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30-05-2025
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Ex-Boston Red Sox players: 3 starters dominating, Xander Bogaerts has .681 OPS
Former Red Sox ace Chris Sale pitched 6 scoreless innings in a win over the Phillies on Thursday. The Braves lefty allowed two hits and three walks while striking out eight. It marked his eighth straight start in which he has allowed two or fewer runs. Advertisement Three former Red Sox starting pitchers — Sale, Nathan Eovaldi and Nick Pivetta — are all dominating this season. Opponents are batting just .192 against Pivetta and .185 against Eovaldi. Below is a look at how former Red Sox players across the league are doing this season: Members of 2024 Red Sox: Nick Pivetta, Padres: The 32-year-old righty has a 2.72 ERA, 3.23 FIP, 1.01 WHIP, 63 strikeouts and 18 walks in 10 starts (56 ⅓ innings). Opponents are batting .192 against him. Pivetta signed a four-year, $55 million contract with the Padres on Feb. 12. Tyler O'Neill, Orioles: The 29-year-old has been on the 10-day injured list since May 18 with a left shoulder impingement. He's batting just .188 with a .280 on-base percentage, .325 slugging percentage, .605 OPS, two home runs, three doubles, one triple, nine runs, 10 RBIs, nine walks and 27 strikeouts in 24 games (93 plate appearances). O'Neill signed with Baltimore on Dec. 7. It's a three-year, $49.5 million contract that includes an opt out after 2025. Advertisement Kenley Jansen, Angels: The 37-year-old has converted 11 of 11 saves opportunities for the Angels. But he has a 4.96 ERA, 5.21 FIP, 1.41 WHIP, 16 strikeouts and five walks in 18 outings (16 ⅓ innings). Opponents are batting .273 against him. Jansen signed a one-year, $10 million contract with the Angels on Feb. 11. Bobby Dalbec, White Sox/Brewers (minors): The 29-year-old first baseman went 4-for-18 (.222) with a .333 on-base percentage, .278 slugging percentage, .611 OPS, one double, one RBI, two runs, three walks and six strikeouts in seven games for the White Sox after beginning the season with their Triple-A affiliate, Charlotte, on a minor league White Sox designated Dalbec for assignment May 4. He elected free agency two days later after he cleared through waivers and Chicago outrighted him. He then signed with the Brewers on May 10. He's with their Triple-A affiliate, Nashville. Quinn Priester, Brewers: The 24-year-old righty has a 4.23 ERA, 4.64 FIP, 1.43 WHIP, 32 strikeouts, 23 walks, .244 batting average against in nine outings, seven starts (44 ⅔ innings). The Red Sox traded the him April 7 for prospect Yophery Rodriguez, a Competitive Balance Round A pick (33rd overall) in this year's draft and a player to be named later or cash considerations. Chase Meidroth, White Sox: The 23-year-old second baseman is batting .286 with a .370 on-base percentage, .345 slugging percentage, .715 OPS, one homer, four doubles, 17 runs, five RBIs, 16 walks, 16 strikeouts and eight stolen bases in 33 games (135 plate appearances). Boston traded Meidroth along with prospects Kyle Teel, Wikelman González and Braden Montgomery to Chicago for Garrett Crochet on Dec. 11. Advertisement Reese McGuire, Cubs: The 30-year-old catcher began the season in the minors after signing a minor league deal with the Cubs in January. The Cubs promoted him May 25 and he bashed two home runs in his first game with them. So far, he has gone 2-for-10 (.200) with two homers, two RBIs, two runs, no walks and three strikeouts in three games. Cam Booser, White Sox: The 33-year-old lefty reliever has a 5.40 ERA, 5.07 FIP, 1.30 WHIP, four holds, one save, a .216 batting average against, 24 strikeouts and 10 walks in 24 outings (20 innings). Boston traded Booser to Chicago on Dec. 21 for 18-year-old minor leaguer Yhoiker Fajardo. Chris Martin, Rangers: The 38-year-old righty has a 1.83 ERA, 1.85 FIP, 0.92 WHIP, nine holds, one save, a .205 batting average against, 23 strikeouts and three walks (two intentional) in 22 outings (19 ⅔ innings), Martin signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract with Texas in January. Emnanuel Valdez, Pirates: The 26-year-old is out for the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery. He went 