May 22: Boston has officially announced the move. It will indeed be Crawford moving to the 60-day IL to clear a 40-man spot for Guerrero.
May 21: The Red Sox are going to select right-hander Tayron Guerrero to their roster, per reporting from Andrew Parker of SoxProspects.com. He’ll be back in the big leagues for the first time since 2019. Righty Zack Kelly has been optioned as a corresponding active roster move, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive. The Sox will need to make a corresponding move to open a 40-man roster spot. That will likely involve moving someone to the 60-day injured list, with Kutter Crawford being a logical candidate.
It’s an incredible comeback story for the 35-year-old. Guerrero was in the big leagues from 2016 to 2019, pitching for the Padres and Marlins. He logged 106 innings with a 5.77 earned run average. He lost his roster spot ahead of the 2020 season. Since then, he has alternated between minor league deals and time spent in Japan, without a ton of success. He was with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2022 and 2025. The first stint overseas was okay, with Guerrero posting a 3.52 ERA, but he had a 6.41 ERA last year. In his minor league work from 2021 to 2024, he posted a 7.62 ERA.
He signed a minor league deal with the Sox this offseason and has been shoving in Triple-A. He has thrown 19 2/3 innings for the WooSox, allowing just two earned runs for a 0.92 ERA. His 8% walk rate is right around average, while his 29.3% strikeout rate is quite strong and his 69.6% ground ball rate is massive. His fastball is still averaging in the upper 90s, with his slider and changeup coming in around 90ish.
The Sox will take a chance on Guerrero to see if he can translate any of that to the big leagues. Given his age and his recent track record, it’s an unusual move, but there’s obvious appeal in his numbers so far this year. If the gambit doesn’t pan out, Guerrero is out of options.
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They should just send back Watson, who’s been a rare dud in their recent rule 5 history. Not a terrible pitcher by any means, but easily improved upon.
I think they just need bodies at this point
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Not really. The pen is in good shape, innings wise.
OK fine, you need bodies(?) lets get someone up here with a future, why are we wasting time with this guy?
Who do you suggest?
Zack Kelly being sent down.
Strange, Tracy loves him.
Good to see them rewarding Guerrero’s stellar performance tho.
Guerrero is only going to be up for a couple of days, then will get waived when Coulome is ready. By moving Crawford to 60-Day, it creates a free roster spot, which will belong to Coulombe in a couple of days. — It makes perfect sense.
Another Red Sox fan over-analyzing every minute move.
Dan – Agreed. Guerrero is 35 years old. He stands a good chance of clearing waivers as not many teams would DFA a player to open a spot for a 35 year old.
And if the Red Sox lost him? Oh well.
Coulombe is only on the 15-day IL so is still on the 40-man roster anyway. They don’t need a spot on that for him. They will need an active roster spot for him but if Guerrero pitches well in the meantime they very well could send Watson back to clear the active roster spot for Coulombe.
Youre right, I looked at the wrong stats earlier (Luis Guerrero). The real Guerrero has been pitching well and could displace Watson.
It’s crazy how the Sox can’t develop pitchers.
Seems like everyone they move on from preforms at a much higher level than what they did in a Sox uniform
Little adjustment here and there and bang their above average pitchers.
Why can’t the Sox see this and do the same ?
What? This was certainly true up until a few years ago – but just look at the current rotation [Tolle and early look like legit mainstays]
Not to mention their top 10 prospects. Say what you will about Breslow, but he’s all but created a legit pitching factory in a short time.
He’s drafted good pitchers. I’d hardly say it’s a pitching factory. See Brewers, Milwaukee for that
andrew – Exactly!
And the Padres …. and the Braves …. etc etc
andrew:
Milwaukee takes what we built in our factory.
Dohan (5th rd) built in Boston
Priester (Yorke) fixed in Boston
Harrison (Devers) fixed in Boston
Look at both Priester and Harrison, and the value they paid and received for them. Dohan was only a 5th Rd draft pick, which is has very little value.
Milwaukee is great in maximizing the pitching they’re getting, but their worth was largely developed in Boston. The Red Sox are the ones that created their value in order to be traded away for other valuable players.
I’d disagree with Priester and Harrison. Both were develop almost entirely outside of the organization.
