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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 14:46:04 GMT -5
Matt Barnes not looking very good again 7-2 Pitt after 8
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 15:15:06 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 31m Travis Shaw said he’s not exercising his opt-out. He said that he was told that he is ‘trending’ towards making the Opening Day roster.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 15:16:42 GMT -5
Pitt wins 7-2 Could see some cuts come later or tomorrow
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 15:46:47 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3m #RedSox moves:
Optioned to AAA: Bazardo, Hernandez.
Reassigned: Ort, Holland, Y. Sánchez, Stewart.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 16:25:01 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 25m Sox have 34 players remaining in MLB camp. So six cuts to make.
Sale and Taylor to the IL will be two. Robles going to AAA to build up makes sense, too. So three more.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 2, 2022 17:33:42 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 1h Sox have 34 players remaining in MLB camp. So six cuts to make.
Sale and Taylor to the IL will be two. Robles going to AAA to build up makes sense, too. So three more.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Apr 2, 2022 21:45:51 GMT -5
Nice AB by JBJ launches one to deep right center fans digging that actually, they have been digging him all ST must drive the FOM crazy and that makes me laugh
6-2 Pitt..getting late There are no guarantees with JBJ, after a horrible season last year, but way too many fans forget that he had a .769 OPS from 2015-2020. That's a long time. And as inconsistent as he can be from week to week, his worst OPS in those 6 years was .717. At .717, JBJ is still a pretty good player.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Apr 2, 2022 21:49:17 GMT -5
Matt Barnes not looking very good again 7-2 Pitt after 8 My pure guess is that Barnes hits the DL to build up some arm strength. And that Whitlock becomes the closer. If Whitlock struggles, then Barnes re-takes the closer spot when he returns. If Whitlock succeeds, then Barnes comes back as the setup.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:06:30 GMT -5
Injuries & Moves: Holland accepts Triple-A assignment April 2nd, 2022
Keep track of the Red Sox’s recent transactions and injury updates throughout the season. ROSTER MOVES
April 2: RHP Eduard Bazardo, LHP Darwinzon Hernandez optioned to Triple-A Worcester; RHP Kaleb Ort, LHP Derek Holland, OF Christin Stewart and INF Yolmer Sánchez reassigned to Minor League camp Hernandez, who has a 3.66 ERA for the Red Sox over 84 career appearances, didn’t make the cut due to the crowd of lefties in Boston’s bullpen. Though Josh Taylor is opening the season on the injured list, the Sox have Jake Diekman, Matt Strahm and Austin Davis as lefty options.
That lefty depth is also the reason Holland was informed after Saturday’s game that he won’t make the team. Holland, who has 346 Major League appearances under his belt, informed the Red Sox that he will report to Triple-A Worcester rather than exercise the first opt-out in his contract. Holland confirmed on Twitter that he has a second opt-out on May 1.
“That's one where we talked to him just because, 12 years in the big leagues, he deserved us to be up front with him,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. -- Ian Browne
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:08:34 GMT -5
Sale's rib healing well, feels 'night and day' JBJ tumbles into 'pen attempting catch; Barnes' velo still 'not there'April 2nd, 2022 Ian Browne Ian Browne @ianmbrowne FORT MYERS, Fla. -- An upbeat Chris Sale has noticed a huge difference in recent days as he recovers from a stress fracture in his right rib cage that he sustained while pitching during the lockout. “Night and day,” said Sale on Saturday. “I can run. I can jump. I can twist. I can start doing some things. There is nothing going on with the muscle. It’s just the bone, which is a good thing. But you have to make sure the muscles don’t do something before the bone is ready to handle it. “They attach. This pulls on this. And if this pulls too much, it can be irritated or do something to it. Dotting the I’s, crossing the T’s, making sure we’re exactly where we need to be -- not around where we need to be, and do this thing the right way and go with it.” Boston’s lefty ace underwent a follow-up MRI on Thursday, and the Red Sox's medical staff interpreted the results to him on Friday. “It said the bone is healing, everything is shrinking,” said Sale. “The edema is going away. So, yeah, good news.” The timetable for Sale’s return to the Red Sox is dependent on when he can start a throwing program. Does the stress fracture have to be completely healed before Sale can play catch? “That’s something I don’t know. I’m not 100 percent [sure],” said Sale. “The way I feel right now, I feel like I could go throw today and be alright. But there is a difference between going out and throwing and being alright, and going out and throwing and being great. I think that’s along the lines of what they want me to be before we start doing this.” JBJ misses theft, but goes deep Jackie Bradley Jr. found himself in the Boston bullpen while unsuccessfully trying to rob a home run from Pirates shortstop Diego Castillo in the sixth inning of Saturday’s game. In his next at-bat, he swatted his second home run of Spring Training. Coming off the worst season of his career offensively, Bradley has been swinging the bat better during the latter part of the spring. “Jackie’s gonna play against righties,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “He's not gonna get many at-bats against lefties unless we're leading in the game and we need his defense in the outfield. But I do believe, compared to where he was early in spring, where he's at right now, it's good. “[Hitting coach] Pete [Fatse], and the group, they've been working hard with him on a few things. I think at the end of the day, it’s just, get ready on time so you’re able to recognize and make sound decisions. I think so far he's been solid.” Next up for Nate? Yankee Stadium Righty Nathan Eovaldi stretched out to 5 2/3 innings in Saturday afternoon’s 7-2 loss to the Pirates, allowing three earned runs while walking none and striking out seven. Up next? A start against the Yankees for Opening Day on Thursday. “Yeah, I’ve been looking forward to this start for the last week or two,” Eovaldi said. “So it’s just , try not to jump too far ahead, and now I’m past this last start of Spring Training so it’s full go, lock in on the Yankees, and be ready to go.”
