{"id":72010,"date":"2025-07-29T07:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72010"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:41:33","slug":"red-sox-replacing-richard-fitts-on-roster-tuesday-could-trade-addition-fill-rotation-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72010","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox replacing Richard Fitts on roster Tuesday; could trade addition fill rotation spot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Red Sox<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-07-29175375339400001:43:14\">Published: Jul. 29, 2025, 1:43 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-63RRPF2UN5BAFLRJV2MPSWH6YQ\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/IGCHKYYIKBESXHOYTOIG5TGDOI.jpg?auth=c44769c51e21c0295deb4a1234749a892914dc8f50ff7527e1660ee12ff68287&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/IGCHKYYIKBESXHOYTOIG5TGDOI.jpg?auth=c44769c51e21c0295deb4a1234749a892914dc8f50ff7527e1660ee12ff68287&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w, https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/IGCHKYYIKBESXHOYTOIG5TGDOI.jpg?auth=c44769c51e21c0295deb4a1234749a892914dc8f50ff7527e1660ee12ff68287&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w, https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/IGCHKYYIKBESXHOYTOIG5TGDOI.jpg?auth=c44769c51e21c0295deb4a1234749a892914dc8f50ff7527e1660ee12ff68287&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" alt=\"Red Sox replacing Richard Fitts on roster Tuesday; could trade addition fill rotation spot?\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Richard Fitts appears headed for Worcester after a tough outing Monday. (AP Photo\/Craig Lassig)AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"NNREY44NXFB75NJKNQBZIS2JRA\">MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 The Red Sox are all but certain to call up a fresh arm to take Richard Fitts\u2019 roster spot on a temporary basis before Tuesday\u2019s game. The more pressing question is who will fill his rotation spot permanently.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7LUQYO3HH5ABND6DAKYPHJSAPI\">After a brutal, rain-soaked 5-4 loss to the Twins in which Fitts was hit hard in four uneven innings and Alex Cora used five relievers out of his limited bullpen, Cora intimated that Fitts would be optioned back to Triple-A Worcester. The righty, indeed, was called into the manager\u2019s office at Target Field. The Red Sox, with Aroldis Chapman (back spasms) and Garrett Whitlock (motion sickness from the club\u2019s turbulent flight) not 100%, aim to call up a pitcher Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3YBAWRSE5NEDZAV6WRERCD2AQI\">Right-hander Cooper Criswell is fully rested and could come up to give the bullpen some length. Other candidates on the 40-man roster are Zack Kelly \u2014 who is slated to soon have his rehab assignment transferred from Greenville to Worcester \u2014 and Isaiah Campbell.<\/p>\n<p id=\"B4O6O5KLYVDHJIROBMRTWGMOGQ\">\u201cWe need an arm here,\u201d said Cora. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how we make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"UPE44ZNDI5FLLMU6RTU3NWONTE\">Whoever fills Fitts\u2019 spot on Tuesday likely won\u2019t have it for long. The Red Sox, with three days to go before Thursday\u2019s trade deadline, need rotation help more than ever. Behind a steady trio of Garrett Crochet, Lucas Giolito and Brayan Bello, Boston has been rolling with a shaky Walker Buehler and an inconsistent Fitts. Now, with Fitts back in Worcester, that fifth spot is wide open.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VAZTYCUU5FALPJ3POW3VRLQPPI\">Criswell and lefty Kyle Harrison represent the top two options at Triple-A Worcester but the Red Sox are aiming higher and looking to acquire rotation help for the stretch run. From less attainable, controllable options like Minnesota\u2019s Joe Ryan, Miami\u2019s Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera and Pittsburgh\u2019s Mitch Keller to rentals like Arizona\u2019s Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, Baltimore\u2019s Charlie Morton and Zach Eflin, San Diego\u2019s Dylan Cease, Chicago\u2019s Adrian Houser or Cleveland\u2019s Shane Bieber, the options are out there. It would be a major surprise to see Breslow let the deadline pass without acquiring at least one.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NT7XJDV35ZCRNP7NITB2VQMAHY\">With Hunter Dobbins and Kutter Crawford out for the season and both Tanner Houck and Patrick Sandoval doubtful to pitch in the majors after experiencing rehab setbacks, Boston\u2019s rotation depth is thinner than ever. In the wake of Dobbins tearing his ACL on July 11, the Red Sox turned his spot over to Fitts, who broke camp with the club and impressed before suffering a pectoral strain in April. The results have been inconsistent since, and after allowing two runs and four hits while walking three Monday, Fitts\u2019 ERA sits at 4.83 in 10 starts this season. Two poor outings in a row put his spot into jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ATRLUFYEE5CA5LLJLIEGTXANLU\">The most consequential sequence of Fitts\u2019 night came in the fifth inning when he walked No. 8 hitter Christian V\u00e1zquez, then allowed a two-run homer to DaShawn Keirsey Jr., who entered the game having gone 7-for-71 (.099) to start his year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QQOPT54RXFG5PCHFHD2GW7DECU\">\u201cHe (Fitts) got hit hard today,\u201d said Cora. \u201cThere were a lot of loud outs. We walked Christian, the eighth hitter. Then the homer &#8230; He\u2019s been inconsistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"KSGZKWWLFZEMJP27OT6KCWITTY\">Fitts\u2019 season has been full of, well, starts and fits. He rushed back from the injured list to make an abbreviated start (three innings) in Milwaukee on May 27. His next outing was so poor (six runs in a single inning) that the Red Sox had to send him back down just to continue building his pitch count. Fitts returned to the big leagues on June 25 with Dobbins dealing with elbow trouble and logged a 3.55 ERA over just 12 \u2154 innings in a three-start span. He returned after a 15-day layoff with a stinker in Philadelphia last week and it was more of the same at Target Field as the Red Sox started an abbreviated road trip with a tough-to-swallow loss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NN72X5BN6RF2TIVYCT6X6WGW74\">\u201cI didn\u2019t like it,\u201d Fitts said. \u201cThere was a lot of hard contact. I really dove into my practice this week and tried to get better, but when that doesn\u2019t translate, none of that matters. I\u2019ve got to figure out a better way to gameplan and get ready for new hitters and new situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"KQY7X6ZNO5ASTBLFIZBL7VVBXM\">Fitts will likely return to Worcester, for the third time this season, as he attempts to put himself back in a mix that the Red Sox hope gets much more crowded in the next 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6PQDVAGLD5AJDJDXBNP6LK34RM\">\u201cI think I\u2019ve got really good stuff, but I\u2019m not getting the results I should with the stuff that I have,\u201d Fitts said. \u201cReally frustrated with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-gaid=\":Rrfaq6:\">\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li>Red Sox reactions: Jordan Hicks blows late lead (after 90-minute ninth inning delay) in brutal loss<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox rain delay: Downpour and threat of lightning halts game in ninth inning<\/li>\n<li>Alex Cora hopes Red Sox add at deadline, but adds: \u2018I think this year is a little bit different\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Top hitter on MLB trade market leaves Diamondbacks game after hit by pitch<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox had \u2018much different\u2019 meeting with Rob Manfred minutes after clash with Bryce Harper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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