If you like our content, choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google."Executives often maintain a fondness for players they signed as amateurs," Rosenthal and Sammon wrote. "(Mike Elias) was the Houston Astros’ scouting director who chose free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman second and Tucker fifth in the first round of the 2015 draft.

It's obviously never a good thing when the Boston Red Sox can poach a player from the New York Yankees, especially if said player is a contributor.