Though Song was being ramped up with the
Phillies to join the bullpen as a way for him to join their 26-man active roster, the Red Sox are stretching Song out as a starter in High-A Greenville.
“We think that’s the best path for him to get a bunch of innings but also a bunch of mound work in between his starts,” Haviland said.
“For him, he needs to pitch, he needs to get back in the routine of throwing every fifth day, or sixth day, the workouts in between and working on his pitches,” Haviland added. “What was really good about him in Lowell and when we drafted him, he threw a ton of strikes, and was really aggressive in the zone and that seems to have held. So now it’s just us getting his stuff back, getting his velocity back and pitch shapes back.”