The Red Sox have designated Michael Feliz for assignment, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com (via Twitter). Reliever Kaleb Ort will be added to the roster today to take Feliz’s roster spot, adds Cotillo.
Boston originally signed Feliz last August, but the Athletics claimed him off waivers just a month later. The Red Sox signed Feliz again this offseason. The 29-year-old has just one appearance on the year. In Triple-A, Felix logged 24 2/3 innings across 18 outings (three starts) with a 3.28 ERA.
The bullpen is one area where Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom may look to upgrade the roster before the August 2nd trade deadline, writes Cotillo. Garrett Whitlock is working his way back through a rehab assignment, so there’s at least one internal improvement on the way. The Red Sox also expect Josh Taylor to come back and be a weapon from the left side.
As for Feliz, the 29-year-old will again be exposed to waivers. Feliz has spent time with the Astros, Pirates, Reds, and Athletics, in addition to the Red Sox. He has now appeared in the Majors for eight straight seasons, compiling an overall 5.29 ERA/4.17 FIP in 228 appearances totaling 250 innings.
Ort, 30, made his Major League debut last season for the Red Sox, facing just three batters. He has a 3.12 ERA across 33 appearances in Triple-A this season, however.
IMO Taylor may be a much longer time coming back as he continues to get absolutely shelled in his rehabs!
Every time there’s an article about the Red Sox or Yankees, their fans flood the comment section.
The difference seems to be that generally the Red Sox fans understand baseball, while generally Yankee fans do not.
Who do you want to read comments from, Pirates fans? A’s fans?
I believe Samuel’s point is that he would rather read comments from fans that are baseball-knowledgeable, regardless of their team preference.
My personal guess is that there are some very knowledgeable Pirates and A’s fans.
mlb1225 is a knowledgeable pirates fan on this board IMO
Sam just hates the Yankees. Plain and simple. As far as his baseball knowledge goes, he predicted the Orioles to finish ahead of the Yankees. Shows his bias. He also muted every Yankees fan.
First comment is from a yankee fan hating on Red Sox, then ‘Joe Says’ jumps in, next its ‘ronk325′. Theres only 1 Red Sox comment until mine in this thread. You guys like to gangup for some reason.
This doesnt happen to any other team on mlbtr, just to Red Sox posts. Most intelligent Red Sox fans go elsewhere for dialogue on the team, including me. Its weird, and says alot about the Yankees’ fanbase. — Okay, now beat me up too.
Ok marvin, notice that we Yankees fans were called out. We responded. As a matter of fact, we were called out by someone who has muted all of us. So I’m not sure how he knows what we say if he has muted us.
You want to see other teams fans commenting, try reading a Yankees thread.
-But what are you all doing on this Red Sox thread, in the first place? You guys certainly aren’t goin to add anything to the conversation. “he continues to get absolutely shelled in his rehabs!” Does not lead to any meaningful dialogue.
-No, Yankees threads don’t get nearly as ugly as Red Sox threads do.
@Starvin Samuel (a Royals fan) and Whyhayzee are both known trolls. They post drivel in every Yankees thread. Some unfamiliar users take their bait and the comments devolve. Look at what Samuel has done here creating discourse and deviating from topic.
Marvin, that comment didn’t come from a Yankees fan. Read a bit further down and you will see JC says he’s not a Yankees fan.
I embarrassed Sam when I first showed up here by pointing out the errors in his comments, not realizing he was a troll. I’d recommend Yankee fans simply do what he does. Mute him…unless you enjoy his pain.
Why the eff not Pirates fans or A’s fans, junior?
Ironic coming from the guy who regularly types paragraphs that are devoid of substance. It must really hurt you to see the Yankees doing so well. Especially when they play one of your teams. I say plural since you’ve admitted to being a fan of nearly a third of the league, as ridiculous as that sounds
Quite the opposite actually, keep crying!
Samuel – 100% spot on!
