The Red Sox announced this afternoon that right-hander Eduard Bazardo has gone unclaimed on outright waivers and elected free agency, as is his right with multiple career outright assignments. Boston had designated him for assignment last week upon claiming reliever Jake Reed off waivers from the Orioles.
Bazardo made 12 appearances for the Sox down the stretch after being selected to the majors at the start of September. He pitched to a 2.76 ERA over 16 1/3 innings, but he allowed four home runs while only striking out 16.9% of opposing hitters. The front office was clearly skeptical of his ability to continue to allow fewer than three earned runs per nine with those peripherals. He was bumped off the 40-man roster for the sidewinding Reed.
That late-season work was Bazardo’s longest stretch of play in the majors. His only previous big league experience was a two-game cameo in 2021, when he tossed three innings. The Venezuela native has otherwise spent his eight-year professional career climbing through the Boston farm system. He’s spent parts of the last two years at Triple-A Worcester, where he’s worked to a 4.33 ERA with an average 23.1% strikeout rate and a solid 7.7% walk percentage.
As he heads to the open market for the first time in his career, Bazardo represents an affordable option for teams seeking bullpen depth. He’s likely to receive a few minor league offers with big league Spring Training invitations.
Crazy Bazard.
Hope Eduard is signed by the Marlins.
After starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo comes out in the 6th inning, Bazardo can take his place.
That’s a Zardo zap!
Maybe we could get Antonio Bastardo out of retirement as well.
“Bazardo made 12 appearances for the Sox down the stretch after being selected to the majors at the start of September. He pitched to a 2.76 ERA over 16 1/3 innings, but he allowed four home runs while only striking out 16.9% of opposing hitters”
Or it could say
Bazardo made 12 appearances for the Sox down the stretch after being selected to the majors at the start of September. He pitched to a 2.76 ERA over 16 1/3 innings and allowed just one earned run over his last 12 innings. For his cup of coffee Bazardo posted a 156 ERA+ with hard hit and barrel percentages below the major league average and a tidy 0.98 WHIP
……and to put some color to the homers, 3 of the 4 came in his first three appearances, then he only gave up a single run over his last 12 innings….
Bazardo anyone? No one has room on their 40 for this guy?
The Dbacks need bullpen help and Hazen still has his Sox ties…
Why did we even let him go? His ERA and FIP are better than other guys we got out there and he’s young. Don’t tell me that Jake Reed has better numbers…
A product of people projecting future numbers instead of looking at actual results.
But that doesn’t even make sense… Bazardo is younger than Reed.
I am not talking about age. I am talking about predictor metrics.
And hoe do you suggest metrics work? Because looking at the stats, Bazardo has more upside.
I have no idea how they work, because they don’t work. They are just a guessing game. I think you are confusing someone agreeing with you with someone arguing against you.
How did 29 other teams pass on him? Sometimes you have to believe the scouts.
Joe – Believe the scouts over metrics? You’ve finally seen the light ;O)
What do you think scouts rely on? Scouts know exactly what your velocity is, your spin rate. etc. The point being is that not a single person in here likely knows enough about Bazardo to know if he is any good.
If 30 teams decline you, I’ll side with the 30 teams.
Bloom wants to fail.
Why would he do that?
If you are not someone who Bloom picked up on waivers, traded for, or drafted, then you are someone Bloom is looking to get rid of! In the end the Sox may never have a very good club, but in the event that they do, Bloom wants to make sure he gets 100% of the credit.
And so, one of the few not-terribly-horrible relievers from Boston bids ‘adieu’.
milt – When it comes to SSS (in this case just 19 career IP) you have to give Bloom the benefit of the doubt. He has access to non-game data that we don’t.
Fever: Yes and every other team in baseball apparently agrees with the Red Sox’ conclusion.
They chose Jake Reed over Eduardo Bastardo?
No other team in baseball wanted Bazardo either.
The purge continues
And when I said how idiotic this was in the previous article (where he was put on waivers) I was told it was a depth move and no big deal because the off season hasn’t started yet.
The Sox offseason should have started last June. And a good young pitcher with potential is going to be somebody else’s depth piece.
I was a big supporter of Bloom, but this dude seriously needs to go. Dude is making me miss Ben Cherington
…because it isn’t a big deal and the offseason hasn’t started yet whether you want to pretend it should have started in june or not. Also you’re wildly overstating things by calling him good. He’s AAA depth at best and there is a reason 29 other teams didn’t bother putting in a claim on him either.
Again the handwringing over a player who MIGHT be your forth set up guy is fairly silly at this point.
And a good young pitcher with potential is going to be somebody else’s depth piece.
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All 30 teams declined him. He’ll hook onto someone minor league system just like 1,000 other guys. We can still sign the guy if we want. He is not on anyone’s roster.
News from Bazardo’s world.
Correa is already putting on a LAD uniform and selecting his number