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

Boston was unlikely to re-sign the right-hander anyway

Scott Neville | Dec 14, 2022

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Will the latest move by the New York Yankees reignite their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox?

No, absolutely not. But the Yankees did sign a player away from the Red Sox organization, which always will be an intriguing storyline to follow -- especially since pitchers such as Garrett Whitlock, Adam Ottovino and Franklin German have had success flipping from the other side of the rivalry to Boston.

The latest move could cause the Red Sox to live with regret, though career-long data suggests otherwise.

James Norwood has signed with the Yankees according to YES Network's Jack Curry. The 28-year-old was traded to the Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies -- where he logged all of his major league time in 2022 -- on June 18.

After a couple of days on the Red Sox's active roster, Norwood was designated for assignment and spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Worcester, where he went 0-1 with a 4.87 ERA, 24-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .247 batting average against in 20 1/3 innings.

Will Norwood make a major dent in the most historic rivalry in Major League Baseball? Unlikely, but he averaged 96.6 mph on his fastball last season with an effective splitter, which makes him a high-upside project in the Bronx.

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Published Dec 14, 2022

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