2024 Rotation and Bullpen
- Thread starter Rovin Romine
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Jumps out at me that most of the staff are Bloom acquisitions/development regime.
Breslow’s additions (among the contributors thus far) are:
Anderson
Campbell
Criswell
Slaten
Weissert
But Bloom didn’t bring in Bailey. That’s the big difference.
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Thanks!
If anyone wants to do a stats update on the MiL arms which have a realistic chance of contributing this year, that'd be great. I'll fold it into the running roster-tracking post.
For that, I (personally) usually tend to consider recent performance in the high minors most heavily, keeping in mind that Bailey is very pro-strike/anti-walk. (At this point in the year we're pretty much all recent performance, but a mid-summer option will probably not have their April stats held against them.)
Pretty incredible table from that athletic story:
Top 10 pitching staffs by ERA
[TH]TEAM[/TH] [TH]STAFF ERA[/TH] [TH]1ST ROUND PICKS[/TH] [TH]TOP 5 ROUNDS[/TH] [TH]TOP 10 ROUNDS[/TH] [TH]15TH ROUND AND LATER[/TH] Red Sox
2.61 1 4 5 9 Mariners
2.98 4 8 9 4 Yankees
2.99 4 7 9 5 Tigers
3.24 8 8 10 1 Orioles
3.31 2 7 7 3 Dodgers
3.35 3 11 13 4 Royals
3.35 5 10 12 3 Phillies
3.36 5 8 9 1 Guardians
3.41 2 8 11 4 Pirates
3.64 2 7 8 4
I also asked in the mL forums but can't find anything- what the hell is up with Mata? Wasn't he expected to start in AAA at the end of last week?
I think that's right, but I don't recall where I read it. He posted on Twitter that he was healthy and ready to go at some point. But I don't know if that meant he was cleared for throwing or ready to start a rehab or what.
Still, quite happy with the current listing in the tracking post:
Minor updates and Pivetta returns!
Starting Rotation:
Bullpen:
- Bold is the opening day roster.
- Red indicates no longer on the active 13 (and why.)
- Callups are indented under the player going on the IL (roughly). They may not have the exact same role, but may correlate with who might be sent down.
- N40 is for a viable pitcher not on the 40 man. Not meant to be comprehensive. (Please suggest the most likely hot hand.)
Starting Rotation:
1 Brayan Bello. 15 Day IL (lat tightness, 4/21). Expected back - 5/12 or so.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8.
2 Nick Pivetta (elbow, IL 4/6-5/8)
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13.
3 Kutter Crawford
4 Tanner Houck
5 Garret Whitlock. 15 Day IL (oblique, 4/17). Throwing but not in rehab. ETA Mid-May.
Joe Jacques (LHP). Called up 4/17. DFA 4/19.
Cam Booser (LHP). Called up 4/19.
Starting Depth: Winckowski, Anderson, Uwasawa, Dick Fitts? (N40 AAA).
SP Notes: So far at AAA, nobody among the Gambrel/Alexander/Fitts/Van Belle rotation really stands out. That said, of them all, Fitts has had the greatest number of good starts this year. But that could change with a handful of starts.
Bullpen:
1 Kenley Jansen
2 Chris Martin
3 Josh Winckowski
4 Chase Anderson
5 Justin Slaten
6 Isaiah Campbell. 15 Day IL (shoulder 4/12). Good reports, but not yet in rehab.
Brennan Bernardino (LHP). Called up 4/9.
7 Greg Weissert
8 Joely Rodriguez (LHP) DFA 4/28.
Zack Kelly. Called up 4/24
Bullpen Notes: 40 man depth thin at the moment, but some promising arms are in AAA.
Minors - 40 man:
Naoyuki Uwasawa. AAA.
Bailey Horn (LHP). AAA.
Wikelman Gonzalez (AA). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Luis Perales (A). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Brandon Walter. Injured but is not on an injury list.
