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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 2:26:15 GMT -5
Red Sox @ Yankees Friday, June 9th 7pm @ Boogie Down
Whitlock 2-2/5.91
Cole 7-0/ 2.82
Sub-.500 Red Sox open set vs. Aaron Judge-less Yanks FLM
After splitting a doubleheader in less-than-ideal sky conditions on Thursday, the host Yankees will attempt to capitalize on some recent struggles by the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series between the longtime rivals on Friday night.
New York is 7-4 over its past 11 contests after the twin bill against the Chicago White Sox. In the first game, Yankees reliever Michael King allowed a two-run homer in the seventh inning in a 6-5 loss, but three New York pitchers combined on a two-hitter in a 3-0 victory in the nightcap.
Billy McKinney, who was promoted from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when Judge landed on the injured list with a sprained and bruised right big toe, tripled and scored in his season debut in the first game on Thursday. He hit a solo home run in the second game.
"Good to see him come up, and like some of the other guys that have gotten opportunities, he came up and contributed," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
McKinney, who was hitting .274 at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, will be part out of an outfield rotation that includes Willie Calhoun, Jake Bauers and Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Calhoun, who batted leadoff in both games, homered in the opener and had three hits on the day. In the second game, he doubled before Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
McKinney said, "Just help the team win, that's the goal, and win as many games as we can. Obviously Aaron Judge, he's one of a kind, just do my best to help the team win, and that's all that matters."
Boston heads to New York for the first time since getting swept in a four-game series last September.
This year, the Red Sox were 26-20 after earning a 4-2 win in San Diego on May 20. Since then, they are 5-12.
Boston slipped back under .500 for the first time since April 28 after losing two of three to the host Cleveland Guardians this week.
After winning the opener 5-4 on Tuesday, the Red Sox lost 5-2 on Wednesday. The rubber game brought an ugly 10-3 defeat on Thursday when Boston starter Matt Dermody allowed two homers to Jose Ramirez, and Corey Kluber allowed the star third baseman to hit another one in the sixth.
The Red Sox also sat Alex Verdugo for not hustling on the bases in the seventh inning on Wednesday. Verdugo is expected to return to the lineup on Friday.
"We just felt like on that play his reaction wasn't a great one, not hustling his behind to second," Boston manager Alex Cora said. "I don't know if he was out or safe, but I didn't like it. I felt like it wasn't acceptable, and he knows it."
Gerrit Cole (7-0, 2.82 ERA) gets the start on Friday for the Yankees after exiting his last outing early due to cramping. In a 6-3 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, Cole allowed one run on four hits in six innings while throwing 80 pitches.
Cole is 7-3 with a 4.40 ERA in 15 career starts against the Red Sox.
Boston's Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.61 ERA) will make his sixth start and third since returning from an injured right elbow. After allowing one run in five innings on May 27 at Arizona, Whitlock surrendered four runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. The Red Sox rallied for an 8-5 victory in that game.
Whitlock, an 18th-round pick by the Yankees in 2017, is 3-1 with a 2.00 ERA in 12 career appearances -- all in relief -- against New York since Boston picked him up as a Rule 5 pick following the 2020 season.
--Field Level Media Red Sox at Yankees
Friday, at 7:05 PM EST
Rainy It's expected to be 67° F with a 54% chance of rain and 5 MPH wind blowing out in New York City at 7:05 PM EST. Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 2:29:55 GMT -5
Other Match Ups
Saturday, 7:30 Houck 3-5/ 5.46 vs German 3-3/ 3.69
Sunday, 8pm, Bello 3-4/ 3.97 vs Schmidt 2-6/ 4.96
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 2:30:35 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 5h Dermody was DFA'd after the game, which makes room for Duvall on both the 40-man and 26-man rosters.
Cora indicated there could be two other moves.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 2:38:32 GMT -5
This has the potential to be just a shitty week-end of baseball add to the fact that as usual the Bombers are over rated.
Insufferable Mike Kay likely tonight, in what could be a rain delay game
the fools on FOX on Saturday, who would mention the Yankees in every sentence
and then the shit show that is ESPN where they care more about yuks in the booth, and interviewing during the game.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 2:42:02 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 6h Kluber needs to be DFA'd but the pitching situation is so injured and f@#$#d at the moment I don't know what they can do. Underreported storyline is what roster moves they are going to make tomorrow.