19-for-91 (.209) with a .294 on-base percentage, .363 slugging percentage, .657 OPS, two home runs, four doubles, two triples, 12 RBIs, seven runs, 11 walks and 16 strikeouts in 31 games. Boston designated Valdez for assignment Dec. 11, then traded him to the Pirates on Dec. 15 for 23-year-old minor league pitcher Joe Vogatsky. Advertisement Lucas Sims, Nationals/Phillies (minors): The 31-year-old righty posted a 13.86 ERA, 8.18 FIP, 2.27 WHIP, one hold' , 13 strikeouts, 14 walks and a .275 batting average against in 18 outings (12 ⅓ innings) for the Nationals who released him May 10. He signed a minor league deal with the Phillies on May 20. He was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate Wednesday. Sims had signed as a minor league free agent with Washington on Feb. 19. Luis García, Dodgers: The 38-year-old righty has a 3.81 ERA, 3.53 FIP, 1.65 WHIP, two holds, 23 strikeouts, 15 walks and a .280 batting average against in 26 outings (26 innings). García signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers on Feb. 14. Danny Jansen, Rays: The 30-year-old catcher is batting .196 with a .333 on-base percentage, .330 slugging percentage, .663 OPS, four homers, three doubles, 12 RBIs, 10 runs, 21 walks and 28 strikeouts in 38 games (135 plate appearances). Jansen signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Rays on Dec. 6. Mickey Gasper, Twins: The 29-year-old catcher/infielder/outfielder was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on May 22. He has appeared in 17 games for the Twins this season, batting .176 with a .282 on-base percentage, .206 slugging percentage, .488 OPS, one double, three RBIs, five runs, four walks and nine strikeouts (39 plate appearances). Boston traded Gasper for minor league pitcher Jovani Morán on Dec. 24. Advertisement Pablo Reyes, Yankees: The 31-year-old infielder/outfielder is batting .192 with a .250 on-base percentage, .231 slugging percentage, .481 OPS, one double, one RBI, three runs, two walks and nine strikeouts in 20 games (28 plate appearances). He signed a minor league contract with New York on Nov. 12. Chase Shugart, Pirates: The 28-year-old righty has a 3.47 ERA, 4.40 FIP, 1.20 WHIP, two holds, 14 strikeouts, 11 walks and a .202 batting average against in 21 games (23 ⅔ innings). The Red Sox designated Shugart for assignment Jan. 15, then traded him to Pittsburgh for minor league pitcher Matt McShane on Jan. 17. Brad Keller, Cubs: The 29-year-old righty reliever has a 2.30 ERA, 2.12 FIP, 1.06 WHIP, eight holds, 28 strikeouts, eight walks and a .210 batting average against in 25 outings (27 ⅓ innings). Keller signed a minor league contract with the Cubs in January. Tyler Heineman, Blue Jays: The 33-year-old catcher is on the IL with a concussion. He was batting .396 with a .412 on-base percentage, .542 slugging percentage, .954 OPS, one homer, four doubles, six RBIs, 10 runs, two walks and 10 strikeouts in 19 games (51 plate appearances). Toronto claimed Heineman off waivers from the Red Sox last Sept. 17. Advertisement Bailey Horn, Tigers: The 27-year-old has pitched in one game for Detroit. He recorded four outs without giving up a run. He allowed one hit and two struck out. He was optioned to Triple-A Toledo and he's currently on their IL. Boston lost him on the waivers to the Tigers in the offseason. James Paxton (retired) Garrett Cooper, free agent: He began the season with Atlanta's Triple-A affiliate, Gwinnett after signing a minor league deal in the offseason. They released him May 18. Others from 2024 in the minors: Jamie Westbrook (playing for Rays' Triple-A affiliate Durham), Dominic Smith (playing for Yankees' Triple-A affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), Chase Anderson (free agent), Zack Short (playing for Astros' Triple-A affiliate Sugar Land), Trey Wingenter (pitching in Japan), Joe Jacques (Los Angeles Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City), Yohan Ramírez (Pittsburgh Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis), Naoyuki Uwasawa (pitching in Japan); Joely Rodriguez (free agent); Rich Hill (signed minor league deal with the Royals on May 14) OTHER FORMER RED SOX: Xander Bogaerts, Padres: The 32-year-old is batting just .249 with a .335 on-base percentage, .346 slugging percentage, .681 OPS, three homers, nine doubles, 21 RBIs, 23 runs, 25 walks, 41 strikeouts and 11 steals in 54 games (215 plate appearances). Advertisement Mookie Betts, Dodgers: The 32-year-old is batting .254 with a .338 on-base percentage, .405 slugging percentage, .743 OPS, eight homers, five doubles, one triple, 31 RBIs, 42 runs, 26 walks, 22 strikeouts and five steals in 53 games (234 plate appearances). Nathan Eovaldi, Texas: The 35-year-old righty has a 1.56 ERA, 2.32 FIP, 0.81 WHIP, .185 batting average against, 73 strikeouts and 10 walks in 12 starts (69 ⅓ innings). He also has one complete game shutout. Chris Sale, Braves: The 36-year-old lefty, who won the 2024 NL Cy Young, has a 3.06 ERA, 2.99 FIP, 1.24 WHIP, 86 strikeouts, 19 walks and a .252 batting average against in 12 starts (67 ⅔ innings). Alex Verdugo, Braves: The 29-year-old outfielder is batting .266 with a .324 on-base percentage, .328 slugging percentage, .652 OPS, eight doubles, 10 RBIs, 17 runs, nine walks and 14 strikeouts in 33 games (139 plate appearances). Advertisement Andrew Benintendi, White Sox: The 30-year-old outfielder is batting .234 with a .306 on-base percentage, .430 slugging percentage, .736 OPS, six homers, one double, one triple, 20 RBIs, 16 runs, 10 walks and 25 strikeouts in 30 games (122 plate appearances). More Red Sox coverage Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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Nick Pivetta escapes a jam in the 3rd
Nick Pivetta gets Alex Verdugo to fly out to strand two runners on base in the bottom of the 3rd inning
Reuters
12-04-2025
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- Reuters
Nick Pivetta strikes out 10 as Padres blank Rockies
April 12 - Nick Pivetta fanned 10 hitters over seven shutout innings Friday night while Jose Iglesias poked two RBI singles in a six-run fifth inning as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 8-0. Pivetta (2-1) gave up just three hits and a walk in his second dominant performance at Petco Park. He allowed just one hit in seven innings on March 30 during a 5-0 victory over Atlanta. Prior to this outing, Pivetta was 0-5 with a 15.51 earned run average against Colorado. German Marquez (0-2) matched Pivetta until unraveling in the fifth inning. Marquez yielded seven hits and six runs, five earned, in 4 2/3 innings with a walk and three strikeouts. He entered the game with a 10-3 career mark against San Diego with five straight wins. Xander Bogaerts singled and stole second to start the fifth, scoring on Iglesias' first hit. A catcher's interference and sacrifice bunt set up a two-run single by former Rockies catcher Elias Diaz. Fernando Tatis Jr. singled Diaz to third. One out later, Tatis stole second and Hunter Goodman's throwing error cashed in Diaz. Manny Machado made it 5-0 with a ground-rule double and Iglesias legged out an infield hit with the bases filled for his second RBI of the inning. Tatis upped the lead to 7-0 in the sixth with a solo homer to left-center, his third of the year. Gavin Sheets cracked a solo shot in the seventh, his second of the season. Tatis, Sheets, Iglesias and Diaz each collected two of the Padres' 10 hits. They improved to 8-0 at home, the first time in franchise history they've done that, and have won 12 in a row at home, dating back to last year. Kyle Farmer rapped out all three Colorado hits, doubling twice. The only other baserunner for the Rockies was Ezequiel Tovar, who walked with two outs in the sixth. Rockies hitters fanned a total of 15 times. --Field Level Media
Reuters
05-04-2025
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Dansby Swanson, Carson Kelly go deep as Cubs rout Padres