Priester and Harrison both went right from Boston into Milwaukee’s rotation.
andrew:
If the Red Sox didnt do much, why was Pittsburgh only able to get Nick Yorke for him, yet the Red Sox a year later got 3 very valuable prospects? It doesnt make sense to say they didnt do much to develop him.
Breslow is doing something not even Theo,Cherington,Dombrowski or Bloom did and that’s to develop pitching exactly as you pointed out.This has been our problem dating way back.
Kyle Harrison of the Brewers is on line 1.
Hello…. Hello… Cubs looked like world beaters, losses in 5/6 and now Brewers are in first, Who is more remarkable year in year out… Tampa or Milwaukee for contenders…
Dewey – If Harrison wins the NL Cy this year, he will become the second pitcher in 3 years to do so immediately after being traded by Breslow.
Man, some Sox fans love Kyle Harrison more than they like their own team. Go be a brewers fan already.
Nobody likes Harrison more than say Early or Tolle. This is a swipe at Beeslow let him go
Well would you rather have a hitter that is on his way to hitting .150 or a pitcher who is on his way to Cy Young nominations? It has to do with what looks to be a terrible trade assuming Harrison continues to dominate and Durbin continues to be dreadful at the plate.
it’s month and half into the season. Let’s see how things shake out at the end of the year.
Remember,had the Red Sox kept Clemens and Carlton Fisk,we might have broken the curse before.Plus Harrison was spectacular with us in his time here.I would have kept him and got rid of Crochet.He has been awful too.
olm – I’d say Tampa only because they usually play in one of the toughest divisions, while the Brewers are usually in a weak division.
Excellent question though, both teams are quite similar.
Lunch – Many Sox fans are diehard baseball fans who are also very analytical.
The best way to evaluate how good or bad the Sox regime has performed is to follow the careers of not only current players but also former players.
If the former players repeatedly perform better, especially right after they join their new team, that’s a strike against the Sox.
If the players who were traded perform better longterm than the players the Sox received, that’s a strike against the Sox.
It’s a thinking man’s game.
Uncle – Exactly!
The trade looks even worse because the Sox were unable to unlock Harrison’s potential, and have also obviously hurt Durbin’s performance.
5 years from now we will need to look at how all 6 players performed, as well as the comp balance pick. Can you please remind me in 2031 to assess this trade?
BTW – Hamilton had 3 hits yesterday!
TB – Did you watch or listen to Harrison’s last game with the Sox? He was awful, dreadful, hideous, repulsive, and several other words I can’t spell. LOL
Where were all these people praising Harrison at during the offseason? Its funny other than hindsight judgements, I dont remember hearing anything of him…
@TB which seasons specifically would keeping Coemens or Fisk have made a difference that would have led to winning a World Series??
Fever- I have noticed that Hamilton seems to be having a solid year. Still early to tell if he will actually become a solid everyday player, but the Brewers are currently having much more success with the trade. Durbin could definitely turn things around and Harrison could decline.
ace- I agree that we don’t know that the trade will end up being as one sided as it looks now. I was just making the point to sack lunch why the Sox fans are so focused on Harrison.
Tiger- I think most people assumed he would be a solid bullpen piece. Nobody to my knowledge visualized him as a future ace. It is all in hindsight that we can say it looks like it could end up as a terrible trade. I had high hopes for Durbin and he may still end up a decent major league player.
@Fever Since you re such a “thinking man” you clearly are comparing Priester to Nick Yorke for your overall judgment on Bresliw. Yorke is what the Red Sox ultimately gave up.
You probably want to ignore that tho as you only mention things that help shape a narrative and you have almost no ability to give an unbiased opinion on anything.
John Holobetz, Marcus Phillips, and Yophrany Rodriguez look like they could contribute more collectively than Priester, but declaring in winner in this trade (either way) is way too early.
FPG
It’s amazing how former Sox starters are doing well this year. I can think of 5-6 off the top of my head. One thing Breslow has done is build a strong staff this season. Tough to complain about the pitching this year.
Uncle – I’m surprised you don’t like Drohan, he’s been incredible …. 2.57 ERA 1.143 WHIP.
Yes it will be a long time before the trade can be properly evaluated, especially with 6 players plus the comp pick.
