Nate Eaton to be activated; Boston Red Sox To Clear Two Spots

[Matthew Lenz]

The Boston Red Sox will need to shuffle their active roster after signing first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Additionally, one more spot will need to be created for Nate Eaton.

Andrew Parker of Beyond the Monster is reporting that the Boston Red Sox plan to activate Nate Eaton ahead of Monday nights game. In all, there will need to be two corresponding moves before either player is officially added to the active roster.

3:19 update: Per Chris Cotillo of MassLive is reporting that Rob Refsnyder has been moved to the 10-day IL with an oblique strain and Ali Sanchez has been designated for assignment to make room for Eaton and Lowe.

Eaton has played in 14 major league games this season, where he holds a .250/.296/.333 slash line amount to a wOBA of .276 and a wRC+ of 70.
Eaton has spent the majority of the season with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, appearing in 53 games and hitting .277/.364/.439. While his productivity leaves you wanting more, his positional versatility will be a welcomed addition to the Red Sox depth.

How much of an impact will Eaton have on the club? Join the conversation in the comments!

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[moonslav59]

Mayer going to the 60 should open up 1.

Toro is out of options, so I see him getting DFA'd.

[Duran Is The Man]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Mayer going to the 60 should open up 1.

Toro is out of options, so I see him getting DFA'd.

fingers crossed.

[Maxbialystock]

Two more first basemen, exactly what the Sox need. and really good ones too.  

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Mayer going to the 60 should open up 1.

Toro is out of options, so I see him getting DFA'd. Eaton is already on the 40 man.  Sanchez was DFA’d to make room for Lowe.

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, illinoisredsox said:

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Mayer going to the 60 should open up 1.

Toro is out of options, so I see him getting DFA'd. Eaton is already on the 40 man.  Sanchez was DFA’d to make room for Lowe.

Got it. To make room on the 26, they had to demote someone. Both Toro and Sanchez are out of options, so it made sense to just DFA one: having 3 catchers was always going to be temporary and insurance w Marvaez being banged up and tired, so he was let go.

We still have the Mayer to the 60 Day IL as a way to add someone else to the 40, and we'll have Sept call-ups, soon, to add two more to the 26.

JH Garcia just played a game at 1B, so maybe he will be a call-up. Campbell could be another one, but 1B seemed like his best shot, and now Lowe is here and out of options, too.

It looked like they were preparing Sandlin for a 40 addition (Rule 5 in DEC) so maybe they could call him up as a RP'er, but he has kinda sucked, recently in that role.