I do not hate the Yankees. I hate their snarky, rude, arrogant, fans.
Lol, I muted all Yankee fans over the last three years and continue to add to the list of those muted, so I no longer read or even see any of their bs. I suggest everyone ignore their crap and mute them too.
PS. Do not stop there and mute KD, AL34, Fever Pitch Guy,… trolls like this site, so let them wallow in their own bs.
You forgot me. Fix your mistake.
Me too. I’m misplaced in that echo chamber of his.
I NEVER say anything bad about the Yankees.
Bzzzzzzzzt!
Ouch, damn lightning.
I bet it makes you proud to ve in same category as Metsfan22 and Samuel.
Yeah Taylor is having a melt down type of year… should have been back weeks ago but keeps the IR bug going. So don’t count on him….
Would not be surprised if the Orioles would sign Feliz to a minor league contract.
You cannot put Triple AAA pitchers against good teams. This reminds me of 1978 with Bobby Sprowl and Wright rookies pitching against the Yankees and getting clobbered. Going into to the off season, this team needed starting pitching, a closer, and a first baseman. They picked up Wacha who is a 4th starter at best, Hill who is 43 years old, let Schwarber go, did not sign a first baseman and did not pick up a closer. Dalbac should not be allowed anywhere near a baseball diamond, he cannot hit period. You need more production out of first base than a .227 batting average and 5 homeruns period !!!! Schwarber’s 27 homeruns would look great now. This is all on Bloom and all this team did in June was beat up bad teams. They are not a good team period, all on Bloom.
How would Schwarber’s defense look at first? Instead they signed Story, who while average-wise is having a poor season, has 15 homers and is gold-glove caliber defensively at second base
Does first base defense even matter much though? Schwarber has a low average, yes, but is showing now as he did last season, that he can get red hot and carry a team offensively.. Hard to believe they are paying Jackie Bradley Jr more than the minimum and actually giving him a roster spot if they want to win the division.
I think first base defense is very important. Frenchy Cordero is not good at first base and it has cost the Red Sox. The Red Sox took on JBJ’s salary to get prospects from Milwaukee. They basically bought two prospects.
Schwarber should have been signed to play LF, I pushed for it all offseason.
Schwarber in LF, Hernandez/Duran in CF and Dugie in RF.
Anybody see Arroyo completely lose the ball last night? He never should have been out there. RF at Fenway is one of the most difficult outfield positions in MLB.
But instead of signing Schwarber, Bloom chose to give a nearly-twice-as-big contract to a guy who currently has only a .727 OPS and will be forcing Xander out of town.
Bloom’s offseason decisions (Story, Schwarber, bullpen) are blowing up in his face just like his decision to let Carpenter go to the Yankees.
If the Red Sox finish last under Bloom yet again – don’t laugh, the O’s have just four fewer wins – then Cora may be gone and Bloom might have just one more year to turn things around.
The other day when Cordero got out of the way twice on poor but catchable throws realllllly irked me. He needs to learn to come off the bag to save the play and keep runners where they are. Instead it lead to a few extra runs. First base defense is absolutely important. Don’t need to be great, but definitely need to make the normal plays
I’ll take him over Dalbac anytime for his hitting. Dalbac should be in Triple AAA. Story hurt this team big time with his struggles in May too.
Thru May 15th Story was disgusting with a .561 OPS
Then from May 16th to June 4th he was amazing with a 1.154 OPS
But ever since then? A pathetic .631 OPS
He’s got a very good glove, but you don’t give $140M contracts to players who can field but can’t hit.
If Bloom gets fired during the next year or two, the Story contract will be a huge reason why.
It sure looks Bloom constructed a team with a lot of flaws that could lead to some horrific results. The question is: Did he do it on purpose so they could build up the farm system or not? After all the Red Sox off season moves, I didn’t think they were serious about competing this year. I think building up the farm system is probably the top priority.