Minors - other: (mostly high minors and therefore possibly relevant to this year)
Jorge Benetiz (LHP) AAA. A 2 inning reliever in his first AAA season. Lights out with one blip outing so far.
Luis Guerrero. Power RHP. Being stretched out from 1 to 2 innings in AAA.
Brendan Cellucci (LHP). A 3 inning reliever promoted from AA to AAA 4/27.
Robert Kwiatkowski. Another recent AA to AAA promotion. Another multi-inning arm. SSS, but looks good.
Vladimir Gutierrez. Acquired 4/18. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Joely Rodriguez (LHP) AAA.
Also on the 40 man are:
Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL TJ surgery
Chris Murphy (LHP): 60-day IL, likely TJ
Liam Hendricks: 60-day IL, recovering TJ, maybe available post-trade-deadline.
Bryan Mata: IL forever and ever and ever.
Brandon Walter injured but is not on an injury list (possible service time reasons).
Notes/Transactions:
Slaten is a Rule 5 claim for this year.
Joe Jacques was DFA'd to call up Booser and claimed by Arizona. May he forever be an embedded Red Sox.
Joely Rodriguez was DFA'd on April 28th. Cleared on 5/1 and outrighted to AAA.
Vladimir Gutierrez was acquired from the Brewers for cash on 4/18. AAA. DFA'd on 5/1 for Dominic Smith. Outrighted 5/6. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Sal Romano was signed as a FA on 4/26. Age 30. RHP, ML exp. Reclamation project.
Bailey Horn was acquired from the CWS (DFAd) for cash on 4/30. Outrighted to AAA. Age 26. MiL LH relief pitcher.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8 for Pivetta.
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Looks like Bello should be back to make his next start…..?
So assuming no injuries the rotation will be Crawford, Pivetta, Houck, Bello and Criswell. Very solid.
Haven’t heard anything back on Whitlock for a few days but probably a month. If Criswell is still pitching… well…. I really hope Whitlock is in the pen.
So assuming no injuries the rotation will be Crawford, Pivetta, Houck, Bello and Criswell. Very solid.
Haven’t heard anything back on Whitlock for a few days but probably a month. If Criswell is still pitching… well…. I really hope Whitlock is in the pen.
I wonder where Criswell goes when Whitlock returns. My hope is that he stays in Boston for a bit. After tomorrow the Sox only have one more day off the rest of the month, and it would be nice especially for Houck and Crawford to get in a bit of extra rest. I can see a six man rotation being a good idea for a few weeks.
There's certainly going to be a need to transition players into different roles. I don't think this pen works with 5 nominal starters and 3 dedicated long men - Criswell, Anderson, Winckowski. I expect they'll transition Whitlock back into the rotation, but there's no reason that absolutely must happen.
Pivetta, Bello, Houck, Crawford, OTOH - those four spots are pretty much locked in at this point. If any of those guys go on the IL they will always get a chance to return to the rotation.
That's somewhat surprising. It's not outlandish, but he's not at the bottom of the talent totem-pole. So it's either resource-conservation driven (keep, say, Anderson, and option Winck.) And/or his ankle is bothering him.
But if they keep him stretched out as a starter, what's the next move? Wait till there's an issue with Bello/Houck/Pivetta/Crawford/Whitlock/Criswell? Or get him fully stretched out and swap him with Criswell?
I'm guessing it would be both. I'm curious with this long stretch of games coming up if there is any thought of swapping Criswell and Winck once or twice to in effect have a quasi 6 man rotation working where the other four would get the benefit of an extra day in between starts like they might if the team actually had a scheduled day off.
Also due for an update:
Starting Rotation:
Bullpen:
- Bold is the opening day roster.
- Red indicates no longer on the active 13 (and why.)
- Callups are indented under the player going on the IL (roughly). They may not have the exact same role, but may correlate with who might be sent down.