Lack of velocity from Barnes a concern If there is one area of the Red Sox that looks unsettled heading into the season, it is the bullpen. Cora has yet to reveal who his closer will be when the season starts.
Matt Barnes is hoping to win back the ninth inning after pitching himself out of that role down the stretch last year. But the righty’s fastball has mainly been in the 92-93 mph range this spring, and that continued on Saturday, when he allowed a run on two hits in one inning. Get the latest from the Red Sox
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“I mean, the velo’s not there. We see it. It's 92-93,” Cora said. “Right now, I don't know if it’s his mechanics or the short spring, but last year, from the get-go, the velo was there. His first outing, he was throwing 96-97. I think maybe he’s hit 95 a few times, but he's been inconsistent with the velocity.”
“He has two more [outings in Spring Training] if I'm not mistaken. Hopefully his velo picks up before we get [to Opening Day], because that was a game-changer last year -- velo and attacking. So we’ll take a look at it and keep working with him. That's something that caught my attention today.
“Today's, what, the third or fourth [appearance]? You saw the kids throwing 95-96. We’re in the stage of the spring, regardless of where we’re at, 19 days, 20 days, whatever, we’re almost there, and we need to get going.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:15:39 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes working through velocity concerns By Alex Speier Globe Staff,Updated April 2, 2022, 6:55 p.m.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — It is both early and late in spring training, a notion that makes it both understandable and perhaps a bit concerning for the Red Sox as they watch their relievers prepare for the season.
On Saturday, Matt Barnes prompted a measure of consternation while allowing one run on two hits in an inning of work. More notable to the Red Sox than the righthander’s line was the story being told by his velocity readings. Barnes mostly pitched with his four-seam fastball at 92-93 mph, down from the mid- to high-90s residence he assumed last spring en route to an All-Star first half.
“We’re almost [to Opening Day] and we need to get going,” saidRed Sox manager Alex Cora. “The velo’s not there. We see it. … That was a game-changer last year – velo and attacking. So we’ll take a look at it and keep working with him.”
Barnes, who will make two more spring training appearances before the team breaks camp Tuesday, is not the only one to elicit concern.
Ryan Brasier’s velocity was down early in the spring. Lefty Jake Diekman, who pitched in a minor league camp game on Saturday, his second of back-to-back days on the mound, has struggled to throw strikes. Hansel Robles, who signed a minor league deal two weeks ago, but just joined the club after resolving visa issues in recent days, has yet to appear in a spring training game.
Cora noted that, in a spring training compressed by the lockout, bullpen arms seem to be scrambling to get the repetitions necessary for a normal spring build-up.
“Relievers are the ones who have quote-unquote suffered,” said Cora. “[But] we expect them to be ready. I think everybody’s in the same boat.” Sale still docked
For Chris Sale, a recent pain-free sneeze offered reassurance that the stress fracture in his right ribcage has healed significantly. An MRI on Thursday offered greater clarity.
“The bone is healing, everything is shrinking. The edema is going away,” said Sale. “Good news.”
The bone has healed to the point Sale has been able to increase his physical activity to run, jump, and more notably, twist. But the lefthander, now just over five weeks removed from suffering the injury, has not been cleared to start throwing. Sale described his situation as one of “dotting the I’s, crossing the T’s,” with a determination to let the bone heal completely before he starts throwing rather thanto the point of pain tolerance.