Would have to agree. They over achieved last season. The long term competitive viability and cost control is the goal for Bloom. Story’s signing was for 23 and beyond when they let Bogaerts depart and perhaps slap a QO on him. It appears to be that competing can wait until cost is well below the projected CBT. Next year’s guaranteed payroll will be far less costly allowing them to spread salary around to more players. Will it work? stay tuned.
suit – I think Bloom truly expected to contend this year, but yes he probably had “firesale” in mind if they were out of the race by the trade deadline. You don’t give out an $8M guaranteed contract to a guy like Diekman (or over $2M for a guy like Robles) and $140M to a guy like Story if you’re planning to have a rebuild year.
This was the final window year for JD, Nate, Xander, and maybe Devers so I think they wanted to capitalize on that. You don’t plan to punt with the 2nd-highest payroll in the league.
Fever: I think Bloom fielded a team that would compete if everything went right. I’m just speculating of course, but I think he knew there was a good chance the team would go down the drain. I think what Bloom does at the trade deadline will tell us. If he holds tight to prospects like he did last year at the trade deadline, he is more concerned with building the farm than competing now.
suit – You’ve brought us to an intriguing question. If the Sox are still in the thick of competing for the 3rd WC, is it worth going for it?
In 2019 they were still competing for a WC, but they did virtually nothing at the deadline.
Last year they took a low-cost risk on Schwarber and two relievers with awful numbers despite playing in lousy divisions.
If Bloom is convinced they don’t stand a chance of getting by Houston or the NYY, I don’t see him trading real talent just to try and extend their season by one game. Not unless the acquired players are more than a 2-month rental, or the team suddenly catches fire for the next 3 weeks.
I do firmly believe a rotation with a healthy Pivetta-Sale-Wacha-Eovaldi (and maybe Paxton) along with a healthy Whitlock, Houck, Devers, JD, Hernandez and Xander, could make a real run late in the season and in the playoffs. But time is running short and as one former president said about one current president, “Don’t underestimate his (in this case, Cora) ability to *blank* things up”.
Fever: You are right. They could make a run. Actually, with all the pitchers they can potentially get back (Sale, Whitlock, Eovaldi, Taylor, Wacha, Hill), they may not even pick up a pitcher at the trade deadline. Barnes is trying to come back too. He is pitching in the FCL today.
suit – Agreed, if all their pitchers are healthy I don’t see much of a need. The bullpen with Houck, Whitlock, Schreiber should be fairly stable. The starting rotation, when healthy, has never been a problem.
The one upgrade I think is a necessity is 1B.
And I’d give anything to have Barnes return and be even 70% of what he was a year ago.
Casas could have come up to play first base, but he has been out since mid-May with an ankle injury. Not sure who is available on the trade market.
interesting how you only emerge from your cave to complain when the Red Sox riddled by injuries go on a bit of a skid. If Schwarber were still on the Red Sox you’d be complaining about his all or nothing approach and .227BA.
No I would not. Schwarber can hit and is established, Dalbac is not and not having a closer and Dalbacs lousy hitting in May cost this team. Robles was awful and had what 6 blown saves leading the majors?
If Bloom had picked up a good reliever/closer last year this team would have made the World Series last year.
Al – Cora mismanaged the Sox in the ALCS, no doubt about that. He simply doesn’t know how to handle a pitching staff. There’s more, but I’m trying hard to block it out of my memory.
AL341 day ago
You cannot put Triple AAA pitchers against good teams.
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So Sale, Eovaldi, Hill, Wacha and Whitlock are all on the IL. So how does this work in your mind? Do you think we should have another major league 5 SPs to take their place?
BTW, after you disappeared as soon as we started winning, I predicted you’d return as soon as we had a 4-game losing streak. I hit the pool.
Feliz is what is known as a 2-pitch specialist. He throws a fastball with no movement right down the middle, and he also throws a fastball with no movement well outside the strike zone.