- N40 is for a viable pitcher not on the 40 man. Not meant to be comprehensive. (Please suggest the most likely hot hand.)
Starting Rotation:
1 Brayan Bello. (prev: IL, lat tightness, 4/21- 5/12)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8.
2 Nick Pivetta (prev: elbow, IL 4/6-5/8)
3 Kutter Crawford
4 Tanner Houck
5 Garret Whitlock. 60 Day IL (oblique, 4/17, turned into TJ issues).
Joe Jacques (LHP). Called up 4/17. DFA 4/19.
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13.
Starting Depth: Winckowski, Anderson, Uwasawa, Dick Fitts? (N40 AAA).
SP Notes: So far at AAA, nobody among the Gambrel/Alexander/Fitts/Van Belle rotation really stands out. That said, of them all, Fitts has had the greatest number of good starts this year. But that could change with a handful of starts.
Bullpen:
1 Kenley Jansen
2 Chris Martin
3 Josh Winckowski (optioned WOR, 5/12)
4 Chase Anderson
5 Justin Slaten
6 Isaiah Campbell. 15 Day IL (shoulder 4/12). Began Rehab 5/22. 5 scoreless innings.
Brennan Bernardino (LHP). Called up 4/9.
Cam Booser (LHP). Called up 4/19.
7 Greg Weissert
8 Joely Rodriguez (LHP) DFA 4/28.
Zack Kelly. Called up 4/24, optioned 5/26.
Brad Keller. Signed 5/26.
Bullpen Notes: 40 man depth thin at the moment, but some promising arms are in AAA.
Minors - 40 man:
Josh Winckowski. AAA. (not doing well - 4.61 ERA)
Zach Kelly. AAA.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. AAA. Starter.
Bailey Horn (LHP). AAA. 1 inning reliever - 1.04 ERA in 7 IP.
Wikelman Gonzalez (AA). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Luis Perales (A). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Minors - other: (mostly high minors and therefore possibly relevant to this year)
Jorge Benetiz (LHP) AAA. A 2 inning reliever in his first AAA season. Struggled in May.
Luis Guerrero. Power RHP. Being stretched out from 1 to 2 innings in AAA.
Brendan Cellucci (LHP). A 3 inning reliever promoted from AA to AAA 4/27.
Robert Kwiatkowski. Another multi-inning arm. SSS, but looks good.
Vladimir Gutierrez. Acquired 4/18. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Joely Rodriguez (LHP) AAA. 7 day IL
Also on the 40 man are:
Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL TJ surgery
Chris Murphy (LHP): 60-day IL, likely TJ
Liam Hendricks: 60-day IL, recovering TJ, maybe available post-trade-deadline.
Bryan Mata: IL forever and ever and ever.
Brandon Walter: 60 day IL (minors)
Garret Whitlock: 60-day IL TJ.
Notes/Transactions:
Slaten is a Rule 5 claim for this year.
Joe Jacques was DFA'd to call up Booser and claimed by Arizona. May he forever be an embedded Red Sox.
Joely Rodriguez was DFA'd on April 28th. Cleared on 5/1 and outrighted to AAA.
Vladimir Gutierrez was acquired from the Brewers for cash on 4/18. AAA. DFA'd on 5/1 for Dominic Smith. Outrighted 5/6. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Sal Romano was signed as a FA on 4/26. Age 30. RHP, ML exp. Reclamation project.
Bailey Horn was acquired from the CWS (DFAd) for cash on 4/30. Outrighted to AAA. Age 26. MiL LH relief pitcher.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8 for Pivetta.
Zach Kelly was optioned on 5/26 due to recent high workload and signing HWF (human white flag) Brad Keller.
Garret Whitlock moved from 15 day IL to 60-day on 6/2, following TJ surgery.
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Chris Martin to the IL with anxiety.
Normally one does not criticize these things since you never know what else might be going on in a player's life. So without implying anything about Chris' exact situation, I'd like to say that I hope the club has some kind of dedicated MH component which might be able to deal with some of these things in-situ. (Not that all of them can.)
