Hardly trolling, just answering a stupid question with a stupid answer.
There's really only one position he can "play", and that's 3rd. Otherwise he's a DH.
Well, the dead horse was because we certainly didn't need a 10th thread dedicated to the same topic. They should all be merged and not another thread every time a new article comes out on the same subject IMO.
I get that.
But it is not unheard of for a starter to pitch out of the pen late in the year if they are coming back from an injury and aren't ramped up to go 5 innings or so.
It would be more probable if the sox were fighting for the playoffs down the stretch in that scenario.
LOL, maybe they just assume he will be injured again and be pitching out of the bullpen by the end of the year as he ramps back up to be a starter.
I mean, who is the sox closer anyway?
Hard to pick a guy with his injury history as a "favorite".
Baseball-Reference doesn't project too highly for him either:
Year
Tm
Age
W
L
W-L%
ERA
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
IBB
SO
HBP
BK
WP
BF
WHIP
H9
HR9
BB9
SO9
SO/W
Rel
2025
Proj.
26
6
9
.400
3.69
2
127.0
109
56
52
15
37
1
160
5
1
3
528
1.150
7.7
1.1
2.6
11.3
4.32
61%