Kansas City, Mo. – the Red sox It may seem a bit different when they face the Royals on Saturday night.
After a 2-1, loss of 12 inputs at the opening of the seriesManager Alex Cora suggested that the club can make list movements that could adjust both launch staff and the combination of position players before the first launch on Saturday (19:10 ET). After using seven relevant Friday, the SOX could use a fresh or two arm. The most interesting development is that two players on the right hand, Romy Gonzalez and Rob Refsnyder, are candidates for the injury list. Refsnyder has not played since May 1 and treats his back back. Gonzalez left Wednesday’s game and did not play the last two days after hitting his back on a first-base collision with Josh Smith in Texas.
“We are talking about this,” Cora said when asked about launch staff. “In addition, Ref and Romy, they are welcomed. We have to make decisions, probably, and see the proximity they are. Today for Romy it has been tough. He did not bounce the way we were expecting again. Ref is taking steps, but it is not yet. We will see.”
Both Gonzalez and Refsnyder would usually be online to play Saturday with the Cole Ragans left for Kansas City. Instead, it seems that reinforcements are more likely. Short -term stop options are much more likely than promotions of the best perspectives Roman Anthony and/or Marcelo Mayer. In the list of 40 men, the SOX could resort to Vaughn Grissom or Nick Sogard. The camper (and ex -royal) Nate Eaton has arrived well to Worcester (.866 ops) from the right side. Add it would require a movement of 40 men, but Red Sox can easily erase a space by moving a injured player like Kutter Crawford or Masataka Yoshida to the 60-day IL.
In terms of things, Newcomb, which lost its loss on Friday, three days after launching 77 Lucas Giolito’s relief launches -could be a victim, although the Red Sox should expose it to the resignations to choose it. Otherwise, getting a fresh arm in Kansas City would require someone like Brennan Bernardino or Greg Weissert to choose. In the 40 men, Josh Winckowski and Zack Kelly are available. Veteran Nick Burdi has launched very well, but as Eaton would require a place of 40 men.
With any mix of 26 men choosing, the Red Sox will try to bounce and return to it.
“It’s hard,” Cora said. “As a visitor, you want two, you do not want it. We did not advance the runners throughout the game. Man in second place, without departure (in the sixth). When we did, we scored (at 11). We just presented -tomorrow, trying to do the little things and trying to win a ball game.”