The Red Sox announced they’ve selected reliever Eduard Bazardo onto the major league roster. The club also recalled catcher Connor Wong from Triple-A Worcester. That duo will take the two extra September active roster spots, while the club already had a 40-man roster vacancy for Bazardo.
Bazardo returns to the majors on his 27th birthday. The right-hander has just two big league games under his belt, both coming last season. He worked three scoreless innings while averaging 94.6 MPH on his fastball, but he struggled over a longer stretch in Triple-A last year. Boston designated him for assignment on Opening Day as part of their initial roster set-up, and he went unclaimed on waivers.
Outrighted to Triple-A, Bazardo has spent the 2022 campaign in Worcester. He’s tossed 57 1/3 innings over 37 outings, primarily functioning in a multi-inning relief capacity. The Venezuela native has a 3.45 ERA with a solid 23.5% strikeout rate and a lower than average 7.5% walk percentage during that run. It was a strong enough showing he’ll get another shot on the major league roster, offering a long relief option for manager Alex Cora down the stretch.
How can something so wong feel so wight.
Wong should play as often as possible. He seems too small to stick as a catcher but has looked good in limited duty. It’s important to see in the last month whether he can handle the majors. Obviously still a small sample size but it’s still important.
Wong has certainly been hot in AAA! He has 9 HRs in his last 16 games, and he is a solid defensive catcher.
Not sure why you think that, about Wong’s size. Jason Kendall was a great catcher and only weighed 185.
It might be different with the blocking rules changed but traditionally a bigger catcher was important for defense but also endurance. I look at Wong and I don’t believe he’s 6′ 1″. Reminds me of Biggio who was moved to second base. Hopefully, he becomes that good. .
How Bazar, how Bazar
Now that’s gonna be stuck in my head all night
Wong is 6’1″ and 181. you’re right, he should play a good chunk of the remaining games. Plawecki is a FA at season end. He has some minor league games at 2nd base as well.
What kind of Bazardo world do we live in nowadays? Where did we go so Wong??
Bazardo makes weird rolls.
Connor Wong is not related to famed faux airline pilot Sum Ting.
Why not Tristan Casas? He needs reps in the majors to see what he needs to work on for next season.