Red Sox prospect quit to focus on basketball but one call changed it all

People in Red Sox prospect Austin Ehrlicher's hometown of Santa Rosa, Calif. considered him more of a basketball player than a baseball player growing up. “I would always play basketball and then come into baseball season a little late and kind of have to catch up,” Ehrlicher said. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound righty has struck out 10 without allowing an earned run in 6 innings so far for Low-A Salem.