{"id":680766,"date":"2026-04-22T04:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680766\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:16:30","slug":"red-sox-to-select-eduardo-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680766\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox To Select Eduardo Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Sox are promoting left-hander Eduardo Rivera<\/a>, as first reported<\/a> by Javier Sabath. The Sox will option righty Jack Anderson<\/a> to Triple-A Worcester, according to Ari Alexander of Boston 7 News<\/a>. They\u2019ll also need to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Triston Casas<\/a> stands as a 60-day injured list candidate after suffering an intercostal strain on top of his work back from knee surgery.<\/p>\n

Rivera makes the jump directly from Double-A Portland. The 22-year-old southpaw dominated over his first two starts of the season. He recorded 16 strikeouts against three walks over 10 innings of one-run ball. Rivera also missed bats for his native Puerto Rico during the World Baseball Classic. He fanned nine hitters over 6 2\/3 frames in two WBC games. Rivera allowed three runs on two hits, four walks, and a hit batter.<\/p>\n

Listed at 6\u20197\u2033 and 237 pounds, Rivera cuts an imposing figure on the mound. The long limbs have also contributed to strike-throwing issues in his minor league career. Rivera was an 11th-round selection by the Athletics in 2021. He never advanced out of A-ball in their system and was released in May \u201924.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox took a flier on his size and a fastball that runs into the mid-90s. They\u2019ve been rewarded for the pickup, as Rivera has pitched well since joining the Boston organization. He combined for a 2.48 ERA while striking out 29.7% of batters faced over 87 innings between High-A and Double-A last season. That came with a near-13% walk rate, but Rivera has been around the strike zone over his first couple appearances this year.<\/p>\n

Rivera did not crack Baseball America\u2019s Top 30 prospects. However, MLB Pipeline<\/a> slotted him #26 in the system with praise for his fastball-slider combination. Rivera probably projects to a bullpen role but is stretched out enough to work multiple innings.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox used seven relievers to get through Monday\u2019s game. Their leverage arms got a rest today, as the duo of Anderson and Tyler Samaniego<\/a> finished the 4-0 loss to the Yankees. Rivera will replace Anderson as a potential mop-up arm. They\u2019re carrying a ninth reliever for the next couple days after placing Sonny Gray<\/a> on the injured list but will need to drop back to an eight-man bullpen to call up a starter (most likely Payton Tolle<\/a>) this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Sox are promoting left-hander Eduardo Rivera, as first reported by Javier Sabath. The Sox will option…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,74108],"class_list":{"0":"post-680766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-eduardo-rivera"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116446428095012361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}