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Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Justin Slaten Gives Good News On His Injury
Justin Slaten Gives Good News On His Injury originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It has been a bad few weeks for the Boston Red Sox and most of the top players. Between inconsistencies and injuries, the team has struggled to catch a break as they are now several games under .500%. There is some good news for Boston involving their pitching rotation and top reliever Justin Slaten. Slaten told MassLive's Chris Contillo that his shoulder injury is mild and more caused by fatigue and overuse. Slaten also said that he hopes to be off IL after the minimum 15 days have finished. Advertisement The last Slaten played, he allowed two runs and one hit in 16 pitches in last Wednesday's 6-5 loss in extra innings to the Milwaukee Brewers. Slaten is playing in his second season for Boston. He has appeared in 24 games and 23.1 innings, where he allowed 14 hits, 12 runs (one of them being a home run) and seven walks while delivering 16 strikeouts. He has a season ERA of 3.47. © Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Slaten has been one of the more efficient relief pitchers for the Red Sox this season despite having some tough performances in the last few games played. While having some good pitching moments, he has possessed a 1-4 record but has three quality saves. That is the second-most on the roster following star relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman. Advertisement Boston will need as much help as they can get in every portion of the pitching rotation. Luckily for the Red Sox, Slaten's shoulder injury isn't concerning as he could return to the lineup sooner than later. Related: Red Sox Make Alex Cora Announcement Before Latest Loss This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
Reuters
3 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Red Sox put RHP Justin Slaten (shoulder) on 15-day IL
June 1 - The Boston Red Sox put right-handed reliever Justin Slaten on the 15-day injury list due to shoulder inflammation. It was one of several roster moves the Red Sox made Sunday morning, which included replacing Slaten on the roster with right-hander Luis Guerrero. The latter was called up from Triple-A Worcester. The Red Sox also selected the contract of utility player Nate Eaton and optioned infielder Nick Sogard to Triple-A, designating catcher Blake Sabol for assignment to clear roster space. Slaten, 27, has been a key piece of Boston's relief staff this spring, despite his 1-4 record. He has appeared in 24 games with a 3.47 ERA over 23 1/3 innings. A third-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2019, Slaten is in his second season with the Red Sox. A year ago, he went 6-2 with a 2.93 ERA and 58 strikeouts over 44 appearances. He's been less dominant in 2025 and has cited fatigue as a reason for the dip. Guerrero, 24, has been stellar in limited major league action over two seasons, posting a sparkling 0.59 ERA over 15 1/3 innings (13 appearances). Overall, Guerrero is 14-12 with a 3.11 ERA in 133 minor league appearances. Eaton, who plays the outfield and third base, was a 21st-round 2018 draft pick of the Royals. He has with 159 major league at-bats, hitting .201. The 28-year-old last appeared in the majors for Kansas City in 2023. Sogard, 27, hit .245 for Boston this year in 14 games (49 at-bats). Sabol, 27, has an even smaller sample size this year than Sogard (eight games, 16 at-bats), but has had limited success, batting .125. --Field Level Media
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Game 61: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes
The Red Sox made a number of roster moves before Sunday's game, placing righthander Justin Slaten on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to May 29); calling up righthander Luis Guerrero and utility player Nate Eaton from Worcester; optioning another utility man in Nick Sogard back to Worcester; and designating catcher Blake Sabol for assignment. Advertisement Here's a preview. Lineups RED SOX (28-32): Duran LF, Devers DH, Abreu RF, Toro 1B, Mayer 3B, Story SS, Campbell 2B, Wong C, Rafaela CF Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Pitching: LHP Garrett Crochet (4-4, 2.04 ERA) BRAVES (27-30): Acuña Jr. RF, Riley 3B, Ozuna DH, Olson 1B, Albies 2B, Murphy C, White LF, Harris II CF, Allen SS Pitching: RHP Bryce Elder (2-2, 4.50 ERA) Time: 1:35 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Elder: Has not faced any Boston batters Braves vs. Crochet: Ronald Acuña Jr. 0-3, Ozzie Albies 1-6, Nick Allen 1-2, José Azócar 0-1, Michael Harris II 1-6, Sean Murphy 2-3, Matt Olson 2-6, Marcell Ozuna 1-6, Austin Riley 0-6, Alex Verdugo 0-1, Eli White 0-3 Stat of the day: Since May 19, the Red Sox are 10 for 85 with runners in scoring position and have left 84 runners on base. Advertisement Notes: Crochet will be making his 13th start and has allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last six starts, compiling a 2.13 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 38 combined innings. In his most recent appearance on Monday at Milwaukee, Crochet took the loss despite allowing only two runs over 6 ⅔ innings and matching his season high with 11 strikeouts. ... Crochet faced the Braves on May 16 in Boston and lost the game despite allowing just two runs, seven hits and no walks while striking out eight in a 4-2 defeat. In two career appearances against Atlanta, the lefty is 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA. ... The Braves got superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. back from an ACL injury in recent weeks and he's hit the ground running, batting .367 with two doubles, six RBIs and three home runs in just eight games. ... Spencer Strider had been scheduled for the finale but will now open the series against Arizona on Tuesday. Amin Touri can be reached at
Boston Globe
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
The Red Sox have made a habit of blowing a lead. Can they get over it?
