The Red Sox have announced they have reinstated left-hander Richard Bleier from the injured list with Jake Faria designated for assignment in a corresponding move. Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported the moves prior to the official announcement.
Faria, 29, signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox this offseason and has twice now been added to the club’s roster, getting designated for assignment the very next day in both instances. The first time was back in April, with Faria getting the DFA treatment without making an appearance. He cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment before eventually returning to the big league club yesterday.
The Sox were trouncing the Cubs in yesterday’s contest, holding an 11-0 lead in the middle of the eighth when they put Faria into the game for mop-up duty. He did eventually record the final six outs, though he allowed five earned runs on four hits and four walks, throwing 65 pitches in the process. Since he’s out of options, the Sox have designated him for assignment again in order to get a fresh arm into their bullpen.
The Sox will now have a week to trade Faria or pass him through waivers. He’s been previously outrighted in his career and thus has the right to reject another such assignment in favor of electing free agency. The last time this scenario played out in April, he cleared waivers and decided to stick with the Sox. It’s possible the same sequence of events plays out in the coming days, though that remains to be seen.
Bleier, 36, came over to the Sox in the offseason trade that sent Matt Barnes to the Marlins. He tossed 20 innings with a 5.85 ERA before landing on the injured list in May due to shoulder inflammation. The Sox have a $3.75MM club option for Bleier’s services in 2024 with a $250K buyout. He’ll have to finish strong for the club to consider triggering that option.
Can we DFA Bloom?
FatChance65,
Fat chance.
Yes!!!! LeT’s OvErPaY fOr EvErY fReE AgEnT aNd WiN lIkE tHe PaDrEs, MeTs, AnD jAnKeEs.
So stupid to build up the farm instead. FiRE BlOoM! Bring back Dombroski, Theo, or Cherrington
Medicine run out?
Dombrowski, Theo and Cherington have rings. How many does Bloom have?
LOL! Bloom inherited an 84-win team, with the biggest payroll in BB, with no immediate help from the farm, and you were expecting a WSC?
I friggin wish !!!
this guy looked very promising for a moment on the Rays… then kaput
well at least he got into a game this time
I know many Red Sox fans dislike bloom , but from afar, this team is way better than most preseason suits opinions.
Everyone thought he got ripped on Yoshida Good move. Sum bad luck w story injury etc.
good job getting Paxton.
Turner.
Couple good draft picks. Bello looks good.
Not terrible gm at all
Ssh…you don’t sound angry enough.
A lot of RS fans just want to be angry. Winning and losing is secondary, If we continue to win. make the playoffs, and make a run, they won’t be in the local; pub screaming. at the TV with a million other RS fans. They will be home writing angry missives to other angry RS fans.
At the risk of incurring bad karma, has anyone seem KD, Randy, AL34, etc.?
Ed – For the record, since Day One I thought Yoshida was a good sign.
I repeatedly wrote if he performs like he did in Japan, he could come close to a reincarnation of Wade Boggs.
Good call indeed
Thank you for your contribution to the team ERA. Fun fact: Faria is responsible for 1.2345679% of the earned runs on the season to date.
At the time, he still overpaid for Yoshida. Still it’s great that he’s doing so well.
He knew Story was injured and did nothing to replace him except let Xander walk.
Paxton he paid to do nothing last year.
Turner has been good but then again so has JD Martinez.
Bello is all Dave Dombrowski.
grnmtnyeti1 hour ago
At the time, he still overpaid for Yoshida.
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Did you hear that from Yoshida or his agent?
From the majority of gms that said it was an overpay
Did the majority of GMS think he was going to hit .315 with a .880 OPS?
grn – In terms of market value at the time, yes he was an overpay. Bloom blew away the competition by spending a combined total of $105.4M to acquire Yoshida.
In terms of production thus far, not an overpay.
Fever- thank you. That was exactly my point.
The majority of GMs probably don’t talk to writers, unless they want to drop rumors.
The bottom line is that no one knows what LA or TO or anyone else was going to pay. If Bloom threw in an extra $5M to ensure that the big pocket teams never had a chance to talk, it was probably well spent.
Of course it was well spent, in hindsight, which is my point
Not a staunch Bloom apologist but here’s some counterpoints to your arguments:
It’s fallacious to say “he still overpaid for Yoshida.” The Dodgers and Blue Jays were big on Yoshida and we don’t know what they offered him, but he’s lived up to his contract so far. Who cares about the initial reaction from anonymous executives when he’s making them look like fools?