“I feel like I could go out and throw today and be alright. But there is a difference between going out and throwing and being alright and going out and throwing and being great,” said Sale. “I think that’s along the lines of what they want me to be.”
Because he has not thrown for over a month, Sale will have to follow a full progression – throwing, then throwing off a mound, then facing hitters in live batting practice before pitching in rehab games – before rejoining the big league team. While the 33-year-old expressed optimism that he won’t be starting from “zero” based on how much he’d built arm strength prior to his late-February injury, a best-case scenario remains a return in May. Trimming to size
First baseman Travis Shaw was informed by the team that he is “trending” towards making the Opening Day roster, offering the 31-year-old enough reassurance to pass on exercising his right to opt out on Saturday. Shaw, who’d spent the lockout in free-agent limbo, signed a minor league deal with the Sox in mid-March.
“To go from sitting at home eight days into spring training to possibly making the Opening Day roster is all you can ask for,” said Shaw.
The team informed lefthander Derek Holland that he will not make the Opening Day roster, leaving the veteran, who signed a minor league deal with the club last month, with a decision about whether to opt out of his contract or accept an assignment to Triple-A Worcester. Holland was one of six cuts Saturday. The Sox also optioned lefty Darwinzon Hernandez and righthander Eduard Bazardo, while reassigning Holland, righthander Kaleb Ort, outfielder Christin Stewart, and infielder Yolmer Sánchez to minor league camp.
The moves left 34 active players in camp, six more than the Opening Day roster limit of 28. Special guests
An eclectic group of Red Sox champions visited Fort Myers on Saturday. Derek Lowe, who won three clinching games in 2004, visited the backfields of Fenway South to take in Garrett Whitlock’s outing before spending a couple of innings in the booth on WEEI. Daisuke Matsuzaka, who owns a World Series ring from 2007, and Koji Uehara, a 2013 titlist, were also on hand, with Uehara joined by his son, Kaz, a pitching prospect at the IMG Academy … Former Red Sox Michael Chavis, dealt to Pittsburgh last year for Austin Davis, had a tremendous day for the Pirates, making an excellent backhand play at third and homering to right-center off Nate Eovaldi … The Red Sox were relieved to avoid disaster Saturday when Shaw collided with Red Sox prospect Nick Yorke on a wind-blown infield pop-up. Yorke, after a brief visit from the trainer, stayed in the game and went 0 for 2 with a walk.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:17:35 GMT -5
SPRING TRAINING REPORT Saturday’s Red Sox spring training report: Nate Eovaldi increases workload By Alex Speier Globe Staff,Updated April 2, 2022, 5:31 p.m.
Score: Pirates 7, Red Sox 2
Record: 9-7.
Breakdown: Though he tired in his final inning of work, Nate Eovaldi built his workload to 5⅔ innings and 94 pitches, allowing five runs (three earned) on seven hits in his final tuneup for Opening Day. Eovaldi struck out seven, walked none, and allowed two homers — one to Pirates (and former Red Sox) third baseman Michael Chavis. Though the Red Sox amassed 11 hits, nine were singles, and the team went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, resulting in the modest two-run yield.
Next: The Sox will travel to CoolToday Park in North Port to play Atlanta at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. Nick Pivetta will start for the Red Sox. The game will be carried on NESN and WEEI.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:19:18 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 11h #RedSox moves:
Optioned to AAA: Bazardo, Hernandez.
Reassigned: Ort, Holland, Y. Sánchez, Stewart.
Sox have 34 players remaining in MLB camp. So six cuts to make.
Sale and Taylor to the IL will be two. Robles going to AAA to build up makes sense, too. So three more.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 3:32:58 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 8h Not real surprised Darwinson is heading to Worcester. I wrote this in December, and I think the best thing for him could be making him earn his way back to Boston by finally harnessing his stuff a bit.
I've felt all along that Barnes would get the nod to close early in the season and go from there, but I'm now wondering if there is a save chance on opening day if it might be Strahm. Without the benefit of statcast this spring, his stuff seems the most explosive + good control.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 3, 2022 8:36:35 GMT -5
on the road to play the Braves Pivetta vs Wright
1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 4. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 5. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B 6. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF 7. Christian Vazquez (R) C 8. Jonathan Arauz (S) SS 9. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 2B
1. Dansby Swanson (R) SS 2. Matt Olson (L) 1B 3. Austin Riley (R) 3B 4. Marcell Ozuna (R) LF 5. Ozzie Albies (S) DH 6. Adam Duvall (R) CF 7. Alex Dickerson (L) RF 8. Orlando Arcia (R) 2B 9. Manny Pina (R) C
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