With all of the bullpen troubles, and now the Craig Kimbrel injury, this trade couldn’t have come at a better time.
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Reliever Noe Ramirez was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Kimbrel’s roster spot. The 41-year-old spent three years as Boston’s closer before moving into a setup role this season.
Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel will miss three-to-six weeks as he will undergo surgery to fix a meniscus tear in his left knee.
Manager John Farrell said Saturday the right-hander was injured shagging fly balls before Friday’s win over Tampa Bay. We can’t put guys in bubbles, and yet, you get a little bit of a change in direction and this is what happens. He injured his knee and will have to undergo surgery to fix it. Kimbrel will be set to miss anywhere between 3-6 weeks of baseball, according to the Boston Herald.
The Red Sox sent cash to the Cleveland Indians for utilityman Michael Martinez on Friday.
“With no real certainty of whether we’d be able to bring (Ziegler) back on a multi-year deal we just decided that we’d be able to get some pretty good prospects for him”, Stewart said. There’s a lot of opportunities that work in your advantage as a pitcher. A strike-throwing, ground-ball inducing submarine pitcher, he recorded a career-high 30 saves last season.
Moore (5-6) gave up four runs, two of them unearned, in six innings. Previously at Salem he hit.341 with a.976 OPS, one home run and 32 RBI in 34 games.
Travis Shaw walked gingerly to his locker Friday night, his swollen and bruised left foot colored purple with flecks of red and blue. And at the midpoint of the season, the Boston Red Sox are dealing with as much physical wear and tear as any team in the American League.
Hill was in the starting lineup Friday and Saturday. Ramirez, batting.288/.367/.435 with eight home runs and 48 RBIs through 81 games, was available to pinch hit – although he remained on the bench.
Miller’s drive gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the first. Through 53 innings, he has a 3.91 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 13 walks. “That’s what our job is”, Porcello said. No word yet on who will take over closing duties for the team now, but the most likely candidate appears to be Daniel Hudson, with Tyler Clippard moving into the eighth inning set-up role.
As outfield prospect Andrew Benintendi thrives after making the jump from Single-A Salem to Double-A Portland, the possibility that he may be able to help the Sox this season looms over the organization. Miller’s fly ball got out for a solo shot to put the Sox down 1-0, and Evan Longoria almost followed suit behind him.
In 348 games with the Diamondbacks, the 36-year-old Ziegler was 21-11 with 62 saves and a 2.49 ERA. Kimbrel will undergo surgery on Monday and is expected to miss 3-6 weeks.
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Make no mistake: Hill will have to contribute if the Red Sox are going to make the playoffs. “They haven’t indicated there’s the need for a MRI at this point”. He has not been looking like the career 1.79 ERA pitcher he is. He will join Tazawa, Kimbrel and Koji Uehara in the back end of a Boston bullpen that already lost Carson Smith to a season-ending injury and may receive more additions before the August 1 trade deadline.