Xander was signed to a stupid contract a month before Story got hurt. Still, Chang and Reyes are serviceable if unspectacular replacements, but Kike has been brutal. I know Boston was in on Swanson, and I’d like to see how high they were willing to go/if Henry was willing to beat the 7/$177M he got
Turner has hit better than JD and offers more defensive value and flexibility for only $900k higher in AAV. I can guarantee Boston’s executives aren’t sad they didn’t re-sign a DH with a .305 OBP
You can’t just say Paxton was hurt during a lame duck year and ignore that he’s provided enough value this season to cover his entire contract. He’s been a solid rotation contributor and would bring back a not insignificant return if they crater the next few weeks
No GM has anything to do with a $28k IFA signing like Bello. It’s like praising Nick Krall for Elly De La Cruz. People only pull the “this IFA was signed by DD/Cherington” schtick because they think it discredits the current FO, when in reality it only speaks to the shrewdness of the org’s international scouting and development (which is an entirely separate apparatus from the MLB front office)
The hate for Bloom is ridiculous. He was hamstrung by ownership who wanted Betts gone. They hot their starting RF and CA for him. He was burdened by Dombrowski depleted minor leagues and massive deals for Sale and Price etc. They made the ALCS in 21 and look like a pretty strong team with people coming back from injury.
Has Bloom been perfect? Nope. But he has done a very good job so far.
Exactly. Bloom took over an $240million dollar 84 win team that had nearly $300 mill tied up in 3 frequently injured pitchers, no farm system to speak of, one year of Betts (at most) and directive to control the budget.
Ketch – How the hell is it possible that you’ve never heard of Bello, Casas, Crawford, Rafaela, Houck or Duran? They ALL were in the farm system that Bloom inherited from Dombrowski.
Hardly “no farm system to speak of”, sheesh!
Ketch – bloom took over a championship caliber team with a young, homegrown, all-star core that was a few pieces away from being right back in it and he slowly, painfully ripped it right up. We’ll never know what his directive was.
grnmtnyeti
bloom took over a championship caliber team with a young, homegrown, all-star core that was a few pieces away from being right back in it
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No. Here is our 2019 team:
C-Vazquez
1B-Moreland
2B-Holt
LF-Benni
CF-JBJ
Bench-No one
Rotation-Sale, Porcello, ERod, Eovaldi, Price
Closer-No one
BP-No one
We certainly had some stars, but how is that team going to win? The stars of the team on offense (Devers, Betts, JD & Bogaerts) had a combined 2020 5.2 bWAR, extrapolated to 14.0 in a full season.
The 2018 rotation combined for a 5-9 record, with ERod & Sale missing the entire season, and Price choosing the sit out the season.
We had very little chance of being a .500 team, let alone a contender.
2019’s core – Bogaerts, Betts, Devers, Beni, JBJ, Vaz there’s the core
bloom did nothing to supplement them and you can’t just extrapolate 2020 stats like that. JBJ is the perfect example. There’s no way he maintains his hitting for a full season
Bloom is an outstanding GM who should be here for years to come. The minor league system is re built and MLB is competitive! What else do you want?
It’s than that. A good bit of this team is controlled for 5 years, at reasonable prices. Our 2025 payroll is $96M, and we’ll have some good talent. We’ll need to hit on a couple of prospects and FAs, but we are well-positioned.
Thec – I want reality, can you provide some please.
I, for one, have no interest in seeing them finish 84-78 and get blown out by Tampa, Houston, Texas or Toronto in the wildcard game. Put together a team worth some expectations, not a teaser. Bloom has made some good moves, and I will give him credit for those. But 3 last place finishes in 4 years is not the mark of a great GM. Many of his good moves have been erased the year after, like Renfroe for Bradley. Like letting Waccha and Stram go. Like getting rid of a third of what they got for Betts. Other moves like keeping Martinez, Bogaerts, Evoldi instead of trading at the deadline last year keeping them over the luxury tax, then losing them for low or no draft compensation. Like blowing negotiations with Bogaerts and Devers in the winter of 2022 which cost them Bogaerts and cost probably $100,000,000 more on Devers.
I, for one, have no interest in seeing them finish 84-78 and get blown out by Tampa, Houston, Texas or Toronto in the wildcard game.
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Sure, but there is no reason to think we will lose a WC game. We’re behind TB, but they’ve been playing bad for at least a month. Hou, TX, and TO are scarcely ahead of us.
We have the 5th best record in BB over the past 30 games. It makes no sense to quit at this point.
Now release Kike.
If Houck and Whit make it back before the trade deadline they may move Paxton and Hernandez.
Duvall is starting to hit after his injury–keep him if they look like a contender. Keep Masa as the DH with Duran-Duran in LF and Verdugo in RF.
I’m concerned about Devers D @ 3 B, Chang, Reyes, Arroyo , Story up the middle–somebody or two have to be moved.
JT stays–he’s provided the glue in my estimation much more so than JD ever did.
Schneider’s return is critical to solidify the pen. Schneider becomes the set-up and Martin the closer. Hanley brings back a potential Pen piece to move Pivetta back to the rotation.
The pitching is coming around. ‘Looking like a Stretch Run.” It’s looking scary good.