Uncle – Well for a long time Harrison was ranked the top LHP prospect in MLB.
Fever- I had mentioned him in a previous comment. The Brewers got three solid pieces and so far not much from our side. I don’t put too much into a draft pick because so few of the players actually turn out to be of any value for the major league team. We have seen more than our fair share of overhyped prospects.
Fever- I had not realized he was ranked that high. When they sent him away in the trade my biggest concern was are they losing too much depth. Most of the comments I remember seeing were visualizing Harrison in the bullpen to start off with since there would not be an opening for him in the rotation. Not that he would not eventually end up in the rotation. I certainly never saw this season coming from him.
Uncle – It happened a lot faster than anyone imagined.
Tiger: Spot on, now they’re even pretending they wanted to keep Hamilton.
They get angry about everything. Btw, how’s Devers, Bregman and Refsnyder doing? The players they were actually upset about. Oh yeah, terrible.
I had no interest in keeping Hamilton, he was terrible last year. Now he looks better than the centerpiece of the trade Durbin. The Brewers ended up with a high end starter, a solid bullpen arm, and a utility player who looks far better than he did in Boston. The Sox got 3 infielders and none of them have impressed with the most important of them looking like a complete bust so far. Things can change and I know we have a draft pick, but thus far looks like a one-sided trade in the Brewers favor.
Uncle: Fair post except Hamilton looks the same to me. He is still a below average hitter with an OPS of .628. So far this year, Hamilton has 0.5 bWAR and Durbin has 0.4 bWAR.
All- The main point was that we gave up Harrison, Hamilton, and Drohan with Durbin being the major return and at this point Hamilton looks better than Durbin (not that Hamilton is anything more than a utility player and it may only be slightly better than Durbin). I have no regret with Hamilton moving on, I would have just hoped for better results from the players we got in return by now. I was hopeful for both Durbin and Monasterio but neither has had an impact with their offense thus far.
Uncle: Monasterio is hitting better than Durbin and Hamilton with a .697 OPS. Not every trade and signing goes as expected. Every team makes mistakes. The Twins gave up on David Ortiz and released him. The Red Sox believed in him and picked him up.
All: The Brewers do seem to have the edge on evaluating talent based on recent transactions. We will need to wait and see how things play out over the long term.
Uncle: Agreed. Crazy things can happen in baseball. Maybe Durbin will be a World Series hero for the Red Sox.
I wouldn’t go that far just yet, but, I will agree that if they get a player through the draft or college they have been successful. They have a “type”, tall, elite extension and natural rise. With these guys their ‘one size fits all’ approach works.
Where they haven’t been successful is with pitchers who have some professional experience. They pretty much ruined Priester, did nothing with Harrison and didnt unlock Oviedo.
The sox didn’t ruin Priester. That’s laughable. We’ll see what happens with Oviedo when he comes back
Sad – Check out Criswell’s numbers too.
And Newcomb.
And Sale.
And Drohan.
And Pivetta last year (he’s injured now)
Sad Sox: “They have a “type”, tall, elite extension and natural rise. With these guys their ‘one size fits all’ approach works.”
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Ranger Suarez? Sonny Gray?
Whatever Priester did last year to be successful has left him injured and unsuccessful in his minor league rehab starts this year. He started getting wrist pain last August and is still not right and hasn’t thrown a single pitch for the Brewers so far this season. This is an example of why you need to wait a while to evaluate a trade. In the case of the Harrison trade, the Red Sox haven’t even used the no. 67 draft pick they got in that trade.
Acell – after a stop at Worcester and a cup of coffee in Boston Priester had a combined losing record for the first time in his career.
He went to Milwaukee and won 13 games.
Suit – i’ve said this before so I am being consistent. Breslow wants guys that he drafts, and minor league prospects with these characteristics because he believes this is his stamp on the pitching pipeline. Not necessarily in major leaguers.
Sad – Excellent post, you are 100% correct as usual. It’s so true the Sox can’t help struggling pitchers, and as soon as they are traded their new team fixes them. Not a good reflection on Bailey, Boddy, Breslow and Driveline.
if you’re basing your assesment of Priester, and more broadly of pitchers in the minors, off their records then you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
Acell10- so your saying that a pitcher who has never had a losing record at any level, comes to the Sox organization and is under.500, and that is just a coincidence?, Then you allude that they actually added something to his development?
