Cora shares good news on Devers bad news on Whitlock.
Cora shares good news on Devers, bad news on Whitlock originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Another Boston Red Sox starting pitcher is headed to the injured list.
Right-hander Garrett Whitlock will land on the IL with an oblique strain, manager Alex Cora announced before Wednesday’s game vs. the Cleveland Guardians. Whitlock was pulled from his Tuesday start after just 54 pitches due to oblique tightness.
Lefty Joe Jacques was called up to replace Whitlock on the roster.
Whitlock joins fellow starters Nick Pivetta (elbow) and Lucas Giolito (season-ending Tommy John surgery) on the IL. Pivetta has progressed since suffering a flexor strain and is expected to throw a bullpen session soon.
The good news for Boston is that third baseman Rafael Devers, who left Tuesday’s game with knee discomfort, will play on Wednesday. He’ll be in the lineup as the designated hitter.
The Red Sox are looking to bounce back after two consecutive losses to Cleveland at Fenway Park. First pitch for Wednesday’s game is set for 7:10 p.m. ET.
It was one of the more memorable self-assessments to come out of a locker room last year, when Luis Severino, after allowing nine runs to the Orioles on July 30, said, “I feel like I’m the worst pitcher in the game.”
That candor — which, along with intelligence, is one of Severino’s defining characteristics — was in evidence again on Aug. 9, when the White Sox scored four on him in two innings. “I’m just having the worst year of my life in baseball,” Severino said that day.
His stuff was still solid, his fastball firm, his velocity good. Yet in some intangible but observable way, Severino seemed broken.
Carlos Mendoza was there, as the Yankee bench coach who had a seat in the dugout for most of Severino’s career.