I chuckled at this comment.
Me too. lol
The Ort Cloud!
I like these green jerseys better than the city connect ones
They make me want to have a Guinness, and I’m ok with that.
I knew that Feliz had been called up because the FO wouldn’t mind losing him when he was DFAed. I’m a little less sure about Ort. First of all, I did not recall he had been brought up to the majors last year (very short stay–apparently so short it does not count as an option year somehow). I’ve thought all along that the Sox were not going to protect any of their AAA relievers who are vulnerable to the Rule 5 draft this November–unless they brought one or two up in 2022 who was (were) good enough to stick in the Sox pen. Then they would keep that one or two on the 40-man. So I think Ort is getting his tryout–or maybe the FO already knows they have no problem going the Feliz route with Ort, and things don’t get really serious until German, Z. Kelly, and Bazardo get their callups.
Makes sense, Horace.
Horace – Ort has all 3 options remaining. If he was called up in Sept. and never returned to AAA, then he would not have burned an option last year (which is apparently what happened).
These rookies have all struggled against good teams and Bloom rushed them up. Paxton was a waste of a signing and is going to give you little this year. Hill is 43 years old and how much are you going to get out of him. Wacha has struggled the last couple of years. Blooms job was to cut the payroll and being up cheap rookie talent. Clearly Dalbac is not major league ready, nor are these rookie pitchers Bloom put so much faith in.
Bogaerts Is going to leave at the end of the year and Bloom blew this big time like he did with Mookie Betts.
I recommend you wait until you see what Boris’ asking price for Bogaerts is before you decide, keeping in mind Bogaerts will be 30 when the new contract begins.
This is why Bloom signed Story to replace Bogaerts. He knows he is going to leave.
suit – You really think there’s a chance Xander stays? I’d say less than 5% chance.
If they were serious about keeping him, they’d have extended him BEFORE the big shortstop free agent class signed those massive contracts. There’s no question Xander’s price went way up after seeing the contracts that were given last offseason.
And Story was signed to be a cheaper replacement for Xander. Otherwise, why spend the $140M when you’ve got Hernandez for 2B this year and Yorke on the horizon?
BTW – Xander is only a month older than Story, i see him getting at least $200M on the open market. A far cry from the lowball offer the Sox made him earlier this year. And that’s another thing … when a team is truly interested in retaining a player, they don’t insult him with a lowball offer.
Fever: I agree with all you say there. I was trying to say Boras’ asking price will be very high and likely turn into a bad deal for the team that signs Bogaerts.
suit – I agree, Boras will use the SS contracts given last offseason as justification to pump up Xander’s asking price.
And with (I think) Correa being the only other top shortstop free agent, there will be a lot more demand than supply.
Betts had no intention of staying with Boston, later labelling the city as ‘racist’.
Ort DFAed in about 10hrs
Bogaerts will get a payday from someone, just not Boston. JD Martinez, Vasquez, Nate and others will be allowed to walk and replaced with lower cost place holders, mostly on one year deals, and they themselves moved at the 2023 deadline for lottery tickets. Bloom has a plan. He holds his cards close to the vest so the public knows virtually nothing. This is the mandate coming down from ownership. They’ll be patient with Bloom for at least another year, and I’d guess a few years. This stretch of the schedule has them against winning teams for the next few weeks will be the tale of the tape so to speak, and how healthy their returning players are after the all star break will determine how aggressive they are in adding for the stretch run. Or how they peddle guys for prospects. The international draft negotiations also play into it. If unresolved, QO’s could be attached to a few pending free agents which could give them more draft picks. Owners are still patient. Winning is but only the icing on the cake. But, the cake is still young controllable, cost friendly accumulation of talent.
IMO, JD & Nate will get QO (assuming Nate is healthy and JD is hitting), and Bloom won’t care whether or not they accept. We likely will have the money, but if Bloom can land another 2 #2 picks, he might not be able to resist.