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Starting Rotation:
Bullpen:
Normally one does not criticize these things since you never know what else might be going on in a player's life. So without implying anything about Chris' exact situation, I'd like to say that I hope the club has some kind of dedicated MH component which might be able to deal with some of these things in-situ. (Not that all of them can.)
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- Bold is the opening day roster.
- Red indicates no longer on the active 13 (and why.)
- Callups are indented under the player going on the IL (roughly). They may not have the exact same role, but may correlate with who might be sent down.
Starting Rotation:
1 Brayan Bello. (prev: IL, lat tightness, 4/21- 5/12)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8.
2 Nick Pivetta (prev: elbow, IL 4/6-5/8)
3 Kutter Crawford
4 Tanner Houck
5 Garret Whitlock. 60 Day IL (oblique, 4/17, turned into TJ issues).
Joe Jacques (LHP). Called up 4/17. DFA 4/19.
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13.
Starting Depth: Winckowski, Anderson, Uwasawa, Dick Fitts? (N40 AAA).
SP Notes: So far at AAA, nobody among the Gambrel/Alexander/Fitts/Van Belle rotation really stands out. That said, of them all, Fitts has had the greatest number of good starts this year. But that could change with a handful of starts.
Bullpen:
1 Kenley Jansen
2 Chris Martin (15 day IL, anxiety 6/2)
Zach Kelly. Called up 6/5.
3 Josh Winckowski (optioned WOR, 5/12)
4 Chase Anderson
5 Justin Slaten
6 Isaiah Campbell. (optioned WOR 6/6) (prev shoulder 4/12-6/6)
Brennan Bernardino (LHP). Called up 4/9.
Cam Booser (LHP). Called up 4/19.
7 Greg Weissert
8 Joely Rodriguez (LHP) DFA 4/28.
Brad Keller. Signed 5/26.
Bullpen Notes: 40 man depth thin at the moment, but some promising arms are in AAA.
Minors - 40 man:
Josh Winckowski. AAA. Being stretched out as a starter (not going great - 4.19 ERA as of 6/7.)
Isaiah Campbell. AAA. (prev shoulder 4/12-6/6)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. AAA. Starter.
Bailey Horn (LHP). AAA. 1 inning reliever - 1.04 ERA in 7 IP.
Wikelman Gonzalez (AA). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Luis Perales (A). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Minors - other: (mostly high minors and therefore possibly relevant to this year)
Jorge Benetiz (LHP) AAA. A 2 inning reliever in his first AAA season. Struggled in May.
Luis Guerrero. Power RHP. Being stretched out from 1 to 2 innings in AAA.
Brendan Cellucci (LHP). A 3 inning reliever promoted from AA to AAA 4/27.
Robert Kwiatkowski. Another multi-inning arm. SSS, but looks good.
Vladimir Gutierrez. Acquired 4/18. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Joely Rodriguez (LHP) AAA. 7 day IL
Also on the 40 man are:
Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL TJ surgery
Chris Murphy (LHP): 60-day IL, likely TJ
Liam Hendricks: 60-day IL, recovering TJ, maybe available post-trade-deadline.
Bryan Mata: IL forever and ever and ever.
Brandon Walter: 60 day IL (minors)
Garret Whitlock: 60-day IL TJ.
Notes/Transactions:
Slaten is a Rule 5 claim for this year.
Joe Jacques was DFA'd to call up Booser and claimed by Arizona. May he forever be an embedded Red Sox.
Joely Rodriguez was DFA'd on April 28th. Cleared on 5/1 and outrighted to AAA.
Vladimir Gutierrez was acquired from the Brewers for cash on 4/18. AAA. DFA'd on 5/1 for Dominic Smith. Outrighted 5/6. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Sal Romano was signed as a FA on 4/26. Age 30. RHP, ML exp. Reclamation project.
