4:50pm: The Sox have additionally positioned right-hander Luis García on the injured listing, with righty Josh Winckowski recalled in a corresponding transfer. Chris Cotillo of MassLive was amongst these to relay that swap on X.
3:42pm: The Purple Sox have designated right-hander Brad Keller for task and positioned righty Lucas Sims on the 15-day injured listing as a result of a proper lat pressure, per a crew announcement. Keller’s DFA paves the way in which for lefty Wealthy Hill to be chosen from Triple-A Worcester — a transfer that was initially reported earlier this morning. Proper-hander Greg Weissert is up from Worcester to take Sims’ spot within the bullpen.
Keller, 29, has been up and down with the Purple Sox a number of occasions this season. The longtime Royals hurler initially inked a minor league cope with the White Sox over the winter however latched on with Boston after being rapidly minimize unfastened in Chicago. Keller was summoned to the majors for a 3rd stint with the Purple Sox earlier this week and allowed three runs in 4 innings of lengthy reduction throughout yesterday’s doubleheader. He’s posted a 5.84 ERA with the Purple Sox and an total 5.44 mark in 41 1/3 innings between Chicago and Boston this 12 months.
It’s been a tough decline for Keller, who from 2018-20 was a daily within the Kansas Metropolis rotation. He pitched 360 1/3 innings of three.50 ERA ball for the Royals and settling in as a stable mid-rotation arm. His manufacturing dwindled in 2021-22, nonetheless, and in 2023 he walked 45 batters in 45 1/3 innings of labor. That alarming deterioration of his command led to an IL journey, and imaging/testing ultimately revealed signs of thoracic outlet syndrome. Keller underwent surgical procedure final summer season, and whereas he’s pitched nicely in Triple-A not too long ago, he’s but to rediscover his type on the massive league stage.
The Purple Sox will place Keller on launch waivers or outright waivers shortly. He’s already cleared a few occasions this season and figures to take action once more. As soon as he clears, he can turn into a free agent and signal with any crew, though final time he was in that spot, he merely re-signed with the Purple Sox on a brand new minor league pact. The same sequence of occasions this time round would come as little shock.
Sims, 30, was a commerce deadline pickup for the Sox however has been torched for 9 runs in 10 innings since coming over from the Reds. That’s a far cry from the three.57 mark he notched in 35 1/3 innings previous to the swap, which despatched minor leaguer Ovis Portes to Cincinnati. Whether or not his rocky efficiency was as a result of harm or a change in pitch choice — Boston considerably scaled again the utilization of his four-seamer in favor of a cutter — isn’t clear. Most lat strains require an absence of some notice, nonetheless, and if Sims is out for any substantial time period, that would spell the tip of his time in Boston solely. He’s slated to turn into a free agent at season’s finish.
