The Red Sox announced that outfielder Bryce Brentz has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Pawtucket, thus clearing a spot on the team’s 40-man roster. Brentz was out of options, making this the only way for the Red Sox to be able to send him to the minors.
The 28-year-old Brentz saw the most sizable chunk of Major League time in his career in 2016, logging 64 plate appearances with Boston and hitting .279/.313/.377 with a homer and three doubles. The former No. 36 overall pick (2010) once rated as one of the more promising farmhands in the Red Sox’ system, but his production stalled upon reaching the Triple-A level. In parts of five seasons with Pawtucket, Brentz is a .247/.309/.431 hitter in 1096 plate appearances — including a .250/.278/.402 slash there last season.
This means a move is coming. The only question is…. What will the move be?
Maybe the move is to delete a duplicate posting?
I don’t know how that happened. It must have glitched out
This means that a move is coming….. The only question is…. What will the move be?
No it doesn’t. He was out of options. So he couldn’t be optioned. He had to clear waivers to be demoted.
Yup, nothing to see here.
But who will fill his 40 man roster spot? Devers? Travis? Groome? Or someone else?
It doesn’t need to be filled.
I guess but it would be smart if they did
If they fill it, it will be one of the relievers (Martin, Shepherd, Callahan, etc)
Nobody gets added to the 40 until they have to be – either to protect them from the rule 5 draft or to call them up – because once you are on the 40 it uses up an option for each year that you get sent to the minors. You only get 3 options, so they don’t want to burn through them any quicker than necessary. That’s also why they aren’t giving the roster spot to Kendrick and bringing him up for the first week. His options were burned up years ago, so they wouldn’t be able to send him back down without losing him on waivers.
They also have to pay guys in the minors more if they are on the 40-man roster because they are members of the union. It’s nothing like the MLB minimum, but it is way more than what minor leaguers make since the union has been happy to sell them and amateurs out and bargain away their rights without getting them anything.
Thanks for the info I was trying to find out how many options players had
I used to struggle with options, much easier to think of them as option years. Works for me at least!
Someone with a glove. Hanley retired his.
Ben taylor isgetting added to the 40 man and will start the season in the BP
Pitching…..???
Probably. The question would be who?
They don’t “need” to fill it. No one has to be protected from rule 5 draft. Only reason would be if they wanted to promote someone not on 40 man. Can’t be on 25 man if you’re not on 40. As it is their 25 can consist of any of 39 guys. Not a necessity. Lots of teams carry less than max. Might as well wait until injury to decide who… if you even need someone.
With all that being said… don’t think Kendrick is on 40
The only way they would have to fill it was if someone was on the 60 day DL.
Glad to see Cheddar Bryce will stay in the fold, he performed admirably as a short-notice call-up last year, and the Red Sox are rather short on OF depth.
My bet is Kendrick gets his spot. The Sox need a pitching depth, Kendrick has been doing great in ST, and frankly Kendrick can still be a number 5 starter especially with a team with Boston’s offense.
Kendrick won’t be a one start situation. They seem to like him and won’t want to risk exposing him. I really thought Henry Owens would by now have been a far better option than Kendrick but as I’ve posted before, he’s been a major disappointment. if not with Boston, a new pitching coach could do wonders.
Here comes Kyle Kendricks.
Groome, lol
Wow no terrible gunshot jokes? Maybe we’ve turned a corner.