to do something special if he can do what he can, but it seems unlikely as of now.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox predicted to quickly cut ties with former No. 3 pick they recently signed originally appeared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4708,56423,52,54,11037,4,89,2543],"class_list":["post-582455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-red-sox","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-cody-williams","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-houston-astros","tag-minor-league-deal","tag-mlb","tag-red-sox","tag-redsox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116101703886997608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}