Daily Red Sox Links: Tommy Lasorda, Mookie Betts, Gerrit Cole

It’s been a tough stretch in the baseball world as we lost a number of legends in our game last year. It’s continued into 2021, as the legendary Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda, passed away on Thursday (Pedro Moura; The Athletic)

Eventually fans will be back at parks, so can we please get some more safety nets at MLB Parks? (Michael Silverman; Boston Globe)

Mookie Betts and his girlfriend are engaged after a whopping 15 years together. Congratulations to our old friend out west! (Conor Roche; Boston.com)

Leading up to a trial in which a former Angels clubhouse attendant is claiming he was scapegoated by the league some of the league’s stars were accused of using an illegal substance on baseballs. (Mike Digiovanna; The Los Angeles Times)

Nick Yorke was named as MLB Pipeline’s 2021 Breakout Prospect for the Red Sox, with looks at other teams’ potential breakouts as well. (Jim Callis; MLB.com)