For the Blue Jays, a delicate balancing act exists between now and Friday at 6 p.m. Winckowski is a 16th-round pick who has never pitched above Single-A. The Red Sox believed Benintendi was poised for a bounce-back 2021 season, but with another opportunity to bolster the farm, Bloom jumped on it, … ET. Age: 22: Born: June 28, 1998: Birthplace: Toledo, OH: Height: 6-4: Weight: 200: Bats: Right: Throws: Right : Drafted: 15th round, 2016 by TOR: How Acquired: Acquired from the NY Mets with a PTBNL in a three-team deal along with Franchy Cordero and 2 PTBNL from Kansas City, with Andrew Benintendi and cash to KC, and Khalil Lee from KC to NYM (Feb. 2021) Baseball has always been known as America’s pastime, however, as of recently, the viewers of the sport have dropped substantially from its success throughout the twentieth century. Josh Winckowski, 22. Protect too few players, and they risk losing talent to rival teams in next month’s Rule 5 Draft. Cordero is an athletic specimen who reportedly has the baseball instincts of a hockey puck. Red Sox get: OF Franchy Cordero, RHP Josh Winckowski, two PTBNLs from Kansas City, one PTBNL from New York — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 11, … Six years ago Josh Winckowski was one of the Fort Myers-area high schooler watching Red Sox spring training at JetBlue Park. Posts about Josh Winckowski written by Ghalib Ashai. Winckowski was hoping to make enough of a showing to make it to Class AA. Those PTBNL better pan out or else Bloom could be … Drafted: 15th round, 2016. Meet Josh Winckowski, the pitching prospect the Boston Red Sox acquired for Andrew Benintendi in a three-team deal with the New York Mets. Benintendi was a staple of the Red Sox lineup from 2017-2019, helping the Sox win the 2018 World Series after hitting .290 with 16 home runs, 87 RBI and an .830 OPS. Winckowski was rated one notch below Diaz (27th) on MLB.com’s list of Toronto prospects in 2020, but … Starting this week he will be one of those players And, get this: the Red Sox are sending $2.8 million to the Royals to cover almost half of his $6.6 million salary this season. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. "Unfortunately at this point I would have liked to pitch my way … The Mets acquired 25-year old Sean Reid-Foley, who was once ranked as a top-100 overall prospect by MLB.com, 24-year old Yennsy Diaz, and 22-year old Josh Winckowski. Boston received three prospects in return along with Cordero and former Mets reliever Josh Winckowski.