April 5 - Dansby Swanson and Carson Kelly homered Saturday while Matthew Boyd tossed six scoreless innings as the Chicago Cubs toppled the visiting San Diego Padres 7-1. Boyd (1-0) allowed five hits and a walk while striking out five, giving him 11 scoreless innings to open the season. He threw 56 of his 85 pitches for strikes and was threatened only twice. Boyd worked out of a two-on, two-out spot in the first and used a double play ball to thwart a two-on, no-out rally in the sixth. Nick Pivetta (1-1) absorbed the loss after struggling with his command in three innings. Pivetta gave up six hits and three runs, walking three and whiffing four. After needing only 82 pitches to work seven innings in a 5-0 win Sunday over the Atlanta Braves, Pivetta used 76 pitches to get nine outs in this one. Kelly started his four-RBI day by singling home Swanson with two outs in the second for a 1-0 lead. Pivetta's control deserted him at that point as he issued walks to Ian Happ and Kyle Tucker, the latter forcing in Pete Crow-Armstrong. Swanson made it 3-0 in the third by lining his third homer of the season into the seats in left-center, a 382-foot blast that cut through the wind blowing in from left. Nico Hoerner upped the margin to 4-0 in the fourth with a two-out RBI single off reliever Omar Cruz that chased in Michael Busch. Chicago stranded a whopping 12 runners in the first five innings, leaving the bases loaded three times. But Kelly finally put the game out of reach in the sixth when he blasted a three-run homer to left, his second of the year, against reliever Alek Jacob. Swanson and Hoerner also collected two hits for the Cubs, which outhit San Diego 11-8 and also drew eight walks for the second straight day. The Padres avoided a shutout in the seventh with three straight two-out singles off reliever Nate Pearson, the last one by Fernando Tatis Jr. knocking in Brandon Lockridge.
New York Times
31-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
3 Braves takeaways: Scoreless and swept, AJ Smith-Shawver's mixed bag, and bullpen Ls
SAN DIEGO — It was so bad that Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker didn't attempt to put a positive spin on it Sunday night after his team lost 5-0 to the San Diego Padres, running their scoreless streak to 22 innings. The last time the Braves were swept in a four-game series was when the Colorado Rockies did it to them in 2018. And not since 1980, 45 years ago against the Cincinnati Reds, have they been swept in a season-opening four-game series. Advertisement 'It's bad — 0-4 is pretty bad,' said Snitker, whose team has the fewest runs (seven) among all MLB teams that have played at least four games. 'We didn't get it done. I mean, we didn't hit enough. Had a couple of bullpen lapses, (but) overall the bullpen, with the exception of two innings, did really good. We just got to figure out a way to get something going offensively, that's for sure. 'With any offense at all, the worst we do is split the series.' The worst season-opening start by a Braves team that went on to make the postseason was 0-4, done in 2012 and again in 2021, when Atlanta won the World Series. To avoid an 0-5 start, they'll need to beat the 5-0 Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Grant Holmes will get the start for Atlanta against Tyler Glasnow. The Braves are a majors-worst 1-for-22 with runners in scoring position after four games. Their only runner to reach second base Sunday, Marcell Ozuna, did so in the eighth inning with a single off reliever Jason Adam. Ozuna was thrown out moments after he got to second, though, when the Padres threw behind him and caught him straying from the bag to complete a double play. That was the second time the Braves hit into a double play in the only two innings in which they had a runner reach base. Orlando Arcia had their only hit, a leadoff single in the third against Nick Pivetta, who induced an inning-ending double-play grounder from Chadwick Tromp two batters later. In his Padres debut, Pivetta recorded 21 outs in 21 batters faced over seven innings, allowing only the Arcia hit. Reliever Jeremiah Estrada struck out all three Braves in the ninth to make it 27 outs in 27 batters faced for Padres pitchers. 'Obviously, not the outcome we want,' Braves center fielder Michael Harris II said. 'But I guess heading into the Dodgers, we've got to refresh and forget that happened. We've still got 158 (games) left. So, just move on to the next opponent and keep your head high. Advertisement 'It's too early in the season to kind of keep your head low and think about what just happened. So, it's only up from here.' The Braves are 29th in the majors in batting average (.148) and OPS (.484), ahead of only the New York Mets (.136/.476) in each. Atlanta is 28th in slugging percentage (.238). 