I am not about to go through his metrics in A ball, but I would venture to say they added nothing,or very little, to his development.
Moreover, they took Harrison (who admittedly needed help when leaving SF) and decided it was time to throw out his pitch mix and move on to the “Red Sox Way” where he actually took steps backwards at Worcester.
Milwaukee “fixed” Priester and Harrison, the Sox were detrimental to their development.
BTW, no need to insult my baseball IQ
He had a losing record in PIT and he had a .500 record across BOS and affiliates. That combined 2 leagues you tried to judge someone based on a W/L record was 2024 at MLB level…
He was below .500 prior to coming to BOS….
Sad – Excellent post!
It’s the same story with so many players the Red Sox acquire.
Tibbs was great in the SF organization, immediately sucked in the Red Sox organization, and then immediately became great in the LAD organization.
It happens a lot, and is 100% proof there is something very, very wrong with the Sox “system”.
Sad: I don’t think that makes any sense and I don’t see a problem stockpiling pitchers with elite extension. Elite extension means the batter has less time to recognize and react to your stuff, whatever your stuff is. That would help every pitcher.
Excellent post?? He made a false claim. About exactly what Id expect from you Fever, who cares if something is true as long as it fits the narrative you wish for….
Sad: Yes I am saying that focusing only a pitchers record especially in the minors is fairly pointless in modern baseball and has little to no merrit to prove that the Sox ruined Presiter or any other pitcher. You’re not about to go through is metrics because they don’t prove your point.
If you’re going to insist on using something like wins and losses and particularly in the minors tot prove your point it shows how flimsy your argument is. Also it is an indicator that you don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s not insulting your baseball IQ it’s a statement of fact.
Have you heard of Tolle and Early?
Who are these people?
I thought he retired like a decade ago
I guess he has “elite extension”, you know thats all Breslow looks at…..
The more extension a pitcher has in his delivery, the closer he is to the batter when he releases the ball. The closer the pitcher releases the ball to the batter, the less time the batter has to recognize and react to the pitch, whatever the pitch is. I don’t see a drawback to valuing extension in pitchers. If two pitchers have the exact same stuff, but different extension, the one with more extension will be harder to hit.
So true on developing pitchers, you have to go back to Jon for a legitimate Ace, Clay was solid but other than that one year nothing earth shattering… Pap was a stud on reliever end and before that dare I say Steamer… Early and Nacho have been a real breath of fresh air and I’m not tossing in the towel on Bello yet…. How bout a round of applause for Duran!!! Have yourself one heck of a series young man, Wilson!!!! Honorable mention ….
I remember when they signed a guy who had been cut by two teams and he went on to lead the league in ERA. If I could just remember his name.
hayzee – Not many left here that would get that one, sadly.
I would hope at least one person other than me does, especially since it’s in their handle!!!
Hayzee/ FPG …. I give up Tom Bolton???😉…..loved his sandwich at his stand , only wish in my handful of times at the Fen’s I would have met him and shared a cigar….
Olm – I am so embarrassed, I forgot to mention yesterday that it was the 50th anniversary of the Pudge/Piniella fight!
Mickey Rivers was sucker punching every Sox player in sight, he’s the first baseball player I really disliked. Even before I learned it was his corked bat that Dent used.
Still remember Bill Lee looking like Quasimodo arm hanging and all!!! That’s when They truly HATED each other
You better call Tayron…
Call, Tayron!
I was wondering when they would call him up I know he had some hype around him way back when he came up who knows he might be a 10 year late bloomer.
This is Robert Stock all over again. Almost exactly the same path to Boston.at least Stock was able to get some good tacos on his journey back to mlb.
Sad – Gotta be careful using words that have more than one meaning ;O)
Oppo Taco when you have big power
Certainly a great story on determination and perseverance, no matter how it turns out.
Okay, I read these words right out of the mouth of Kyle Harrison himself as quoted liberally throughout an article (over a week ago; can’t source it now). The Sox wanted him to develop a kick-change. He couldn’t get the grip. They sent him into the offseason to work on it. A different article I came across said that his friend Hayden Birdsong (SFG) showed him how to get it. It worked; the pitch was good. Harrison came back to the Sox from the offseason and found out almost right away that he was traded. NOBODY on the Sox looked at his new kick-change. To me, that is the tragedy of his loss–the complete indifference to the possibility of his development. If you read what Milwaukee brought to the table for him, they moved where he stands on the mound–that’s pretty much it.
