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Red Sox's Garrett Whitlock: Dealing with elbow inflammation
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Whitlock was unavailable for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays due to elbow inflammation, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
Interim manager Chad Tracy said after the game that Whitlock has been dealing with a nagging elbow issue for a while. The 30-year-old right-hander is scheduled to undergo further evaluation Thursday, at which point the team may know whether he has to spend time on the injured list.
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Role shrinking with Rutschman back
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Wong is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Wong is on the bench for the second straight game and is expected to see his playing time take a major hit after the Red Sox activated their big trade-deadline pickup, Adley Rutschman, off the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Rutschman should handle a near-everyday role behind the plate now that he's healthy again, likely leaving Wong in line for little more than a start or two per week.
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Red Sox's Anthony Seigler: Shifts back into reserve role
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Seigler is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Seigler is back on the bench for a second straight day while the Red Sox go with Nick Sogard at second base. Prior to Tuesday, Seigler had covered the keystone in four of the Red Sox's previous five contests, but his uptick in playing time appears to have been mostly the result of Willson Contreras and Masataka Yoshida missing out on two starts apiece due to illness.
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Red Sox's Alec Gamboa: Rejoins big-league bullpen
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The Red Sox recalled Gamboa from Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday.
Gamboa has been up and down between Worcester and Boston several times this season and has pitched well with the big club, logging a 2.08 ERA and 12:5 K:BB across 13 frames. He'll join the bullpen as a replacement for right-hander Seth Martinez, who was designated for assignment.
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Red Sox's Seth Martinez: Booted off 40-man roster
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The Red Sox designated Martinez for assignment Wednesday.
Martinez made only one appearance during his brief time with the Red Sox, allowing one run over one inning of relief in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. He's being replaced on the active roster by Alec Gamboa, who was called up from Triple-A Worcester to give the Red Sox a fresh arm in the bullpen.
Rutschman went 1-for-3 with two walks in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
Rutschman made his debut for the Red Sox and batted third in the order. He was acquired by Boston at the trade deadline but was unable to play before Tuesday due to wrist inflammation. He should serve as the team's primary catcher with Connor Wong slotted as the backup.
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Red Sox's Roman Anthony: Getting closer to rehab assignment
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Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Tuesday that Anthony (finger) is "getting closer" to a rehab assignment, MLB.com reports.
Anthony recently graduated from hitting in the cages to hitting off a Trakjet machine. He last appeared in a game May 4, and given the length of his absence, he may need a longer-than-normal rehab assignment. The report projects Anthony's return for late August or early September.
Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Drives in two runs vs. Toronto
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Rafaela went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and sacrifice fly during the Red Sox's 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday.
Rafaela put Boston on the board with a sac fly in the third inning before extending the Red Sox's lead to 3-1 in the fifth with a solo homer off Dylan Cease. Rafaela has gone deep eight times since the All-Star break and is up to 16 home runs on the year, tying his career high that he set in 2025. He is slashing .287/.324/.469 with 16 steals (in 23 attempts), 63 RBI and 47 extra-base hits across 480 plate appearances this season.
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Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu: Smacks solo homer in Toronto
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Abreu went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a stolen base during the Red Sox's 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday.
Abreu gave the Red Sox an early 2-1 lead by taking Dylan Cease deep to right-center field for a 370-foot solo homer. It was Abreu's sixth home run over his last 11 outings and 21st of the season, leaving him one long ball shy from matching his career-high mark that he set last year. He has a .794 OPS with eight steals, 64 RBI and 47 extra-base hits across 504 plate appearances this year.
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Red Sox's Patrick Sandoval: Takes loss in Toronto
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Sandoval (1-1) was tagged with the loss against the Blue Jays on Tuesday, allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits and three walks while striking out four across six innings.
Sandoval limited the Blue Jays to one run through four frames, and both of the runs he gave up in the fifth were unearned due to a throwing error by Caleb Durbin. It still wasn't Sandoval's best outing, as the 11 baserunners he allowed were his most of the season, and the eight hits he gave up were second-most. The positive news for the 29-year-old southpaw is that he's tossed at least 84 pitches in each of his last four outings, a sign that he's operating under a full workload after a lengthy recovery from an internal brace surgery on his throwing elbow that he underwent in June of 2024. Sandoval will take a 3.30 ERA and 1.70 WHIP over 30 innings into his next start, which is lined up for this weekend on the road against the Pirates.
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Red Sox's Isiah Kiner-Falefa: Shifts to 60-day IL
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The Red Sox transferred Kiner-Falefa (forearm) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
In other moves Tuesday, the Red Sox reinstated and activated Adley Rutschman (wrist) from the 10-day injured list, while they designated Jake Rogers for assignment. Kiner-Falefa has not played since June 18 while recovering from a stress reaction in his left forearm, and his eligibility to return has been pushed to Aug. 19.
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Red Sox's Adley Rutschman: Starting and batting third
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The Red Sox reinstated Rutschman (wrist) from the 10-day injured list Tuesday and added him to the active roster, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
Rutschman is making his Red Sox debut Tuesday as the starting catcher while batting third. The catcher has been out with wrist inflammation since July 19, which has kept him from playing for his new team after Boston acquired him Aug. 3. In corresponding moves Tuesday, the Red Sox designated Jake Rogers for assignment and transferred Isiah Kiner-Falefa (forearm) to the 60-day injured list.
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Red Sox's Jake Rogers: DFA'd by Boston
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Boston designated Rogers for assignment on Tuesday, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com.
With Adley Rutschman being activated, the Red Sox will operate with just two catchers, as Rogers has been DFA'd. Rogers played in just two games for Boston, going 3-for-6 with two doubles, an RBI, four runs scored, a walk and two strikeouts. The 31-year-old may need to find a new home, possibly his fourth different organization this year, once he clears waivers.
Gray (14-3) took the loss against the Blue Jays on Monday, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts over six innings.
Gray opened with four scoreless frames before allowing a run in each of the fifth and sixth innings, losing to the Blue Jays for the second time in his past four outings. The veteran hurler still managed to log his 15th quality start of the season, a feat he's accomplished in each of his past two turns after stumbling at the end of July. He'll take a 2.79 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 110:33 K across 125.2 innings this season into a road matchup with the Pirates this weekend.
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