Red Sox left-hander Drew Pomeranz won’t make another start this season, manager John Farrell told reporters, including WEEI’s Rob Bradford. Pomeranz has been feeling some soreness in his left forearm and has also pitched a career-high 169 1/3 innings this season whilst splitting the year between San Diego and Boston. Farrell stated that Pomeranz came out of his last start “a little more sore” but emphasized that the lefty isn’t being shut down and will hopefully make a bullpen appearance before season’s end. If Pomeranz is deemed healthy enough, he could be a bullpen option in the postseason, but his status for the playoffs remains unclear, writes Tim Britton of the Providence Journal.
The news on Pomeranz is magnified by the fact that the Red Sox were reportedly unhappy with the lack of medical information disclosed by the Padres prior to the trade that sent Pomeranz to Boston in exchange for top pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza. Major League Baseball has already suspended San Diego general manager A.J. Preller for 30 days, without pay, due to the fact that the Padres withheld medical information in the Pomeranz trade. Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe tweets that Red Sox officials declined comment about the specifics of what was withheld today in the wake of Farrell’s announcement, but it was “very clear” that the officials to whom he spoke are angry.
Bradford tweets that in spite of this recent development, the Pomeranz case will remain closed. Reports at the time of Preller’s suspension indicated that the White Sox, among other teams, were “enraged” with the Padres and felt that they were knowingly deceived, but based on Bradford’s tweet, it doesn’t appear that there will be any further action taken against San Diego. The 27-year-old Pomeranz pitched to a 2.47 ERA in 102 innings with the Padres this year, but his performance has slipped with the BoSox, as he’s worked to a more pedestrian 4.68 ERA in 67 1/3 innings. Boston controls him via arbitration for another two seasons beyond the current campaign.
So I guess this means Buccholz is definitely the 4th starter if the Red Sox get to the ALCS.
One day we are going to watch a World Series with 2 teams throwing nobody from their original starting rotation, either due to injuries or innings limits.
Ugh. That deal looks worse every second.
Yeah til you look at the year Esponiza had this year….not very good.
He’s 18 in A ball; while striking out a lot of people. So yeah not good
Yeah but his ERA wasn’t good in either league. High upside, but as the Mets have seen, not a done deal.
Lol what is with people and their obsession with the almighty strikeout? Idc if a pitcher has zero strikeouts. If he gets results he gets results.
Because strikeouts indicate your stuff can succeed at a higher level. Quite obvious.
Pomeranz was a long term investment. We desperately needed another starter for next year and Pomeranz filled the bill.
Well that’s unfortunate. Hopefully Pomeranz can recover in time for the playoffs. He was fun to watch while he was a Padre. But I guess Preller saw the opportunity and took it.
Damage goods from the Pads
Or he just increased his workload by too much. You usually want to increase innings no more than 30-40 a year. The Padres/Red Sox increased it by over 60
Flying by his single season innings mark surely had nothing to do with this outcome. Of course the Oliver Stones will point to two separate binders as the cause.. I will still take Andy Green acount of what happened to Dennis Lin as more credible than an unnamed source using words like hid, deceived and covered up.
The unnamed source in this article is only used to express the anger that the Red Sox still have at the situation. The facts that the Padres kept separate medical files – one for internal use, and an abridged version for submission to the league – has been validated by multiple sources, from several teams that have had dealings with Padres this season, by the MLB investigation, and admitted to by the Padres and Preller himself.
Yes, the Red Sox were taking a risk by bringing on a pitcher who was going to far exceed his single season innings total. And no, the Padres are not required by league rules to turnover full medical records to the acquiring team. They ARE however, required to submit medical records to the league, which is then used as kind of a “clearing house” for acquiring teams. This is where the Padres ran afoul by admittedly keeping their double books and why Preller was suspened and the Padres fined.
I Wouldn’t say 147 innings (2012) to 169 innings this year is flying by his single season inning mark, but the increase of 81 innings this year, nearly double last year surely played a part.