Though Alex Bregman didn’t appear at the Fenway South complex on Thursday, it felt like he was ever-present. During the morning workout, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow went over to Field 1 to watch many of the club’s top prospects.

The comparisons to Red Sox legends began rolling in on Thursday. “He’s very similar to Dustin (Pedroia), as far as like, the baseball rat that he is,” Alex Cora said, referring

Alex Cora addressed sign-stealing topic again, taking responsibility and saying, “We made a mistake in ’17, and some of us paid the price."