Whitlock, Houck, Bello, Paxton, Crawford now lined up. Rested bullpen --with a weaker underbelly now-- heading into 6 vs. NYY in the next 9 games. Sox could run out their opening day lineup tomorrow: Verdugo, Devers, Turner, Yoshida, Duvall, Casas, Arroyo, McGuire, Hernandez
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 6:19:34 GMT -5
Cortes is right heck, the last big spark moment between the Sox and Yanks is when Dempster plunked the asshole coming off his PED suspension.
Alex Cora replies to Yankees hurler saying Red Sox’ play lessens rivalry
Updated: Jun. 09, 2023, 5:03 a.m.|Published: Jun. 09, 2023, 5:02 a.m.
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. made an interesting comment about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry ahead of this weekend’s series.
The two teams will meet for the first time in 2023 when they open a three-game set at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
“It doesn’t feel like what we have with Tampa now, or with Toronto now,” Cortes told Fox Sports. “You could argue that (the Red Sox) haven’t been who they really are the last couple years.”
Red Sox manager Alex Cora was asked to respond to Cortes’ comment before Boston’s 10-3 loss to the Guardians in Cleveland on Thursday. The Red Sox (31-32) dropped a game below .500 for the first time since April 28. They are in last place in the AL East, 14 games behind the first-place Rays.
The Yankees are 10 games above .500 with a 37-27 record but they are in third place, 8 ½ games behind Tampa and two games behind third-place Baltimore. The fourth-place Blue Jays are one game behind the Yankees.
“We haven’t been good for like a year and a half but it hasn’t been a couple of years.,” Cora said. “I think we had a great season in ‘21. We were two games away from making it to the World Series. Yeah, last year we finished last. This year, we’re last. I still enjoy the rivalry. I think it’s still fun.
“Obviously the last five or six years, when the games are louder and we get the spotlight — it was in ‘18 and ‘21 — we didn’t struggle there,” Cora continued. “I know they’re good. And they’re really good at what they do. He’s been part of it the last two years, three years. And he’s been outstanding. But from our end, obviously we want to be better on a consistent basis. ... Kind of like consistent as they are making it to the playoffs but I think obviously as far as the rivalry, when it was loud and the spotlight was there, we did a pretty good job with them.”
The Red Sox beat the Yankees in the 2021 AL Wild Card game in front of an electric Fenway Park crowd. But they went just 6-13 against New York last season.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 6:21:13 GMT -5
One interesting thing though I think it is awesome that Varitek has not spoken or even lightly tried to reach to that scum bag A-rod since 2004.
My Captain, My Captain.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 6:26:14 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Lack of hustle in Wednesday’s game apparently lands Alex Verdugo on the Red Sox bench By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated June 8, 2023, 11:40 p.m.
CLEVELAND — Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo was removed from Wednesday’s loss to the Guardians after not hustling out a play during the top of the seventh inning, according to a league source.
As a result, he was benched in Thursday’s 10-3 series finale loss to Cleveland.
With the Sox down, 5-2, with two outs and Verdugo on first after reaching on a fielder’s choice, Masataka Yoshida hit a slow tapper to the right side of the infield that was fielded by first baseman Josh Naylor. Naylor had to charge the ball, leaving him with just a force play at second to attempt.
Had Verdugo been running faster, Naylor wouldn’t have had much of a shot at getting him.
Instead, Verdugo wasn’t running at full speed, and even looked back and hesitated, trying to see where the ball was despite there being two outs.
To make matters worse, Naylor delivered an off-target throw to shortstop Amed Rosario covering second. But Rosario held the bag to end the inning. Verdugo yelled in anger after the play, perhaps knowing he had made a mistake.
“I don’t know if he’s safe or out,” Cora said before the series finale. “But I didn’t like it.”
It was a missed opportunity for the Sox, who might have wound up with runners at first and second with Justin Turner up, facing lefthander Sam Hentges.
Verdugo was removed in the bottom of the eighth, with Jarren Duran moving from center to right field. Kiké Hernández went from shortstop to center, Pablo Reyes went from second to short, and Christian Arroyo went in at second and took over Verdugo’s leadoff spot in the order.
Cora spoke to Verdugo Thursday. Verdugo has been one of the team’s best players this year, batting .286 with a .814 OPS and five homers. He came into the day tied with the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. for first in the majors among right fielders with eight defensive runs saved.
“One of the things with Dugie as a player this year, there’s not too many things you can question,” Cora said. “Defensively, he’s one of the best in the big leagues. Offensively, he’s been solid. Even base running which was one of the things he needed to get better at.