Bailey Horn was acquired from the CWS (DFAd) for cash on 4/30. Optioned to AAA. Age 26. MiL LH relief pitcher.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8 for Pivetta.
Zach Kelly was optioned on 5/26 due to recent high workload and signing HWF (human white flag) Brad Keller. Called up 6/5 for Chris Martin.
Garret Whitlock moved from 15 day IL to 60-day on 6/2, following TJ surgery.
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Another nice performance from Pivetta today. He's had two bad starts (at Atl and vs Mil) but his six other starts have been excellent.
Starters' trends (totally cherry-picked time frames):
Houck
First 8 games: 52.1 ip, 2.24 era, 0.97 whip
Last 5 games: 32.2 ip, 1.38 era, 0.83 whip (though he's really been consistently great all season)
Crawford
First 8 games: 46.1 ip, 1.75 era, 1.08 whip
Last 5 games: 28.0 ip, 6.43 era, 1.36 whip
Bello
First 6 games: 31.2 ip, 3.13 era, 1.07 whip
Last 5 games: 26.2 ip, 6.75 era, 1.69 whip
Pivetta
First 6 games: 30.0 ip, 4.20 era, 1.07 whip
Last 2 games: 12.1 ip, 1.46 era, 0.65 whip
Criswell
First 8 games: 34.2 ip, 2.86 era, 1.12 whip
Last 3 games: 13.1 ip, 7.43 era, 1.43 whip
Houck and Pivetta have been really good "lately" (Houck all season). But Crawford, Bello, and Criswell have really struggled and those cracks in the rotation are starting to show. On the whole, though, the rotation has still been a strength. Season stats:
Houck: 1.91 era, 0.92 whip
Crawford: 3.51 era, 1.18 whip
Bello: 4.78 era, 1.35 whip
Pivetta: 3.40 era, 0.95 whip
Criswell: 4.13 era, 1.21 whip
Houck, obviously, has been way, way better than any of us dreamed he would be. Crawford is right about where I thought he'd be. Pivetta, overall, has been a little better than probably most of us expected. I hadn't heard of Criswell before this year so I had no expectations, and he's been a nice addition. Bello has been the problem. Got off to a good start to the year but has really had difficulties lately. He needs to find his form.
Houck
First 8 games: 52.1 ip, 2.24 era, 0.97 whip
Last 5 games: 32.2 ip, 1.38 era, 0.83 whip (though he's really been consistently great all season)
Crawford
First 8 games: 46.1 ip, 1.75 era, 1.08 whip
Last 5 games: 28.0 ip, 6.43 era, 1.36 whip
Bello
First 6 games: 31.2 ip, 3.13 era, 1.07 whip
Last 5 games: 26.2 ip, 6.75 era, 1.69 whip
Pivetta
First 6 games: 30.0 ip, 4.20 era, 1.07 whip
Last 2 games: 12.1 ip, 1.46 era, 0.65 whip
Criswell
First 8 games: 34.2 ip, 2.86 era, 1.12 whip
Last 3 games: 13.1 ip, 7.43 era, 1.43 whip
Houck and Pivetta have been really good "lately" (Houck all season). But Crawford, Bello, and Criswell have really struggled and those cracks in the rotation are starting to show. On the whole, though, the rotation has still been a strength. Season stats:
Houck: 1.91 era, 0.92 whip
Crawford: 3.51 era, 1.18 whip
Bello: 4.78 era, 1.35 whip
Pivetta: 3.40 era, 0.95 whip
Criswell: 4.13 era, 1.21 whip
Houck, obviously, has been way, way better than any of us dreamed he would be. Crawford is right about where I thought he'd be. Pivetta, overall, has been a little better than probably most of us expected. I hadn't heard of Criswell before this year so I had no expectations, and he's been a nice addition. Bello has been the problem. Got off to a good start to the year but has really had difficulties lately. He needs to find his form.
