Alex Cora Describes The Red Sox’s Decision To DFA McGuire, Reese
Unexpectedly, the Red Sox reorganized one of their position groups in the days before the MLB trade deadline.
Following up on a deal to bring starting pitcher James Paxton back to Boston, the team acquired veteran catcher Danny Jansen from the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox assigned Reese McGuire to an assignment the day following the Jansen trade, so solidifying their new catcher platoon.
Prior to being DFA’d, McGuire, who had been with Boston since August 2022, hadn’t been performing all that badly. However, you can only have 26 players on the active roster. As Alex Cora stated prior to the New York Yankees game on Sunday, the team believed that Jansen presently makes
McGuire eventually found himself in a difficult position to present a compelling case for a roster berth, the Red Sox manager also conceded.
According to the Boston Herald, Cora informed reporters that Riley had performed admirably, particularly defensively during the previous 15 days.
“When it comes to framing, he was among the top three in the league and performed a fantastic job managing the pitching staff,” the data say. It was difficult for him to settle into a routine since he wasn’t playing as much as I had anticipated going into the season, but then Connor (Wong) happened