“But, obviously, where we are at — and I didn’t want to use him as an example because we have to be better in a lot of aspects — but yesterday, I felt like ‘You know what, that’s not acceptable.’ He knows that. So, I took him out of the game.”
The Sox ultimately fell to the Guardians by that same score, putting them back at .500 on the year (31-31).
The Sox recently held a players-only meeting Monday, highlighting the sense of urgency the team must play with considering they are in last place in the American League East. Last month, Verdugo, who has tried to take on more of a vocal role with the Sox, called a players-only meeting of his own.
That, though, hasn’t been enough, and the decision to keep Verdugo on the bench represents another moment in which the Sox are fighting to stay afloat.
“There are certain plays that we expect him to go,” Cora said, “because they’re game changers.”
Verdugo declined an interview request Thursday before the game.
Wildfires wreak havoc
The Yankees-White Sox matchup Wednesday was postponed because of hazardous air quality in New York. The White Sox and Yankees played a traditional doubleheader Thursday at Yankee Stadium, and the Red Sox will travel there for a three-game set beginning Friday.
Even though the air quality is improving, it does bring some concern. The Red Sox have their families on the road with them during this two-city road trip for Sox family week, meaning some of the Sox players and staff members will also have their children in New York.
“Since they’re playing, I think things are a lot better,” Cora said. “But yesterday, it looked like a Star Wars movie. It looked ugly. Hopefully we can play the weekend over there and same as other places, you know, and we can keep moving.” Other notes
Adam Duvall (right wrist fracture) is off Thursday and will be activated Friday in New York ... Lefthander Matt Dermody was designated for assignment. Cora indicated there could be two moves made Friday … Infielder Yu Chang (broken hamate bone) is set to return to the roster on Monday. Chang went 1 for 2 at Triple A Worcester Thursday ... Lefthander Richard Bleier (shoulder inflammation) is not progressing as hoped; he recently began playing catch and felt some soreness. ... The pitching matchups for this weekend’s Sox-Yankee series: Garrett Whitlock vs. Gerritt Cole; Tanner Houck vs. Domingo German; and Brayan Bello vs. Clarke Schmidt. The Yankees (37-27) will be without Aaron Judge, who recently landed on the injured list with a toe injury.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 6:29:03 GMT -5
Joel Sherman Source: Lefty reliever Joe Jacques -- Red Bank HS in NJ and Manhattan College alum -- is being called up by the Red Sox to join their bullpen prior to tonight's series opener at Yankee Stadium. He was a minor league Rule 5 selection away from the Pirates last year.
Chris Hatfield @spchrishatfield 6m So the Red Sox are, in fact, going to make another 40-man spot. Mentioned last night Jacques might be the best option if they did. Jacques has a heavy sinker: lowest induced vertical break in the system this year, GB% above 57%. Doesn't throw hard but pretty good
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 9:12:57 GMT -5
More trash
Red Sox To Select Joe Jacques
By Nick Deeds | June 9, 2023 at 7:39am CDT
The Red Sox are poised to select the contract of left-hander Joe Jacques prior to this evening’s game against the Yankees, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The club will need to clear space on both the active and 40-man rosters to accommodate Jacques.
While it had previously been reported that the club plans to designate Matt Dermody for assignment today, that 40-man and active roster spot appears set to go to outfielder Adam Duvall, meaning an additional move will be needed to make room for Jacques. Alex Speier of the Boston Globe speculated last night that right-hander Bryan Mata, who has been on the injured list in Triple-A for the past month and does not appear close to a return, could be transferred to the 60-Day IL to clear a 40-man roster spot for another pitcher, though it certainly remains possible the Red Sox decide to go a different route in clearing space for Jacques.
The 28-year-old Jacques would be poised to make his MLB debut with the Red Sox. A 33rd round pick by the Pirates in the 2018 draft, Jacques has spent the past several seasons climbing the minor league ladder, eventually reaching Triple-A in 2021, though he posted a mediocre 4.31 ERA in 48 innings at the level that season. 2022 was far more impressive for Jacques, as the left-hander posted a strong 3.12 ERA in 43 1/3 innings pitched primarily at the Triple-A level. That performance was enough to catch the attention of the Red Sox, who selected Jacques from the Pirates during the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.
