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Red Sox Select Contract Of Justin Haley

By Steve Adams | June 8, 2018 at 11:18am CDT

The Red Sox announced Friday that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Justin Haley from Triple-A Pawtucket and optioned lefty Jalen Beeks back to Pawtucket in his place. Boston’s 40-man roster is now up to 39 players.

While this will mark the Red Sox debut for Haley, whom the club selected in the sixth round of the 2012 draft, it won’t be his MLB debut. Haley was selected by the Twins in the 2016 Rule 5 Draft and broke camp in Minnesota last year, but he was ultimately designated for assignment and returned to the Sox after posting a 6.00 ERA over 18 innings as a seldom-used long reliever.

Things have gone much better for the now-26-year-old Haley in Triple-A, where he owns a career 3.28 ERA with 7.3 K/9 against 2.3 BB/9 in 203 1/3 innings. That production is right in line with his marks so far in 2018: a 3.18 ERA, 8.3 K/9, 2.5 BB/9 and a 44 percent ground-ball rate in 56 2/3 innings out of the Pawtucket rotation.

The 24-year-old Beeks, meanwhile, will head back to Triple-A for continued development. He was called upon to make a spot start last night against the Tigers and was ambushed for five runs in his first Major League inning, though he settled down and allowed just one run over the next three innings. While it wasn’t a great debut, Beeks should still have ample opportunity to factor into Boston’s long-term plans. The former 12th-rounder owns a 3.38 ERA with 10.5 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 in 152 Triple-A innings.

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  1. bobtillman

    5 years ago

    Another refugee from a barren system…..Oil Can Boyd will be next…hey, he looked pretty good in the Alumni game!!!!!

    Reply
    • beardedface_killah

      5 years ago

      Shut up Yankees fan.

      Reply
      • bobtillman

        5 years ago

        Yankee fan?????? Obviously too young to remember my avatar, or whatever you call the nickname…..

        Reply
        • bostonbob

          5 years ago

          Catcher from long ago

    • dlevin11

      5 years ago

      Can Pedro still pitch?

      Reply
      • deweybelongsinthehall

        5 years ago

        Why, are the Yankees still looking for a #2 behind Severino?

        Reply
    • deweybelongsinthehall

      5 years ago

      Thank you for the reminder. After winning three times in recent memory, I never want to be known as an arrogant, obnoxious Yankee fan type. That’s why most of my posts show my opinion but still objectivity. This being an obvious exception.

      Reply
  2. ctguy

    5 years ago

    You don’t know what a guy is capable or incapable of unless he gets a chance. Beeks definitely needs more work but he can get that in AAA..

    Reply
    • dlevin11

      5 years ago

      Exactly. Beeks can only get better in AAA. He just neeeds more starts

      Reply
      • Foreveryankees

        5 years ago

        Can’t be any worse!!

        Reply
        • Berger

          5 years ago

          Can’t get any worse??? Watch much baseball?
          Very informed and educated comment.

        • pasha2k

          5 years ago

          The kid was nervous n excited, he settled down after the first inning. Many great pitchers have troubles in the 1st, like Jim Palmer.

    • MafiaBass

      5 years ago

      I felt kind of bad for him because he didn’t get any sort of run support. They’s scored, what, 13 runs in the past two games? All they could muster was two for this kid in his MLB debut? Maybe if it was an away game and they batted before he pitched…

      Reply
  3. angels fan

    5 years ago

    Minor detail but didn’t the Angels select this guy in the rule 5 draft and trade him ?

    Reply
    • johnsilver

      5 years ago

      Beeks was just added to the 40 man no long ago and Haley? Twins DFA’d him and don’t believe he was moved, except to Boston for 25k in 2016.

      Haley was part of a 3 way trade to let the twins draft him.

      Reply
      • angels fan

        5 years ago

        That’s what it was the Angels took Haley in the Rule 5 and traded him to the Padres then they dealt him to the Twins

        Reply
        • datrain021

          5 years ago

          I was surprised a rebuilding team didn’t claim him last year. Thought he had some upside.

  4. Foreveryankees

    5 years ago

    Red Sox farm system is like the Sahara a barren wasteland!!

    Reply
    • Berger

      5 years ago

      And yet they have plenty of home grown talent on their ML team. You a little scared Yankee fan?

      Reply
    • ScottCarriere

      5 years ago

      Your wit is like the Sahara a barren wasteland!

      Reply
  5. Bosox2013

    5 years ago

    2 Starters in the pen (Johnson and Velazquez) and there giving my spot starts to AAA guys. Odd strategy

    Reply
    • johnsilver

      5 years ago

      Both have just gone multiple innings over the last few days. Velazquez 2IP a couple times last few days, so that probably knocks him out of a start and Johnson was forced to go 4IP yesterday. True that Workman can give the team a couple innings at a time, but he just went 1ip each of his 1st 2 days called back up and is not going to be available.

      Haley, or another guy was about it. They need someone possibly long innings in case of injury instead of burning up the pen with the remaining 1ip guys.

      Reply
      • Bosox2013

        5 years ago

        Fair enough

        Reply
  6. rmullig2

    5 years ago

    Not to be overly critical of Beeks on his first start but I didn’t see any plus pitches from him. Fastball only rides around 90, breaking pitches OK but nothing too concerning to a hitter. He seems like the kind of guy who has stay on the corners all of the time or he gets hit vary hard.

    At best I think he could be a 5th starter down the road or more likely a long reliever.

    Reply
    • deweybelongsinthehall

      5 years ago

      Nothing wrong with a “crafty” pitcher in today’s world of overthrowers. He needs better command, corners, up/down, speed changing etc. to have success. Can’t make heads or tails from one appearance.

      Reply
  7. KD17

    5 years ago

    Spot starting a kid rather than using a knuckleballer to fill the void. Cora has no clue what he is doing. He put a AAA team out there again behind Sale and once again no offense for Sale. He finally looks like the old sale because he’s playing a crap team and we can’t score one run because we needed to ‘rest” JD despite saying he didn’t have to it was a planned rest. Cora’s going to rest our team into a wild card spot then pitch Sale and have Swihart catching or playing outfield. Demote Cora to coach and find a real manager. As much as I hate the Yankees, I’d love to see Girardi take over and have Cora be the player cuddler on the bench. There is no need to play guys 130 games a year so they are rested and finish in a wild card spot. With Mookie out JD needs to play EVERY DAY!!!

    I need a DEMOTE CORA t-shirt with a HIRE GIRARDI saying on the back. I can’t take anymore ‘resting” players making millions a year to play ball. They can rest 1 day a month not 1 day a week!!

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    • deweybelongsinthehall

      5 years ago

      What knuckleballer? Wright had just pitched.

      Reply
      • KD17

        5 years ago

        How many days does a knuckleballer need off? Wilhelm pitched both ends of a doubleheader when they needed him to! There were plenty of other choices but once again the wrong choice was made. I don’t see the urgency to win in Cora. He seems fine with taking two out of three and giving guys a rest. A one game playoff will be the result of his lack of urgency. Either go get one more quality starter or at least use line-ups that give you the best chance to win.

        The amazing part about your comment is that it focused on the most insignificant point in the response. Who cares that I suggested a knuckleballer who pitched recently that’s not the issue. Play the best pitchers you can and stop screwing Sale by sitting your stars when he pitches. Demote Cora hire Giraldi. Those are the keys to my comments.

        Reply
  8. KD17

    5 years ago

    Also, the Red Sox farm system isn’t a desert, it’s a pyramid missing it’s two top sections. The base and next level up are in great shape. Unfortunately, there is no immediate help.

    Reply

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