The Reds have placed reliever Alexis Diaz on the 15-day injured list, per Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer (via Twitter). Diaz has arguably been the Reds most reliable reliever so far this season, logging 30 innings over 27 appearances with a 2.40 ERA/3.94 FIP. No corresponding roster move has yet been made, but the Reds did make another roster move today…
- The Reds recalled right-hander Dauri Moreta and optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A, per the team. Moreta, 25, made 15 appearances but was hit hard to the tune of a 9.88 ERA/9.21 FIP over 13 2/3 innings. He posted better results in Triple-A with a 4.05 ERA in 15 appearances spanning 13 1/3 innings.
- The Red Sox have officially added James Norwood to the active roster, the team announced. They acquired the right-handed reliever yesterday from the Phillies in exchange for cash considerations. Kutter Crawford was optioned to Triple-A to create the roster spot. Crawford, 26, has started a pair of games and pitched eight times in relief with a 6.41 ERA/5.17 FIP covering 19 2/3 innings of work.
Rob Refsnyder is the only Red Sox player i root for.
You and 400,000,000 other people.
But he’s averaging almost 97 MPH!
And all Phillies pitchers are better than their numbers, because their defense is so bad! Obey the FIP!!!
You’ll be interested to know, Lara, that several other women have been here reporting the same unbelievable earnings from doing next to nothing . . . and from home!
Small world, huh?
It’s the haters I don’t understand… guys like Refs, Brady, and Lebron with that much success are just so polarizing. People just love them or hate them.
and the IL beat goes on and on for the Reds
The Reds injuries have gotten ridiculous.
The worst part; didnt the Reds have a poor start?
Accused of tanking! IL stint after another cant help… (Fwiw, i dont think they are “tanking”) Not how you start; but finish
That was just the usual writer BS, trying to curry favor with the players by trying to claim every trade is a “tank”. I can research it later, but on 5/7, one of the writers wrote one of those articles. It was pure BS. They had a miserable 3-22, but the writer forgot the mention that they had a tone of injuries, and guys like Mahle were in a bad slump.
since they got some of their guys back, and playing better, they’ve gone 20-21. It was pure bullying, taking advantage of an injured team.
Glad they sent down Crawford. He clearly wasn’t ready and his numbers aren’t great in AAA either.
He may still make it as a 6th or 7th-inning guy but I don’t see him as a major league starter unless he makes some adjustments.
Seabold is the way better choice for a call up. Not sure why he wasn’t called up instead.
Seabold had just come off the DL when Crawford was called up for the first of his 2 starts. Crawford also was the only starter who lined up on the number of days of off between starts. If another starter is needed, it will probably be Seabold next. He got the win today 6 in – 1 er which gives him a W-L of 5-1 and ERA of 1.86.
I wonder if either Bello or Mata could help in the pen
Mata might still need some minor league seasoning. Bello would help, but ultimately it’s better to call someone else up and let him develop as a starter.
If Bello is going to come to go in the pen it won’t be until probably August. Two reasons, one is he’s not on the 40 man roster. Two, he’s only thrown 67 innings this year, I would guess they want to get him 120-130 innings total this year. Even if he came up now, he’s not getting there in the bullpen unless he’s going 3 innings every outing and even then that’s pushing it. Once he gets to about 100 in the minors, I could see it being an option.
Crawford has had a couple of good appearances, in between a couple of shaky ones. I find that usually indicates talent, My guess is that he follows Houck and Whitlock as a long guy+.
Crawford is a great starting pitcher who ended up as a reliever because there was no other choice. I’ve seen him as a starter in the minors and in Winter league and he’s awesome. The major league club gotta stop trying to turn him into a reliever. Give him some time in the upper minors and he’ll be alright
The Red Sox have tried Crawford in both spots; bullpen and starter. He pitched well in his first start (great defense helped him a lot) for the major league club, but he got hammered in his second start earlier this week. Both Seabold & Bello have much more promise than Crawford as starters for the Red Sox. If Crawford is able to stick with the major league club (and that’s a big IF), it will most likely be as a middle inning reliever. His stuff just isn’t good enough to face the same major league batters multiple times in a game.
The Red Sox have tried Crawford in both spots; bullpen and starter. He pitched well in his first start (great defense helped him a lot) for the major league club, but he got hammered in his second start. Both Seabold & Bello have much more promise than Crawford as starters for the Red Sox. If Crawford is able to stick with the major league club (and that’s a big IF), it will most likely be as a middle inning reliever. His stuff just isn’t good enough to face the same batters multiple times in a game in my opinion.