Jacques has continued to succeed at the Triple-A level with his new organization this season, posting a 3.58 ERA in 27 1/3 appearances. Though his 20% strikeout rate might leave something to be desired compared to many power relievers in the majors, a 7.5% walk rate and a whopping 56.3% groundball rate both leave Jacques in position to potentially succeed at the big league level. In joining the Red Sox bullpen, Jacques would give Boston another left-handed option alongside Brennan Bernardino while Joely Rodriguez and Richard Bleier are on the injured list.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 13:14:10 GMT -5
The Red Sox took a stand Thursday. If only it was one that made them more watchable. Two notable storylines from Thursday: Alex Verdugo's benching, and the controversial decision to pitch Matt Dermody during Pride Month.
By Jon Couture June 9, 2023 | 1:00 PM
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Every day, we can all decide what we will and won’t stand for. We can draw lines in the sand. We can make statements, in action or omission. Most aren’t important, because most are fungible — the humans and the lines.
The Red Sox are neither, which made Thursday notable. The Red Sox drew a clear, definitive line on Thursday. They made clear there are things they’ll allow, but there are others they absolutely will not.
They benched Alex Verdugo because he didn’t really run to second base in Wednesday’s loss in Cleveland.
“Dugie as a player this year, you know, there’s not too many things that we can question,” manager Alex Cora told reporters. “Defensively, he’s one of the best in the big leagues. Offensively, he’s been solid. Even baserunning, which is one of the things that he needed to get better, he’s doing a good job.
“Obviously where we’re at, and I’m not using him as an example because we have to be better in a lot of aspects, but [Wednesday], I felt like, you know what, that’s not acceptable. And he knows it, so I took him out of the game and then today he’s not starting.”
A bit of a word salad, the perfect side when the entrée is this play. Hardly the most memorable gaffe of these 12 losses in 17 games which have the Sox back below .500 (31-32) with a dead-even run differential — 316 scored, fifth-best in the majors, and 316 allowed, sixth-worst.
It reminds of the adage that a player doesn’t have to worry when their coach is yelling at them, they have to worry when the coach stops bothering. In that ramble about not using Verdugo as an example is the unspoken that all sides know Verdugo is better than that. He responded so well when called out last fall, and when Cora looks around his clubhouse, it’s not exactly lousy with superstar potential.
Can Verdugo be a superstar? I don’t know. Same as I don’t know whether José Ramírez is over that mythical line. The four-time Silver Slugger, and four-time top four in MVP voting, certainly played like it Thursday, taking an utterly forgettable game in front of 20-odd thousand and making it something with his first career three-homer night.
It’s not dimmed by the competition, though it probably should be. Ramírez’s first two came off Matt Dermody, a 32-year-old making his first major-league start, whose Triple-A pedigree was four solid outings in a row last month. The third was off Corey Kluber, and was the first of eight straight hits off this year’s Red Sox rotational scratch ticket.
That Cora left the two-time Cy Young winner in to reset his bullpen heading to New York, and wear 11 hits and seven runs, felt like a last call. (Especially when Cora took mercy and pulled Kluber two outs from the end.) Instead, it was Dermody who was designated for assignment before the Sox left town.
Shocker, that.
Look, you know the story of the “deleted homophobic tweet” by now. I wouldn’t want to rehash it even if I hadn’t spent most of this week hoping the cloud of burning Canada kept away from my house. The short answer to all of it is the Red Sox thought they could slip him through the way the Bruins thought they could slip Mitchell Miller through.
But therein lies the part I’ll never understand, and that I can never explain. Why bother?
The Miller signing was ridiculous, but at least he was a prospect. A reasonably good junior player. A North Dakota commit before his past resurfaced. A draft pick. What exactly made Matt Dermody uniquely qualified for Thursday’s opportunity?
You couldn’t have gotten four mediocre innings for your mediocre team from anywhere else? You need to fill out your system? I get it. But none of the other dozens of pitchers you employ were more worthy of a big-league taste?
“We’re mindful of the optics here,” Sox architect Chaim Bloom told MassLive. “But it’s more important to us to get the substance right.”
“We cannot dictate the religious beliefs or political views of our players and employees,” Sox CEO Sam Kennedy told MassLive in a statement, “but we do require they treat people in our organization and ballpark with respect and professionalism.”
Respect and professionalism. Just what I was thinking of when, like many fans who bothered to look, I found a tweet from December that Dermody still has liked on his Twitter account. Namely that “[Dr. Anthony] Fauci needs to be indicted, convicted and sentenced to the death penalty for crimes against humanity. Hanging would be appropriate. In prime time on national TV.”
