Red Sox Complete Reunion With Hurler From Last Year's Club As Depth Piece

The right-hander will attempt to get his career back on track

Scott Neville | Jul 26, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox are in the middle of one of the most hectic weeks for the front office but still had time to make room for an old friend to rebuild his career back to where it was a year ago.

A member of last year's roster is back with the organization after a miserable season that has put his career in flux.

"The Red Sox have brought back Frank German on a minor-league contract," MassLive's Chris Cotillo tweeted Tuesday night. "German has been designated for assignment by (Chicago) White Sox and (Cincinnati) Reds this year and has really rough numbers in the minors. He's going to extended spring training in Fort Myers."

As Cotillo noted, the right-hander has been awful this season. German has an 8.55 ERA with a 29-to-16 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .345 batting average against and 2.30 WHIP in 20 innings this season across 20 games, 19 of which were in Triple-A.

Those numbers are a far cry from his production with the Red Sox organization last season. After a strong start with Double-A Portland, (3.18 ERA in 11 1/3 innings) he was promoted to Triple-A Worcester and started to look like a legitimate big-league high-leverage reliever in the making.

German posted a 2.58 ERA with a 46-to-16 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .154 batting average against and 0.94 WHIP in 38 1/3 innings for the WooSox before making his Major League debut in Boston last season.

It looks as if he will be going back to the drawing board down in Florida, which appears to be the best game plan at the moment. He won't be deemed depth this season for Boston but at only 25 years old, could factor in down the road.

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Published Jul 26, 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