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Red Sox To Promote Aaron Cook

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | May 2, 2012 at 10:18am CDT

The Red Sox plan to promote right-hander Aaron Cook to their active roster, according to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com. The Red Sox didn't call Cook up last night, which triggered an opt-out clause in his contract and pressed the team into action. 

Cook, 33, drew trade interest from multiple teams, according to Bradford. Instead of trading him, the Red Sox will use him out of the bullpen. Cook posted a 1.89 ERA with 13 strikeouts and 11 walks in 33 1/3 innings over the course of five Triple-A starts this year.

The Red Sox will have to remove someone from their 40-man roster to create space for Cook, who signed a minor league deal in January. They could create space by moving an injured player such as Carl Crawford to the 60-day disabled list.

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  1. Lastings

    10 years ago

    Hallelujah!

    Reply
  2. 55saveslives

    10 years ago

    Fo’ Realz this time?

    Reply
  3. Ricky

    10 years ago

    Great addition to that BP

    Reply
  4. chico65

    10 years ago

    It’s time for the Sox bullpen to get cooking

    Reply
    • johnsilver

      10 years ago

       I hope his goose isn’t Cooked..

      Reply
      • Infield Fly

        10 years ago

        No, it’s the Sox so the preference is for chicken.

        Fried.

        Reply
  5. venn177

    10 years ago

    ”
    They could create space by moving an injured player such as Carl Crawford to the 60-day disabled list.”

    Red Sox Nation is crying.

    Reply
    • Andrew Casey

      10 years ago

      Why? We got Ross Byrd and Sweeney top ten outfield in MLB.

      Reply
    • MaineSox

      10 years ago

      They can move him to the 60 day DL retroactively (I’m not sure what exact date they could make it retroactive to), so he wouldn’t have to be on the DL for anywhere near 60 more days.

      Reply
  6. melonis_rex

    10 years ago

    13 strikeouts and 11 walks.

    This could be interesting.

    Reply
    • Tko11

      10 years ago

      11 walks in 33 innings isnt bad

      Reply
      • Lastings

        10 years ago

        Certainly isn’t good…

        Reply
      • Carlos

        10 years ago

         13 strikeouts is

        Reply
        • Flash Gordon

          10 years ago

          certainly bad

        • Flash Gordon

          10 years ago

          in 33 minor league innings.

        • Tko11

          10 years ago

          Maybe you should take a look at his career strikeouts. He pitched 200 innings twice and his strikeouts were in the 90s. 

  7. formerdraftpick

    10 years ago

    Boo! I was hoping Cook would be a Yankee soon.

    Reply
    • MaineSox

      10 years ago

      Me too

      Reply
      • Andrew Casey

        10 years ago

        Really? Why?

        Reply
        • MaineSox

          10 years ago

          Thanks Disqus

        • MaineSox

          10 years ago

          Because 5 AAA starts in no way trumps a career worth of mediocrity (mediocrity in the NL West no less), and as an extreme ground ball pitcher he needs a very good infield defense behind him to have any sort of success; both Boston and New York have bad defense on the left side of their infields.  If he pitches in Boston it most likely hurt the Red Sox, and if he pitches in New York it likely helps the Red Sox.

  8. bigpat

    10 years ago

    It made sense for them to call him up but I’d stop short of calling anyone who hasn’t posted a K rate above 5 the past 3 years a savior. 

    Reply
    • shawn g

      10 years ago

      He’s a groundball guy not a K guy

      Reply
  9. Fangaffes

    10 years ago

    K rate means nothing.

    /Am I doin’ it right?

    Reply
  10. venn177

    10 years ago

    Alternatively, “Cook is now a sous chef.”

    Reply
    • chico65

      10 years ago

      Nice one.

      I had a tough time not making a crack about another veteran pitcher being forgotten in AAA with the “Red Sox Do Not Recall Aaron Cook” title earlier.  One of my rare successful instances of self-restraint.  Though it occurs to me that I just made it, now. Dang.

      Reply
  11. Dc21892

    10 years ago

    The walks are what everyone seems to be talking about but its not too big a deal IMO. Hes a sinker baller, so if he is keeping it down he will throw balls with it. Not every hitter will sit there and wait so he will induce ground balls even after a walk.

    Reply
    • MaineSox

      10 years ago

      MLB hitters are a lot more likely to lay off of those pitches than AAA hitters, so he’d likely walk more guys, and with the poor defense on the left side of Boston’s infield he’d also likely give up more hits.

      The chances of Cook having any real success for any period of time in Boston have got to be pretty slim.

      Reply
    • melonis_rex

      10 years ago

      A sinkerballer thrives on pitch to contact. If he’s walking batters with his sinker, his primary out pitch isn’t being effective.

      And the K/BB ratio is a nightmare, even for a sinkerballer.

      Reply
  12. johnsilver

    10 years ago

    Aaron Cook IS getting a start..

    WEEI has it he’s starting for Beckett on Saturday…

    Reply
    • MaineSox

      10 years ago

      Yeah, Beckett has a stiff lat muscle so they are skipping one of his starts and Cook is going to make it.  It sounds like the long-term plan is still to use him out of the ‘pen (although there have been whispers about having effectively a six man rotation for 2-3 times through the rotation).

      Reply
      • johnsilver

        10 years ago

        Saw that about the 6 man rotation.. Not so sure the 6 man rotation (short term bursts) wouldn’t have been a better gambit with someone like Andrew Miller if only to see if he can even function as a SP for them before DFA/releasing him and admitting the entire Miller trial didn’t work out.

        Reply

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