I’m not naïve, and I’ve covered baseball long enough to know the secret behind the words of Sox brass. There are Matt Dermodys in every organization. There are a lot of Anthony Basses — who, as if solely to remind air pollution causes brain damage, has been chosen by the Blue Jays to catch Pride Weekend’s ceremonial first pitch. If you started policing views, you’d literally do nothing else.
That’s life. Ideally, the clubhouse can be like the military barracks of old, opposing viewpoints forced together and forced to understand a world beyond their own childhoods. I could not help but think, while reading another Dermody liked tweet about the Bible verse stressing the value in beating your kids, back to the recent Washington Post story about fundamentalist Christian families learning public schools may not be the evil their parents told them they were.
And then I got angry because I’d spent four hours trying to say this all delicately, and that I’d just cited a story about fundamentalist Christians in an ostensible Red Sox story without a hint of irony.
As someone who has spent much of this space trying to validate the construction of the 2023 Red Sox, Thursday was a line of sorts — as fungible as any other. This team is three weeks removed from playing any sustained form of watchable baseball. Injuries play a role. Bad breaks are real.
But the defense stinks and the pitching stinks and the offense can’t paper over it every night. They arrive in New York looking listless and lost, foundering to find a reason to give themselves and their fans a reason to rally.
On Thursday night, the manager sat down his best all-around player for a borderline lack of hustle. His bosses told him to explain Matt Dermody’s place in his clubhouse for them.
There’s not subjecting yourselves to the whims of public perception. Then there’s ignoring logical criticism for no logical reason, solely because you know you can get away with it.
Shame on them for the latter.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 13:15:34 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 2h Air quality looking good in NYC for Sox-Yankees.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 13:22:08 GMT -5
Game 64: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notesBy Emma Healy Globe Staff,Updated June 9, 2023, 10:14 a.m. After a series loss in Cleveland, the Red Sox will continue their road trip in New York with the first contest of a three-game series Friday. It will be the first meeting of the season between the AL East clubs, rekindling a historic rivalry at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are 22-13 since the beginning of May and in third place in the AL East, and in the third and final wild-card playoff spot. The Red Sox, meanwhile, are 16-18 in that span and in last place. Aaron Judge remains out with a right big toe injury, leaving the Yankees without their star slugger. The Yankees placed Judge on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after he crashed into the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium Saturday. Here’s your preview. Lineups RED SOX (31-32): 1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF 2. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF 3. Justin Turner (R) DH 4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 5. Adam Duvall (R) CF 6. Triston Casas (L) 1B 7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B 8. Connor Wong (R) C 9. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS Pitching: RHP Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.61 ERA) YANKEES (37-27): 1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B 4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH 5. Jake Bauers (L) RF 6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF 7. Billy McKinney (L) LF 8. Jose Trevino (R) C 9. Anthony Volpe (R) SS Pitching: RHP Gerrit Cole (7-0, 2.82 ERA) Time: 7:05 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Cole: Christian Arroyo 1-5, Triston Casas 1-2, Rafael Devers 7-30, Jarren Duran 2-10, Kiké Hernández 7-17, Reese McGuire 1-13, Rob Refsnyder 0-6, Justin Turner 3-6, Alex Verdugo 8-28 Yankees vs. Whitlock: Willie Calhoun 0-1, Josh Donaldson 0-4, Kyle Higashioka 0-2, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-5, DJ LeMahieu 2-8, Anthony Rizzo 0-3, Giancarlo Stanton 0-6, Gleyber Torres 0-4, Jose Trevino 0-2 Stat of the day: Gerrit Cole is 7-3 with a 4.40 ERA in 15 career starts against the Red Sox. Notes: Gerrit Cole (7-0, 2.82 ERA) gets the start on Friday for the Yankees after exiting his last outing early due to cramping. ... In a 6-3 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, Cole allowed one run on four hits in six innings while throwing 80 pitches. ... Boston’s Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.61 ERA) will make his sixth start and third since returning from an injured right elbow. ... After allowing one run in five innings on May 27 at Arizona, Whitlock surrendered four runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. The Red Sox rallied for an 8-5 victory in that game. ... Whitlock, an 18th-round pick by the Yankees in 2017, is 3-1 with a 2.00 ERA in 12 career appearances -- all in relief – against New York since Boston picked him up as a Rule 5 pick following the 2020 season. Song of the Day: Men At Work - Overkill www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY7S6EgSlCI
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 14:45:57 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 2m Sox moves:
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 9, 2023 14:57:15 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 5m With Chris Sale transferred to the 60 day injured list, the earliest he can pitch again for the Red Sox is Aug. 2.
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