Kumar Rocker To Red Sox? New MLB Mock Draft Links Boston To Pitcher

The Boston Red Sox are considering signing a pitcher with their first-round pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. The Athletic's Keith Law projects the Red SOx to pick Kumar Rocker with the No. 24 overall selection. Rockers was drafted by the Mets last year, but he was not offered a contract. He is now playing for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the independent Frontier League.

The Athletic's Keith Law released a new mock draft Monday. Boston Red Sox are projected to pick Kumar Rocker with the 24th overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. Rock was drafted by the Mets last year, but he was not offered a contract. He is now playing for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the independent Frontier League.

Kumar Rocker is a pitcher who left Vanderbilt to play for the independent Tri-City ValleyCats in upstate New York. Law wrote that the Red Sox were interested in signing him before the 2021 MLB Draft. Boston picked Marcelo Mayer with the No. 4 overall pick. The Red SOths are expected to pick in the back half of the first round.