The Red Sox claimed Matt Fox off of waivers from the Twins, according to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (via Twitter). The Twins designated the right-hander for assignment Sunday to create roster space for Ben Revere.
Fox, who turns 28 this December, pitched well in his MLB debut Friday, limiting the Rangers to four hits and a walk in 5.2 innings of work. He pitched 123 innings as a swingman in Triple A with a 3.95 ERA, 7.6 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9. Fox has a 3.71 ERA in his six-year minor league career with 7.8 K/9, so he's a nice depth addition for Boston.
That’s too bad. The kid looked good in his debut and has been solid in the minors.
I’ll miss him. He seemed to be the only decent pitcher in AAA. Not spectacular, but I’d definitely take him over all or most of the AAA pitchers.
The kid? He’s what, 28? He’s back of the bullpen, best case, probably.
Not sure what Theo is thinking taking up a roster space with this guy. Lifelong minor leaguer with mediocre numbers, Twins put him on the roster in an emergency situation when they were desperate for a starter, surely the Sox can do better than this.
really? because scott atchison, robert manuel, dustin richardson, and coello have all been awesome right?
Atchison has at least been better than most though he would.
That’s kinda cool. He has the same name as Matthew Fox, who played Dr. Jack Shephard on the television show Lost. Jack’s favorite ball club? The Red Sox.
(lips quivering, slightly sobbing) Yeah…yeah, Tito… I’ll g-get the out for you… (pause) The island wants it…
4 8 15 16 23 42…. 4 8 15 16 23 42……
I don’t think the Sox currently have a number 23. Oh please, oh please. It would be impossible for me to NOT root for the guy.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK
I bet an actor playing a doctor on TV is an improvement over the Red Sox medical staff this year…
You have to hate it when doctors cause Youk to tear tendons in his thumb
To be entirely fair, they’ve misdiagnosed damn near everybody they’ve treated this season. I was pretty defensive of the fact most of it’s been freak injuries, but even I’m starting to wonder how competent of a job they’re doing at this point.
Kind of strange that doormat teams like the Royals and Indians passed on him. Both teams should be looking for possible cheap back of the rotation starters next year. With their poor on-field talent, you would think he would be a better option than at least one person on their 40-man rosters.
Theo has some work to do this off-season.
To be fair to Fox, he did spend a good amount of time in the Majors recovering from a shoulder injury that caused him to miss all of 2005. I am not saying he will be the next great ace-pitcher, but he could surface as a #5, maybe #4 guy. He has an improving cutter and curveball and if they become MLB quality pitches would allow him to have a decent career.