Rays Sign Ex-Red Sox Hurler To Bolster Pitching Depth For 2023 Season

Former Red Sox pitchers are popping up all over the American League East

Scott Neville | Jan 24, 2023

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The Tampa Bay Rays stocked up on former Boston Red Sox bullpen pieces Thursday in a flurry of roster moves.

Briefly after adding longtime Red Sox right-handed reliever Heath Hembree, the Rays made another move for a former Boston hurler.

The Rays agreed to terms with right-hander Colten Brewer on a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training according to the Major League Baseball transaction wire.

Brewer was with the Red Sox from 2019 to 2021. In that timeframe, Brewer posted a 1-5 record with a 4.98 ERA. What really killed the 30-year-old was a rough combination of a poor 78-to-51 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .288 batting average against -- which resulted in a disastrous 1.78 WHIP.

Of his 81 career outings, 70 came as a member of the Red Sox in the aforementioned three-year stretch. He'll now have an opportunity to resurrect his career while returning to the highly competitive American League East.

Outside of a devastating curveball, the Red Sox should not fear too much about Brewer, though the new-look offense is far from a proven commodity that can overlook opponents.

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Published Jan 24, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu