Red Sox Insider Details Why Connelly Early And Johan Oviedo Both Made Roster
Boston has six starters on its Opening Day roster.
Red Sox Insider Details Why Connelly Early And Johan Oviedo Both Made Roster originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox have finalized their Opening Day roster and the team made an intriguing pitching decision.
Boston named Connelly Early to the rotation, while Johan Oviedo will go to the bullpen. It was an intriguing decision, as Oviedo appeared to have the inside track to winning the final rotation spot. However, Red Sox insider Chris Cotillo of MassLive.
com reported on X on Tuesday that Boston wanted to carry six starters due to some concerns about Ranger Suarez and Brayan Bello. “The framing of this is important and I wouldn't characterize it as "Early beating out Oviedo for the rotation spot" despite how he pitched better,” Cotillo wrote on X. “They wanted to carry 2 starters because of concerns about workloads for Suarez (and to a lesser extent) Bello.
The real decision will come in 2 weeks and then, it'll be interesting to see if service time considerations are in play. ” Cotillo revealed that if Early is down in the minors for a total of 35 days this season, Boston would get another year of control on the left-hander. However, he made it clear that the Red Sox will be doing that, as Early has earned a spot on the roster due to his performance in spring training.