Horace – Thank you, I love hearing this kind of behind the scenes stuff.
It’s just another example of Red Sox arrogance. They listen to their models, nothing else …. they don’t even listen to the player themself.
Horace – your information is 100% correct! I read it on Masslive. Harrison change was made before being acquired by Milwaukee. Regardless, the RedSox have high upside pitching in Tolle, Early, Crochet, and Suarez with a pipeline full of pitchers they drafted in the last two years.
The problem is that they have failed to draft and develop power hitters.
The problem with the Durbin trade it was a knee jerk reaction to losing Bregman and for the life of me why they had to add Drohan still perplexes me. Milwaukee knew Durbin was fools gold, never been a fan of his since the days of Yankee fans telling me how good he is. Still pitching is not Boston and Breslow’s issue they are top to bottom among the best in baseball. If they had an offense that was just average they would be 10 games better or more. Pitching isn’t the issue.
It really appears that Boston has another legit pitcher coming fast Anthony Eyanson. He’s already in AA and he’s dealing with easy plus stuff. He’s on the Payton Tolle train but being promoted even faster.
Bruin – It was definitely a panic trade after losing Bregman because they were convinced he would stay.
Timelines are important …
Jan 10 – Bregman agrees to play for Cubs
Feb 4 – IKF agrees to play for Sox
Feb 9 – Durbin trade
Feb 10 – IKF signs contract
The Ranger signing was definitely knee-jerk as he obviously wasn’t needed, but the Sox needed a 3B so they had to do something relatively quick with ST approaching.
Bruin- While Boston does have an outstanding pitching staff, having Harrison and Drohan would have allowed them to have a younger and cheaper staff reducing the need to sign Suarez. It seems like Boston’s scouts and talent evaluators needed to take a closer look at what we were giving up and getting in the Durbin trade. We also have Bello looking terrible and likely heading to the bullpen or minors when Crochet comes back, Sonny Gray gone after the season, and unless pitchers like Oviedo get healthy and are available we would need to rely primarily on unproven young starters when injuries creep up. No doubt Eyanson will be someone to watch.
I just wish they had been able to find that power bat they desperately need.
Uncle – Bello didn’t give up any earned runs today, but Moran gave up two and hasn’t performed well in the opener role.
Fever- I have noticed that they always use Moran as the opener and every time he gives up at least one run so Bello comes in with the other team leading. It is really strange how Bello has been solid when he had an opener but terrible when he starts. They just need to use someone other than Moran to start.
Uncle – In his last 4 games he’s started only once, in Atlanta against a strong Braves team. One chance to start is not really fair.
I think he should get another shot at starting, obviously before Crochet returns.
Fever- Prior to moving to having a starter Bello looked terrible. With the starter he looked the best he had all year. He started again and looked bad again, had the starter and was solid. It has got to be a mental/confidence issue not physical. I worry that starting again will just get the same results. We are getting to the point where we really can’t afford to lose many more games if we have any hope of getting back into the playoff race.
Losing 3 close games against the Twins at home hurts. When the offense wakes up the pitching is not great and when the pitching is strong they don’t have offense. Sonny needs to get through more than 4 innings and Tayron looks questionable.
Uncle – I think the 3 games with an opener has helped him overall. They can’t possible go all season with an opener for him. And Moran has been bad in the role, so who opens now? Danny?
Yeah the Tayron experiment probably won’t last long. Bring back Sammy.
Sonny looked really bad not backing up Abreu’s throw.
What’s really shocking about this series, Twins swept despite not having Jeffers at all …. and they didn’t even play Buxton today, not even to pinch hit.
Now the brutal part of the schedule begins.
12 of 15 against Guards/Yanks/Braves/Rays.
Fever- Looks like they are going to need to step it up if they want to keep their head above water for those series. At least Yoshida finally got time in the lineup and made the most of it. As you had said Gasper looks like a flash in the pan who is quickly fading, time to let Yoshida get most of the DH opportunities.