The Purple Sox introduced a slate of transactions to finalize their Opening Day roster, together with a shock placement of righty Liam Hendriks on the 15-day injured checklist because of elbow irritation. Fellow right-hander Cooper Criswell, who had appeared ticketed for Triple-A Worcester, will break camp with the big-league membership as a substitute.
Boston additionally chosen the contracts of lefty Sean Newcomb and high prospect Kristian Campbell. Each have formally made the Opening Day roster. Lefties Chris Murphy and Zach Penrod had been positioned on the 60-day injured checklist to open spots. Murphy is recovering from UCL surgical procedure carried out final spring. Penrod was identified with a left elbow sprain earlier in camp.
Moreover, the Purple Sox positioned Masataka Yoshida on the 10-day IL as he continues constructing again up from offseason shoulder surgical procedure. Righties Brayan Bello (shoulder pressure), Kutter Crawford (patellar tendinopathy) and Lucas Giolito (hamstring pressure) had been all positioned on the 15-day IL, as anticipated.
Hendriks, who turned 36 final month, is coming into the second season of a two-year, $10M deal. The Purple Sox signed him realizing he’d miss a lot of the 2024 season whereas recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure. The expectation early in camp was that he and offseason signee Aroldis Chapman may compete for ninth-inning work. The tide modified rapidly. Chapman fanned 14 of the 30 batters he confronted and held opponents to 2 runs in 7 1/3 innings. Hendriks allowed seven runs on 14 hits in simply 6 1/3 frames. He didn’t stroll anybody however solely whiffed 4 of the 32 hitters he confronted.
The Purple Sox haven’t but supplied a timetable for when Hendriks would possibly return to the mound. There’s no indication that he’s coping with a long-term harm for now. Presumably, supervisor Alex Cora can have extra info relating to his potential timetable when he meets with the media in a while Thursday.
