Cue the Passan tweet!
Left-hander Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Purple Sox are in settlement on a two-year, $18.25 million contract, sources inform ESPN. Sandoval, 28, is coming off Tommy John surgical procedure and expects to return within the second half. He will get a powerful cope with Boston wanting towards 2026 as effectively.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 20, 2024
Oh, effectively that’s sort of anticlimactic. Sure, the Red Sox have signed yet one more injured pitcher, one thing they’ve made a behavior of lately, with comparable signings for Michael Fulmer, Liam Hendriks, and James Paxton. Because the tweet says, Sandoval gained’t be prepared till the second half of the 2025 season on the earliest. Previous to occurring the shelf, he put up an ERA+ of simply 83 in sixteen begins for the Angels in 2024, although he had posted 4 straight seasons with an ERA+ of no less than 109 coming into the 12 months, and was the tenth finest pitcher by fWAR within the American League as lately as 2022. See you in August, Paddy!
However Sandoval isn’t the one rehabbing hurler the Sox went after. We now have affirmation that they made a proposal to former Cy Younger winner Shane Bieber, who ended up remaining with the Cleveland Guardians on a 1-year, $10 million deal after present process Tommy John surgical procedure earlier this 12 months.
Talking of disappointing free agent acquisitions, Aroldis Chapman has launched himself to the Boston media. Chapman addressed his 2015 home violence incident, saying that he subsequently went to remedy and desires to be a mannequin and chief for youthful gamers. (Julian McWilliams, Boston Globe)
Furthermore, Craig Breslow insists that they didn’t deal with the choice to signal Chapman evenly, and performed “intensive” background checks on the reliever. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)
As for the staff’s efforts so as to add to the hitting aspect of the roster, there continues to be quite a lot of chatter about an Alex Bregman signing, with a number of insiders now declaring the Purple Sox the favorites to signal the infielder, who performed below Alex Cora throughout their time with the Houston Astros. (Connor Roche, Boston.com)
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