How Jarren Duran Connected Red Sox Outfielders In All-Star Game
Jarren Duran stole the show to earn MVP honors while representing the Boston Red Sox in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
Duran became the first Red Sox All-Star to take home the honor since J.D. Drew did so at Yankee Stadium in 2008. Duran marked Boston’s fifth recipient of the award, along with Drew, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens and Carl Yastrzemski.
The Boston outfielder made his mark in the fifth inning when he put the American League in front with a two-run home run to right field. That long ball ultimately became the difference in the victory.
Duran also became the youngest Boston All-Star to homer in the Midsummer Classic since Fred Lynn in 1979, per Baseball Reference.
Lynn loved what he saw on Tuesday night and took to X to congratulate Duran
“Congrats, JD,” Lynn wrote. “Great to see a Red Sox centerfielder win the MVP award. Well deserved.”
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Here are the biggest steals from the 2024 MLB Draft
The 2024 MLB Draft is officially over, and the discourse has shifted from prediction to analysis. The days following the event, which spanned 20 rounds (plus compensatory rounds) and 615 picks, serve as prime real estate to break down your favorite team’s picks and identify some of the best values from the Draft.
On the latest Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo put their analysis caps on and dove into the Draft, picking out the biggest steals from each of the first 10 rounds. Here’s their list:
Round 1
Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguaro HS (AZ), Braves No. 24; ranked No. 15
Mayo: “We thought he was going to go much higher than that. He was the top-ranked available high school arm in the Draft class. I’m excited for the Braves. They’ve never, over the years, shied away from taking high school arms, so I think they probably did not expect Cam Caminiti to be there for them to take at 24 and they didn’t hesitate when he was.”
Round 2
Ryan Sloan, RHP, York HS (IL), Mariners No. 55; ranked No. 19
Callis: “6’5’’, 220, I’m not saying he’s going to be this guy, but you get some physical comparisons to Gerrit Cole. He’s put together really well for a high school kid, and he could have three plus pitches. He’s got feel too. He’s got a 93-96 mph fastball hits 99, he can ride it and run it, he can cut it, he can sink it. … I think Seattle had to be elated to get this guy in the second round. They got him at pick 55 and honestly, he probably should have gone 30-35 picks higher.”
Round 3
Mike Sirota, OF, Northeastern, Reds No. 87; ranked No. 50
Mayo: “When we did our Top 100 back in December based on how good he was as a sophomore and then over the summer, we thought he might be a middle-of-the-first-round kind of pick. He’s got a ton of tools. He can really run, he can play center field, he can hit. This year, he just really struggled … so it’s possible that the Reds got a first-round talent here in the third round solely because he just had a bad year as a junior.”
