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Red Sox Select Jonathan Lucroy, Dylan Covey

By Steve Adams | July 23, 2020 at 11:59am CDT

The Red Sox announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contracts of catcher Jonathan Lucroy and right-hander Dylan Covey. Recent signee Zack Godley didn’t make the cut, nor did right-hander Chris Mazza, but both will report to the organization’s alternate training site. The Red Sox also recalled righties Colten Brewer and Phillips Valdez as well as southpaws Matt Hall, Josh Osich and Jeffrey Springs.

Lucroy, 34, gives the Sox another catching option alongside Christian Vazquez and Kevin Plawecki. He’s not the All-Star-caliber player he once was, but he’ll give the club plenty of experience to help out with a patchwork pitching staff.

The 2019 season marked the third consecutive year of what has been a precipitous decline for Lucroy. Once arguably the game’s best all-around catcher, Lucroy batted just .232/.305/.355 between the Angels and Cubs last season and has posted a tepid .248/.315/.350 slash in 1263 plate appearances since Opening Day 2017. His formerly vaunted pitch-framing skills have taken a nosedive and now rate below the league average, and Lucroy’s caught-stealing rate has dipped since peaking at 39 percent in 2016.

Covey, 28, has pitched 250 1/3 innings in the big leagues but has never cemented himself as a consistent contributor. He got out to a sharp start with the ChiSox in 2018, tossing 40 1/3 innings with a 2.90 ERA and a 35-to-16 K/BB ratio, but his results quickly went south and haven’t rebounded since despite several opportunities. All told, he has a career 6.54 ERA and 5.56 FIP in the big leagues.

Still, Covey was at one point a first-round pick and lasted less than two weeks as a free agent this winter when the White Sox cut him loose. Covey quickly caught on with the Rays, with whom current Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom worked his way from intern to senior VP of baseball operations. Bloom was already with the Red Sox when Covey landed in Tampa Bay, but it seems likely that the Rays had some interest in the righty dating back to Bloom’s days with the team.

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Boston Red Sox Transactions Chris Mazza Colten Brewer Dylan Covey Jeffrey Springs Jonathan Lucroy Josh Osich Matt Hall Phillips Valdez Zack Godley

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  1. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    any team with Covey in its rotation is bound to suck

    Reply
    • looiebelongsinthehall

      3 years ago

      It’s only 60 games. The Sox will live or die with their bats.

      Reply
    • DickDollars

      3 years ago

      So a rotation of Nathan Eovaldi, Martin Perez, Ryan Weber, ??? and ??? does not scare you?

      Reply
      • wagner13

        3 years ago

        I don’t think the Red Sox could care less. This is a throwaway season with the intention of sneaking under the luxury tax to reset for next year

        Reply
  2. nats3256

    3 years ago

    It was long ago that Lucroy was an elite catcher. How times change.

    Reply
    • Ezpkns34

      3 years ago

      The key piece that MIL got back for him was Lewis Brinson, who ended up being a key piece in netting them Yelich. Odd how things work out sometimes

      Reply
  3. Bryan majeski

    3 years ago

    Take it from a white sox fan, have fun with covey.

    Reply
    • mlbnyyfan

      3 years ago

      Lucroy could be traded at the deadline

      Reply
      • Cegmyster

        3 years ago

        To who the Mets?

        Reply
  4. pwndroia

    3 years ago

    I dont know Covey but from what others say, doesn’t sound great. Why not Godley? He at least has some upside, much more than that garbageload pitcher Brian Johnson.

    Reply
  5. Benny 2020

    3 years ago

    Godley will be back up after a turn thru the rotation. They want to get him stretched out.

    Reply
  6. Jeff Zanghi

    3 years ago

    I’m Really surprised Godley didn’t make the roster… especially being beat out by Covey… I would think Godley has better upside than Covey. Maybe he’s just not quite ready and needs another week or so to get up to game shape? idk just seems surprising given that he was a pretty good pitcher just a few years ago.

    Reply
  7. Cegmyster

    3 years ago

    The Red Sox could cheat again and probably not win the World Series again. Go figure.

    Reply
  8. Cegmyster

    3 years ago

    The biggest question: Who were the better cheaters the Astros or the Red Sox?

    Reply
    • looiebelongsinthehall

      3 years ago

      Stop the nonsense in trying to compare the two situations.

      Reply

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