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Daily Red Sox Links: Rusney Castillo, Christian Vazquez, Max Scherzer

Today's links look at Rusney Castillo's readiness, Christian Vazquez's bat and Max Scherzer's availability.

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Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Max Scherzer is the belle of the offseason ball, and the Red Sox are his most likely suitors.... (Jon Heyman; CBS Sports)

... or not. (Rob Bradford; WEEI)

No matter whose pitching, they'll be joined by a talented young catcher (who may or may not be able to hit a lick) in Christian Vazquez. (Peter Abraham; Boston Globe)

And Alex Cora thinks Rusney Castillo is ready ... (Sam Galanis; NESN)

... which seems like a pretty good assessment if his performance in Puerto Rico's Roberto Clemente PBL recently is any indication ... (Sox Prospects)

... even if you may have forgotten about him. (Scott Lauber; Boston Herald)

Just check out at how good the projections from FanGraphs look! (Jeff Sullivan; FanGraphs)