I actually watched the Sox instead of the Celtics last night and despite Pivetta not having a great stat line, he looked good. He got super squeezed on a few pitches and had some ridiculous bad luck on a few hits.
Chris Martin back from the IL for Criswell. . .other moves in the offing?
Normally one does not criticize these things since you never know what else might be going on in a player's life. So without implying anything about Chris' exact situation, I'd like to say that I hope the club has some kind of dedicated MH component which might be able to deal with some of these things in-situ. (Not that all of them can.)
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Starting Rotation:
Bullpen:
Normally one does not criticize these things since you never know what else might be going on in a player's life. So without implying anything about Chris' exact situation, I'd like to say that I hope the club has some kind of dedicated MH component which might be able to deal with some of these things in-situ. (Not that all of them can.)
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- Bold is the opening day roster.
- Red indicates no longer on the active 13 (and why.)
- Callups are indented under the player going on the IL (roughly). They may not have the exact same role, but may correlate with who might be sent down.
Starting Rotation:
1 Brayan Bello. (prev: IL, lat tightness, 4/21- 5/12)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8.
2 Nick Pivetta (prev: elbow, IL 4/6-5/8)
3 Kutter Crawford
4 Tanner Houck
5 Garret Whitlock. 60 Day IL (oblique, 4/17, turned into TJ issues).
Joe Jacques (LHP). Called up 4/17. DFA 4/19.
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13, optioned 6/18.
Starting Depth: Winckowski, Anderson, Uwasawa, Dick Fitts? (N40 AAA).
SP Notes: So far at AAA, nobody among the Gambrel/Alexander/Fitts/Van Belle rotation really stands out. That said, of them all, Fitts has had the greatest number of good starts this year. But that could change with a handful of starts.
Bullpen:
1 Kenley Jansen
2 Chris Martin (Prev: anxiety 6/2-6/18)
Zach Kelly. Called up 6/5.
3 Josh Winckowski (optioned WOR, 5/12)
4 Chase Anderson
5 Justin Slaten
6 Isaiah Campbell. (optioned WOR 6/6) (prev shoulder 4/12-6/6)
Brennan Bernardino (LHP). Called up 4/9.
Cam Booser (LHP). Called up 4/19.
7 Greg Weissert
8 Joely Rodriguez (LHP) DFA 4/28.
Brad Keller. Signed 5/26.
Bullpen Notes: 40 man depth thin at the moment, but some promising arms are in AAA.
Minors - 40 man:
Josh Winckowski. AAA. Being stretched out as a starter (not going great - 4.19 ERA as of 6/7.)
Isaiah Campbell. AAA. (prev shoulder 4/12-6/6)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. AAA. Starter.
Bailey Horn (LHP). AAA. 1 inning reliever - 1.04 ERA in 7 IP.
Wikelman Gonzalez (AA). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Luis Perales (A). Starting prospect. No realistic call-up chance.
Minors - other: (mostly high minors and therefore possibly relevant to this year)
Jorge Benetiz (LHP) AAA. A 2 inning reliever in his first AAA season. Struggled in May.
Luis Guerrero. Power RHP. Being stretched out from 1 to 2 innings in AAA.
Brendan Cellucci (LHP). A 3 inning reliever promoted from AA to AAA 4/27.
Robert Kwiatkowski. Another multi-inning arm. SSS, but looks good.
Vladimir Gutierrez. Acquired 4/18. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Joely Rodriguez (LHP) AAA. 7 day IL
Also on the 40 man are:
Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL TJ surgery
Chris Murphy (LHP): 60-day IL, likely TJ
Liam Hendricks: 60-day IL, recovering TJ, maybe available post-trade-deadline.
Bryan Mata: IL forever and ever and ever.
Brandon Walter: 60 day IL (minors)
Garret Whitlock: 60-day IL TJ.
Notes/Transactions:
Slaten is a Rule 5 claim for this year.
