Scott Boras

And, yeah, just as I was made aware of the history of the team and, you know, hearing about how Babe Ruth pitched,

played here and how you hear about Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz and all of the legends that have come through here.

So that's what really captivated me about this opportunity.

Obviously you already alluded to it, there had been dialogue between the Red Sox and Boris, and Scott Boris, about Boris Corp clients throughout the off season.

How quick, for Craig and Sam, how do you describe the shift in focus or the shift in dialogue that may have occurred around the time that Alex Bregman agreed to his deal with the Cubs?

Yeah, and Scott from your vantage point, how would you describe kind of the acceleration of talks surrounding Ranger?

Yeah, I think in free agency, sequencing may seem something that it's really not, only in the sense that the groundwork was done way back in November.

It was very clear throughout our conversations that the idea of

Ranger and the Red Sox and such were always a topic.

I myself did not view one or the other.

I viewed as though they were adding pitching and trying to improve their team in a number of ways, adding players, whatever it may be.

So I really felt that as much work and much conversation has been done, it was always part of the plan to include Ranger.

Just to translate, the question was around Venezuela and also how he actually says his name.

So my name is actually Rangel, but however you guys want to address me, Ranger, is how most people do, so I'm comfortable with either.

And just wanted to say hello and give a big hug to all of my friends and family out in Venezuela.

And I'm happy to represent.

Ranger so um just as far as your free agency goes you will presumably have many of choices what made the Red Sox the right fit and what do you like about this year's club that you're joining now

Yeah, no, when you come here to Fenway Park and you have the chance to pitch on the same mound that Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Babe Ruth threw off of, you have, you get that energy from that experience and it's just, you know, something that motivates you to want to give your little grain of sand into what is a bigger history.

Craig, you said that this was the guy you were targeting from the jump in terms of starting pitching.

What about Ranger intrigues you as a pitcher?