'Just kind of give credit to the guys we're facing,' Snitker said. '(Pivetta) did a good job again today against us. I don't know — we've just got to keep fighting it. It just gets so magnified in the beginning. You go through these stretches all the time, and if you only have one like this, you're lucky. 'Even in the years when we won over 100 games, you have more than one rough spot. And it's no fun going through it now, June, July or whatever. It's just that it gets magnified in the beginning.' Many who saw AJ Smith-Shawver's Grapefruit League start against the Minnesota Twins on March 15, and plenty who just read or heard about it, were excited about his progress and wondered if the young pitcher had turned the corner in his career. He had eight strikeouts with no walks in four innings that day. Maybe he has turned the corner. But Smith-Shawver's first start of the season Sunday was a reminder that he remains a work in progress, as Snitker has said plenty of times, including a couple of hours before Sunday's game. Against the Padres, Smith-Shawver threw 77 pitches (42 strikes) in four innings and allowed six hits, two runs and three walks with four strikeouts. The first run came after Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the opening inning with a checked-swing double up the first-base line on a fastball up and in. He scored on Manny Machado's one-out double on a 1-0 fastball over the middle of the plate. In the third inning, Smith-Shawver walked Jake Cronenworth with two out. Xander Bogaerts drove him in with a double on the next pitch, a hanging slider. Advertisement The damage could've been worse: After Machado's RBI double in the first inning, Jackson Merrill lined a ball to right field that Jarred Kelenic caught in full stride near the corner. The Padres loaded the bases in the second inning on a single and consecutive two-out walks before Luis Arraez lined out to Harris, who made a running catch coming in. 'Two-out walks suck,' Smith-Shawver said. 'That's a pitcher's nightmare. Not ideal, by any means.' Snitker said Smith-Shawver got away from using his fastball during the second inning, contributing to his inflated pitch count early. He did, however, like that Smith-Shawver was able to keep things from spiraling against him, as they have in similar situations. 'I was decently happy with the damage control,' Smith-Shawver said, 'but obviously, you want to be ahead in counts and putting people away, not having to be put in those positions. I think I definitely wasted some pitches today and could have been better on a few. I need to go look back at the tape and just see what adjustments I can make to get ahead and just put guys away a little bit faster without having to go so deep in the pitch count, and hopefully give the guys a few more innings.' Smith Shawver, 22, had a 3.94 ERA in five spring games with 20 strikeouts and five walks in 16 innings — the same number of strikeouts and walks as teammate and reigning Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale had in 19 1/3 innings in his five Grapefruit League starts. The Braves trailed after the first inning Sunday, the first time in the series that one of their relievers didn't take the loss. In each of the first three games, they led or were tied in the seventh inning or later and lost. During the 2023 and 2024 seasons, the Braves had a 192-40 record in games in which they were tied or led in the seventh inning or later, the third-best winning percentage in the majors in that span behind the Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. Advertisement After recording only 27 bullpen losses in 2024, the fourth fewest in the National League, Braves relievers had three Ls in this opening series. But one of the only bright spots Sunday was the Braves' debut of veteran lefty José Suarez, who recorded six outs in the first six batters he faced in the fifth and sixth innings before giving up a run in the seventh on a leadoff walk to Tatis and a two-out double by Merrill. The Braves got Suarez from the Los Angeles Angels in the March 23 trade for Ian Anderson. (Top photo of Marcell Ozuna: Denis Poroy / Imagn Images)
