Free-agent right-hander Jhoulys Chacin conducted a workout with the Red Sox on Friday, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald reports. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and manager Alex Cora were on hand to watch Chacin throw a bullpen session in Anaheim, but it’s unknown whether Boston will sign the hurler.
Chacin has been available since the Brewers released him Monday, which was an especially damning transaction when considering the adversity their rotation has gone through this season. After back-to-back quality seasons with the Padres and Brewers, Chacin dealt with multiple injuries and struggled to a 5.79 ERA/5.68 FIP with 8.12 K/9 and 3.86 BB/9 in 19 starts and 88 2/3 innings this year. The Brewers elected to cut ties with Chacin as a result, even though they’re short on viable starters and had to eat the rest of his $6MM salary in releasing him.
The Red Sox are also in dire straits in their rotation, leading to their interest in Chacin. They’re likely to go without injured ace Chris Sale for the rest of the year, while David Price (nearing activation from the IL), Nathan Eovaldi and Rick Porcello haven’t given the team the type of production it expected entering the campaign. Thanks in part to their starting staff’s issues, the defending champion Red Sox are a strong bet to miss the playoffs. Nevertheless, they could take a late-season flier on Chacin, who has a fan in Sox scout Steve Peck, according to Silverman. The club worked out Chacin at Peck’s recommendation.
Yankees get him!
Shakes my head.
Of course they are
If they do sign him they should do it tonight so he car start tomorrow’s game… he may not be great but he’s probably better than whatever “bullpen” gamelan they have for tomorrow. Brian Johnson is the most likely candidate to start – and while I like and respect the guy he’s been pretty bad as a starter this year (last time out 3 runs in the 1st without getting an out — granted he did settle down to go 3 innings allowing the 3 runs) but if Chacin could come in and give them 5 innings even giving up 4 runs… I’d probably take it at this point lol
Nice touch with bullpen gamelan.
I’m so glad we traded jon Lester for nothing
Yeah because that trade in 2014 affects what is happening now.
It kind of does considering they still do have a piece that came out of that deal.
Actually, it has a HUGE effect on right now. It’s all about the dominos.
Had Lester stayed, then you aren’t as desperate to bring Price in saving $$$.
But even if you did sign price, you almost certainly don’t also trade for Sale. (Who knows what happens the last 3 years without THAT core.)
It’s a bigger spiral than you make it seem, but, any deal extending Lester without that lowball insult would’ve had a AAV much lower than Price/Sale, probably about an eovaldi price point and about to expire…
An important omission in your comment is that the Red Sox won the World Series last year with Sale and Price.
Look at the trail. Cespedes came back who was quickly dealt for Porcello. Forget this year. Porcello only won the CYA in 16 and was a key playoff contributor last year. As much as not re-signing Lester was a mistake, the trade return was fine. Win-win for the Sox and the Cubbies. Not so much for the A’s but even the Tigers got a return when Cespedes was flipped to the Mets. In all, the Sox won the trade with the A’s although like most trades the dividends took time to realize.
That is ignorant. The Sox essentially got price and porcello for Lester. The Sox traded Lester for cespedes and then swapped him for porcello who has won a cy young and helped them win a world series. Dealing Lester also helped them sign price. And although price may not be the greatest fit and porcello may not be a perrenial cy young winner, I would still rather have price and porcello over just lester
Sorry 123, I stopped before reading your post. Wasn’t trying to steal your thunder.
Cashner won the game for them last night. Who knows anymore. Maybe this guy helps keep it alive.
I actually think Cashner is going to wind up to be pretty solid in the pen… unfortunately he threw 4 innings last night and they were planning a “bullpen” game today so that leaves them with only Brian Johnson (basically) who can go multiple innings… so barring a transaction today (which may have to happen) they’re going to be in really rough shape for tonight’s game.
I’ve been saying they should grab this guy since the Braves dropped him.