Joe Jacques was DFA'd to call up Booser and claimed by Arizona. May he forever be an embedded Red Sox.
Joely Rodriguez was DFA'd on April 28th. Cleared on 5/1 and outrighted to AAA.
Vladimir Gutierrez was acquired from the Brewers for cash on 4/18. AAA. DFA'd on 5/1 for Dominic Smith. Outrighted 5/6. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Sal Romano was signed as a FA on 4/26. Age 30. RHP, ML exp. Reclamation project.
Bailey Horn was acquired from the CWS (DFAd) for cash on 4/30. Optioned to AAA. Age 26. MiL LH relief pitcher.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8 for Pivetta.
Zach Kelly was optioned on 5/26 due to recent high workload and signing HWF (human white flag) Brad Keller. Called up 6/5 for Chris Martin.
Garret Whitlock moved from 15 day IL to 60-day on 6/2, following TJ surgery.
Booser and Keller down, Campbell and Winckowski up. . .
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Starting Rotation:
Bullpen:
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- Bold is the opening day roster.
- Red indicates no longer on the active 13 (and why.)
- Callups are indented under the player going on the IL (roughly). They may not have the exact same role, but may correlate with who might be sent down.
Starting Rotation:
1 Brayan Bello. (prev: IL, lat tightness, 4/21- 5/12)
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8.
2 Nick Pivetta (prev: elbow, IL 4/6-5/8)
3 Kutter Crawford
4 Tanner Houck
5 Garret Whitlock. 60 Day IL (oblique, 4/17, turned into TJ issues).
Joe Jacques (LHP). Called up 4/17. DFA 4/19.
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13, optioned 6/18.
Josh Winckowski. Called up 6/24.
Starting Depth: Anderson, Uwasawa, Dick Fitts? (N40 AAA).
Bullpen:
1 Kenley Jansen
2 Chris Martin. (prev: anxiety 6/2-6/18)
3 Josh Winckowski (moved to Starting Rotation block)
Brennan Bernardino (LHP) Called up 4/9.
4 Chase Anderson
5 Justin Slaten
6 Isaiah Campbell. (prev shoulder 4/12-6/6)
7 Greg Weissert
8 Joely Rodriguez (LHP). DFA 4/28.
Cam Booser (LHP). (optioned WOR 6/24.)
Brad Keller. (optioned WOR 6/24.)
Zach Kelly. Called up 6/5.
Bullpen Notes: 40 man depth deep at the moment.
Minors - 40 man:
Cam Booser (LHP). AAA.
Cooper Criswell. AAA.
Brad Keller. AAA.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. AAA. Starter.
Bailey Horn (LHP). AAA. 1 inning reliever - 1.69 ERA in 16 IP.
Wikelman Gonzalez (AA). Starting prospect. Bad year through June. No realistic call-up chance.
Minors - other: (mostly high minors and therefore possibly relevant to this year)
Jorge Benetiz (LHP) AAA. A 2 inning reliever in his first AAA season. Struggled in May.
Luis Guerrero. Power RHP. Being stretched out from 1 to 2 innings in AAA.
Brendan Cellucci (LHP). A 3 inning reliever promoted from AA to AAA 4/27.
Robert Kwiatkowski. Another multi-inning arm. SSS, but looks good.
Vladimir Gutierrez. Acquired 4/18. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Joely Rodriguez (LHP) AAA. 7 day IL
Also on the 40 man are:
Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL TJ surgery
Chris Murphy (LHP): 60-day IL, likely TJ
Liam Hendricks: 60-day IL, recovering TJ, maybe available post-trade-deadline.
Bryan Mata: IL forever and ever and ever.
Brandon Walter: 60 day IL (minors)
Garret Whitlock: 60-day IL TJ.
Luis Perales (A). Starting prospect. TJ late June.
Notes/Some Transactions:
Slaten is a Rule 5 claim for this year.
