Red Sox Call Up Tyler Samaniego As Justin Slaten Heads To IL

I hope this isn't a never-ending issue with Slaten- staying healthy.

He's our solid #3, when healthy.

22 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Good outing by Sammy.  Cora made a tough decision to keep him in when he was struggling with his command.

Imagine he imploded. Fire CORA would be screamed by many.

1 hour ago, Hitch said:

I think it is. He's got a sustained run of missing injuries through smaller issues. I think this is who he is. I'd happily trade him at some point as long as we fill the hole. 

Someone was just telling me about patience.

1 hour ago, Hitch said:

Questioning a pitcher with two starts and a disjointed ST. 

Worrying about a player with a concerning injury record.

 

Yeah... they're the same. 🙄

They are not the same, but patience may be needed for Slaten, too.

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Maybe? Hard to be patient if the track record is "gets injured every year." 

Yet, when we suggested trading Sale, this same thing was supposed to be overlooked.

It is very concerning that he has now missed time in all 3 seasons with the Sox.

I'm not sure about his minor league injury history, but I do know he was a starter until 2021-2022.

I'm not sure how many of Slaten's injuries have been major, but when all is said and done, if he's out significant time every year, like he has been, it hurts the team.

I get that.

He missed about 8 weeks in 2024 and came back with a decent ending, but not as good as pre-injury.

2.44 FIP pre/ 3.17 post

He missed about half of 2025. (3.18 pre/ 4.49 post)

All together, he's missed about half the time. That sucks.

3 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

We would have entire websites dedicated towards it.

A thread is not good enough, I guess.

3 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

We would have entire websites dedicated towards it.

I just purchased firecorahirenotin.com

Surprisingly, it was still available…

31 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm not sure how many of Slaten's injuries have been major, but when all is said and done, if he's out significant time every year, like he has been, it hurts the team.

I get that.

He missed about 8 weeks in 2024 and came back with a decent ending, but not as good as pre-injury.

2.44 FIP pre/ 3.17 post

He missed about half of 2025. (3.18 pre/ 4.49 post)

All together, he's missed about half the time. That sucks.

At some point, he does become a reason to not COMPLETELY IGNORE the bullpen all winter.

It’s almost as if the Sox learn a bit too much from their past successes.  “Whitlock was a major Rule 5 success, and Slaten was effective when available. So the only thing we need to do for the bullpen for the upcoming season is some Rule 5 homework.  Much cheaper than those pricey veterans with actual pitching talent.”

42 minutes ago, notin said:

At some point, he does become a reason to not COMPLETELY IGNORE the bullpen all winter.

It’s almost as if the Sox learn a bit too much from their past successes.  “Whitlock was a major Rule 5 success, and Slaten was effective when available. So the only thing we need to do for the bullpen for the upcoming season is some Rule 5 homework.  Much cheaper than those pricey veterans with actual pitching talent.”

I think it worked, last year, so they rinsed and repeated.

Like last year, they hoped some SP'ers would be used from the pen, but that hardly happened, at all, due to so many injuries, and then we traded Newcomb, who went o to be a very good pen guy- not to mention the Priester deal.

2025 RP innings buy pitchers who were viewed as mostly starters:

19 Newcomb

11 Criswell

8 Dobbins

6 Tolle

5 Bello

4 Fitts

3 Harrison, May

2 Buehler

49 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Ah, but they added Watson (Rule 5), Coloumbe (1M due to injury) and Kahnle (MiLB deal)! The big acquisition is going to be Tayron Freakin Guerrero. 

Coulombe and Kahnle were added at the 11:59pm point of the off-season.  Tayron Guerrero is not real…

How about Jack Anderson in the pen?

(He'd have to be added to the 40, first.)

57 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

WOO's 6th starter? Pass for now. 

He's a long shot, for sure, but he did well w POR, last year:

90 Ks and 18 BBs in 75.1 IP.