My first piece for Painting Corners Baseball – syndicated by Baseball Reference – is live.

While the rest of baseball has been busy splashing out on marquee arms, the Red Sox have been quietly doing something more interesting: building a pipeline of overlooked lefties from the bargain bin. Payton Tolle, Connelly Early, Jake Bennett – three big southpaws with different stories, one common thread. Craig Breslow and Andrew Bailey are pushing their chips in on something that could quietly flip the rotation story in Boston.

Read it here: How Boston Built a Rotation from the Bargain Bin

More coming. This is what The Exit Velo is for.

– John