Joe Jacques was DFA'd to call up Booser and claimed by Arizona. May he forever be an embedded Red Sox.
Joely Rodriguez was DFA'd on April 28th. Cleared on 5/1 and outrighted to AAA.
Vladimir Gutierrez was acquired from the Brewers for cash on 4/18. AAA. DFA'd on 5/1 for Dominic Smith. Outrighted 5/6. Former starter pre-TJS in 2020. Control issues.
Sal Romano was signed as a FA on 4/26. Age 30. RHP, ML exp. Reclamation project.
Bailey Horn was acquired from the CWS (DFAd) for cash on 4/30. Optioned to AAA. Age 26. MiL LH relief pitcher.
Naoyuki Uwasawa. Called up 4/28, optioned 5/8 for Pivetta.
Zach Kelly was optioned on 5/26 due to recent high workload and signing HWF (human white flag) Brad Keller. Called up 6/5 for Chris Martin.
Brad Keller, signed 5/26, optioned 6/24.
Garret Whitlock moved from 15 day IL to 60-day on 6/2, following TJ surgery.
Josh Winckowski was optioned to WOR on 6/4 where he was stretched out as a starter - called up on 6/24.
Cam Booser: called up 5/19, optioned 6/24 when Winckowski and Campbell were ready.
Cooper Criswell. Called up 4/13, optioned 6/18. Effective stop-gap starter.
Total aside here, but I used this phrase the other day with a bunch (20+) of full grown, college-educated adults. Not one of them had ever heard of the phrase and thought I made it up. I had to show it to them on google for them to believe me, but I was stunned that not a single one of them had any knowledge of it. I mean, I know it's not a common phrase but...really?
I'd start to sprinkle in obscure 1920s lingo - then claim it's more contemporary than it is. Perhaps something like this might result:
View: https://youtu.be/5rKYL0tW-Ek?t=24
What Ho! Clearly this signals a wasted youth.They should be embarrassed...
for never having read the great P.G. Wodehouse.
I am excited to see what Campbell can do this time around. His Woo Sox numbers are terrific, including 3BB/18Ks in 12 IP and a sub 1.00 whip.
Winckowski for Keller is a no-brainer; kind of surprised to see Booser optioned, he’s been pretty darn good but am sure he will be up again.
So the rotation going forward is Pivetta tomorrow, Houck Saturday and Wink on Sunday. Kutter only threw a few pitches last night before the game was suspended, so will he just miss his turn altogether or be used out of the bullpen in the SD series this weekend? Cora has already said Bello will be pitching the middle game of the Miami series on Wednesday. Assume Crawford goes Tuesday on 6 days of rest after his short stint last night. Couldn't he throw an inning or two if needed Friday or Saturday?
My guess is no and that they're managing his innings by giving him this break. Not a huge reduction but it's something and perhaps just a little break will help. Both Pivetta and Bello had some down time (sorta....) so just Crawford and Houck are really the two that haven't missed a start so far
Agreed. We've already seen them do little things to sneak an extra day or two of rest for these guys (e.g. the two recent bullpen games) so we know they're consciously trying some type of load management. Giving Crawford essentially a skipped start will likely have some benefit later in the season. Barring an emergency, 15th inning and we're out of relievers kind of situation, no sense in working Crawford between scheduled starts.
Yeah all of that makes a ton of sense. I just wondered if they'd maybe treat it like his bullpen day since yesterday was so weird. Games don't usually start and then get delayed that quickly. The weathermen and radar watchers were all fooled.
Huh, wonder who is going down? Assuming if it was an injury, they would have gone with Booser? Horn has been pretty bad with Worcester.
(Edit- I’m, perhaps not surprisingly, wrong! He’s been very good with Worcester, was terrible with Charlotte. Still too many walks, but still….)
(Edit- I’m, perhaps not surprisingly, wrong! He’s been very good with Worcester, was terrible with Charlotte. Still too many walks, but still….)
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