Wobbly processions in the relay from starter to closer can turn good teams into mediocre ones. Through the first five-plus weeks of the 2025 campaign, that appears to be precisely what's happening with the Red Sox. Advertisement The Sox have been one of the best teams in baseball through the first six innings of games. Sunday marked the 19th time in 36 contests this year that the Sox held a lead after six innings – tied for fourth most in the big leagues, behind only the Cubs, Mets, and Yankees, each of whom is in first place in their divisions. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Yet the Sox have been tugged down to 18-18 mediocrity in no small part because they have joined the Diamondbacks as the only teams in baseball that have lost four games this year when leading after six innings. The problem hasn't been with the starters. The rotation has handled a sizable workload (an MLB-high 199 innings, with an average of 5.5 innings per game that ranks fourth in the big leagues) and, more often than not, either positioned the Sox to win or kept them in the game. Advertisement The problem hasn't been at the end of games. The Sox are 14-0 when leading after eight innings, with Aroldis Chapman delivering dominance (38 percent strikeout rate, 1.59 ERA) as the primary line of last defense. Related : But the Sox have been unable to pass the baton cleanly in between the first and last pitchers of the game. The team now has eight blown leads, most in the big leagues. They have coughed up leads in 31 percent of potential save or hold situations, worst in MLB. (At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Padres have blown just one lead in 41 save or hold situations – an incredible, MLB-best 2 percent rate.) The Sox' recent woes have been particularly puzzling, given that two of their top setup options – Garrett Whitlock and Justin Slaten – have quickly gotten to two strikes against opposing hitters, but have then proven incapable of putting them away. Righthander Justin Slaten is 27. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff The Sox bullpen has been profoundly bad in high-leverage, two-strike counts in the seventh and eighth innings. It's been a small but costly sample – in 13 plate appearances that fit the designation, opposing hitters have a .455/.538/.818 line. Advertisement In contrast to the 2024 season, when the Red Sox bullpen derailed shortly after the All-Star break when opposing hitters sat on breaking pitches, the damage has come against a variety of pitches from Sox relievers. In this case, pitchers have simply been failing to execute pitches to their intended locations – producing either non-competitive misses that batters can ignore, or hittable pitches that get smoked. 'We have to execute,' Cora emphasized prior to Sunday's game. 'We need to be better, especially late in games. That's the most important thing. When it's a breaking ball with two strikes, don't be afraid to bounce it, get it down. If it's a fastball up, it's up – not in the middle of the plate. I think that's an ongoing conversations. Obviously they don't want to do it – they don't want to hang a breaking ball, but we need to start executing.' Related : A few hours later, Cora once again was lamenting his team's inability to do just that following the loss to the Twins. It happens. Bullpens almost invariably endure a stretch where they endure a cluster of meltdowns. Slaten and Whitlock have both flashed electric stuff – with Slaten's fastball and Whitlock's slider looking overpowering at times. Cora seems convinced that both will remain late-innings fixtures alongside Chapman. If they continue to falter, perhaps the Sox will recall Luis Guerrero from Triple-A or eventually give opportunities to some of their depth starters (Hunter Dobbins, Richard Fitts) in late-game, multi-innings roles. Still, for now, the Red Sox bullpen remains a work in progress – one whose inability to reliably convert leads over the past week contributed to the team's inability to get on a run against sub-.500 teams. Advertisement If the Sox are to fulfill their ambitions to emerge as a legitimate contender that can compete for the AL East title, they'll need to identify a reliable late-innings formula – something that has, thus far, eluded them. Alex Speier can be reached at
