The Red Sox have signed right-hander Jeurys Familia to a minor league deal, per Joe McDonald of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Chris Cotillo of MassLive relays that it’s a minor league deal.
Familia, 32, is a veteran who is in his 11th MLB season, having previously donned the jerseys of the Mets, A’s and Phillies. For his career, he’s thrown 532 2/3 innings with a 3.46 ERA, 24.5% strikeout rate, 10.8% walk rate and 54.7% ground ball rate. His best stretch was with the Mets from 2014 to 2018, though his performance has fallen off since then.
A free agent this offseason, Familia was signed by the Phillies to a one-year deal that came with a $6MM guarantee and incentives. Through 34 innings on the year, Familia has registered an ERA of 6.09, along with a 20.9% strikeout rate, 9.5% walk rate and 48.1% ground ball rate. He was designated for assignment and then released last week.
The Red Sox will be taking a chance that Familia can bounce back, which isn’t out of the realm of possibility. He has a .408 batting average on balls in play this year, well above his .303 career rate. He also has a strand rate of just 68.3% on the season, compared to a 74.9% clip for his career. As such, the advanced metrics feel he deserved better than that 6.09 ERA, as he has a 4.71 xERA, 4.88 FIP, 4.15 xFIP and 3.91 SIERA.
Since Familia was released by the Phillies, they are paying out the remainder of his contract. If the Red Sox eventually select him to the big league club, they will only be responsible for the prorated league minimum, with that amount being subtracted from what Philly pays. That means this is effectively a no-cost way for Boston to improve its bullpen depth.
Can’t be any worse than Hernandez
Yes, yes he can. He is.
Guy’s era is like 25.00 now. No one is worse than him
He almost certainly is.
smh.
/leaves topic
Houck went on the IL. Ort recalled from AAA to replace Houck. Familia replaces Houck at AAA
Familia replaces Ort at AAA.
As a Yankees fan, I’m thrilled.
Hahahhahaha. As a Phillies fan I can say for a fact you will regret any games in which he pitches.
Have fun with that.
As long as it’s not the Mets
Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree say “Hello”. What goes around comes around…..like the round numbers Familia will allow on the scoreboard.
“That means this is effectively a no-cost way for Boston to improve its bullpen depth.” No, the effective, no-cost way would be not to sign him and get rid of Hernandez.
Karmic revenge for Hembree and Workman.
Oh my God. The Red Sox do not deserve any respect. Ever again.
My buddy is a Yankees fan and he is laughing his butt off at this team this year.
Yankees are in the process of blowing their big lead. He won’t be laughing for long.
You are definitely his best butty
Yankees fan and he is laughing his butt off
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I don’t know any Yankee fans that are laughing right now. Are any Yankee fans in here laughing right now?
and he has a domestic violence arrest on his resume, smart move! f cking idiots.
you know what im dying for? the red sox end of season press conference with the owners and front office, i usually ignore them, but it will be fun seeing how they justify this dumpster fire of a season , lets hope bloom does more than smile and say ‘ we like our young guys’
Which young guys? I am not impressed with any of them.
The jury is still out on Jeurys. He might have a little left in the tank. He’d fit right in with the Strahm’s and Sawamura’s already in the pen today. Not sure why Chaim is even trying anymore; this team is cooked.
If you watched Familia pitch for the Phillies this year, you would know the deliberation took 30 seconds, and the verdict was guilty!! He is strickly a fastball pitcher (thrower), and can’t throw it by anyone anymore. Familia had a pretty good career, but he is done now.
He is trying because this mess of a team is his creation.
That Hansel is soooo hot right now lol
Hansel Robles redux?
I hope we lose every series in the AL East, I really do. There is nothing special about this season, can it and move on. Next year we can only do better.
I have my doubts about that.
Bloom needs a closer, a first baseman, bullpen help, starters to replace Eovaldi (who will leave) Wacha, Hill, Paxton (waste of 11 million) a centerfielder. There is no way Dalbac should be allowed on a baseball diamond at first base. He has to sign Devers and Boggarts. I have yet to see one of his rookies make an impact this year.
How can Bloom be counted on to fix this mess.
He got us there in 2021. Every season is different
Another bullseye for Chaim Bloom. He has completely turned the Red Sox into a laughing stock. What a disastrous off season they are going to have. I have yet to be impressed with the vaunted rookies that he so preciously kept on this roster. They will be lucky if 3 or 4 of them pan out.
Wake up John Henry and get a real major league GM. This clown is a small market GM.
This is a Familia story.
Jeurys still out on him
You’ll feel better when the Red Sox implement a Jeurys Familia Separation Program, a.k.a DFA him.
Chaim clearly has his marching orders. He’s done the best he can given the situation he inherited. The farm system is much improved and they went to the ALCS last year. They will have more flexibility next year with a lot of contracts coming off the books, namely Price $16mil in retained salary and $3mil from Ottavino deferred salary.
In addition to that they have over $56mil coming off from JDM, Eovaldi, Kike, Wacha, Hill contracts and another $6mil if they decline the Paxton option. Plus the obvious $20mil from Bogey declining.
Any way you shape it, this team is probably going to look a lot different next year but they’ve got some interesting pieces and options available to them during the off-season.
They just released Hansel Robles and now sign this dumpster fire. This organization is a mess. Life long sox fan now cheering for the Orioles.
Was Gretel available?
A bullpen of Hansel and Graterol would have been fun
Anyone else who’s Familia with his pitching would say no
He’ll last as long as Jankowski lasted with Seattle.
Welcome to the dumpster fire.
Starring Chaim!!!!
if you think about it, hes in a way doing what Ben cherington did, restock the farm system so the next guy, who was DD( dont feel like looking up how is name is spelt), Dombrowski, he had plenty to trade which is why he was able to get stars, trust me, nobody on this planet hates David price more than me, but the fact that he was able to sign both him and sale was because they have a great farm system, while the red sox now are a complete mess, they will be able to get a superstar just from the talent over the years they have acquired.
i mean lets say for the sake of it the red sox got soto, right now everyone would be saying’ ya but you emptied the farm system to get him’ they legite cant win no matter what they do. Thats why theo epstein was tremendous, no matter how many superstars he had he always made sure the minor leagues were full of guys