The Purple Sox introduced that left-hander Chris Murphy has been reinstated from the 60-day injured record, as Murphy is able to return to motion after present process Tommy John surgical procedure in April 2024. In corresponding strikes, Boston positioned right-hander Luis Guerrero on the 15-day IL resulting from a proper elbow sprain, and righty Justin Slaten was shifted from the 15-day IL to the 60-day.
Murphy hasn’t pitched in an enormous league sport since September 2023, and his whole MLB resume consists of solely 20 appearances and 47 2/3 innings throughout his 2023 rookie marketing campaign. The southpaw’s 3.88 SIERA was over a run decrease than his 4.91 ERA, as Murphy’s 23.1% strikeout fee and eight% stroll fee had been each stable, and he didn’t have nice batted-ball luck within the type of a .321 BABIP.
Along with his restoration interval now full, Murphy will get one other crack on the bigs and provides the Sox one other left-handed reduction possibility. Aroldis Chapman has taken over closing duties, and the Sox have been utilizing Justin Wilson and Brennan Bernardino in lefty depth roles. Murphy figures to get loads of alternative in offering innings and a contemporary arm inside a pen that has carried out respectably nicely in masking for a rotation that largely struggled.
Friday’s 9-0 loss to the Blue Jays wasn’t a banner night time for Boston’s pen, as Bernardino was charged with 4 runs over an inning of labor, and Guerrero allowed two runs in only a third of an inning. Guerrero’s elbow pressure developed within the aftermath of yesterday’s outing, and MassLive.com’s Christopher Smith writes that for now, the harm isn’t thought of severe sufficient to benefit an MRI for additional examination.
Guerrero received his huge league profession off to a really good begin when he tossed 10 scoreless innings over 9 reduction appearances in 2024, and it wasn’t till his fourth outing of 2025 that the righty lastly surrendered his first earned run. Issues have been shakier since, as Guerrero has a 4.15 ERA over his 17 1/3 frames and has extra walks (14) than strikeout (10). A tiny .188 BABIP has helped Guerrero handle okay bottom-line outcomes regardless of these tough peripherals, however the bigger concern for the second is his elbow well being.
Shoulder irritation has stored Slaten out of motion since late Could, and his IL stint will now stretch till not less than the tip of July. The transfer to the 60-day IL isn’t actually a shock since Slaten solely began throwing this weekend, so he’ll want a while to correctly ramp up earlier than returning to the reduction corps. Talking of minuscule BABIPs, Slaten’s .188 mark is the chief cause behind his 3.47 ERA in 23 1/3 innings this season, however the hard-throwing right-hander has additionally completed a superb job of limiting arduous contact.
