{"id":51010,"date":"2025-05-25T04:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T04:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51010"},"modified":"2025-05-25T04:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T04:39:35","slug":"red-sox-to-cut-ties-with-local-hero-hours-after-1-inning-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51010","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox to Cut Ties With Local Hero Hours After 1-Inning Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2216144491-e1748131489648.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2216144491-e1748131489648.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2216144491-e1748131489648.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2216144491-e1748131489648.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox P Sean Newcomb\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"250\" data-img-load-time=\"279\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For a career major-leaguer like the\u00a0Red Sox\u2018s\u00a0Sean Newcomb, the 2025 season has been an especially exciting one. He was a first-round pick of Atlanta back in 2014, and was up as a starter for the Braves just three years later, going 12-9 as a rookie. In part because of injuries, his career never really took off from there, and he has bounced around from the Braves tot he Cubs and A\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Until this January, at least, when he signed with the Red Sox as a non-roster invitee, and then pitched well enough in Florida to earn a place on the team out of spring training. It was a dream come true\u2013Newcomb was born in Brockton, went to high school in Middleborough and pitched for the University of Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>As he told the\u00a0Boston Herald last month, \u201cComing into camp being non-roster, I kind of had to grind to get here. I kind of had a feeling, the way my spring was going and the way things were lined up, but it\u2019s just kind of surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until Saturday that is. That\u2019s when the Red Sox announced they had designated Newcomb for assignment just hours after he had thrown one inning of relief against the Orioles in the first half of Boston\u2019s day-night doubleheader.<\/p>\n<h2>Red Sox Bring Up Another Arm<\/h2>\n<p>The Red Sox, in a corresponding move, brought up Luis Guerrero from Triple A Worcester. Newcomb was, it seems, the victim of a combination of unfortunate events that led to his DFA. He had not pitched badly,\u00a0going 0-4 with a 3.95 ERA, but was not so stellar as to render himself irreplaceable.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox starters have struggled to give the team innings this week, which included games in which\u00a0Hunter Dobbins\u00a0was lifted in the fifth inning on Monday,\u00a0Walker Buehler was ejected in the third inning for arguing on Tuesday,\u00a0 ace Garrett Crochet was unwisely lifted in the sixth on Wednesday, and\u2013despite a 19-5 final score\u2013Brayan Bello did not make it out of the fifth on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 13 days, Crochet is the only Red Sox starting pitcher to record outs after the fifth inning. At 197.1, the Red Sox bullpen has thrown the fifth-most innings in baseball, and with the double-header on Saturday, another arm was badly needed. Dobbins was the odd man out.<\/p>\n<h2>Sean Newcomb Recalled Fenway Trips<\/h2>\n<p>Technically, the Red Sox could re-sign him to Worcester if he clears waivers. But given his versatility and experience, he probably will latch on elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Which would be unfortunate for a hometown-er who recalled fondly his trips to Fenway in his youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach season I\u2019d probably come over to Fenway anywhere from five to ten times, maybe a dozen depending on the year,\u201d he said. \u201c(We\u2019d) take the commuter rail up or we\u2019d go park in Quincy and take the Red Line in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember my first game was an Easter Sunday or something like that. I was probably five, seeing Mo Vaughn out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty For a career major-leaguer like the\u00a0Red Sox\u2018s\u00a0Sean Newcomb, the 2025 season has been an especially exciting one. 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