Twenty teams made presentations to the 23-year-old starter from Japan, but the Red Sox were not one of the teams invited to a face-to-face meeting.

The Boston Red Sox weren't in the mix for Roki Sasaki, though they should've been. Why were they unable to make a serious push?

Sasaki has the benefit of being able to take his time, with at least two more weeks of meetings and recruitments to go before he can put pen to paper. In that time, it seems like the Red Sox will need him to reverse course to be strongly considered.