The Boston Red Sox will start their three-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have struggled on Fridays this season going 3-10 on Fridays, they are 2-8 in series openers that fall on a Friday and are 1-5 on Fridays at Fenway. Boston will look to turn that around tonight against San Diego. Yesterday the Red Sox made some moves activated Connor Wong from the paternity list and optioned Tyler Heineman and Isiah Campbell to Triple-A Worcester meaning they had an opening for a pitcher in their bullpen, they were going to announce that move today and the name they are bringing up according to Andrew Parker is LHP Bailey Horn, and he will make his big-league debut.
LHP – Bailey Horn
Horn was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Auburn University. In his first season he spent the first half with the White Sox before being traded to the Chicago Cubs, he made 21 appearances with 14 of those coming as starts going 3-3 with a 5.40 ERA, a 1.40 WHIP, a 4.4 BB/9, and a 10.4 K/9 in 60 innings. In 2022 with the Cubs, he pitched at High-A and Double-A making 33 appearances going 1-3 with a 2.79 ERA, a 1.37 WHIP, a 5.6 BB/9, and a 12.9 K/9 in 51.2 innings.
Last season, he appeared at Double-A and Triple-A making 45 appearances going 7-3 with a 4.21 ERA, a 1.44 WHIP, a 4.9 BB/9, and an 11.3 K/9 in 62 innings. Entering the 2024 season the Cubs traded Horn back to the White Sox where he made nine appearances going 1-1 with an 11.32 ERA, a 2.32 WHIP, an 8.7 BB/9, and a 13.1 K/9. On April 26th he was designated for assignment and on the 28th the Red Sox purchased him from the White Sox. At Triple-A Worcester he made 12 appearances with one of those coming as a start going 1-2 with a 1.69 ERA, a 1.13 WHIP, a 5.1 BB/9, and a 10.7 K/9 in 16 innings.
