Desperate times call for desperate measures and right now, the Boston Red Sox are desperate for any warm body with a major league arm that can pitch. In the wake of losing most of their core 2016-2019 starting rotation to trades, free agency, and injury the Red Sox inch ever close to the 2020 regular season with a rotation of Eduardo Rodriguez, Nathan Eovaldi, and little else. Maybe Martin Perez, but he’s at best a fifth starter.
Interim manager Ron Roenicke and Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom have both stated that the Red Sox may begin the season with not one, but two spots in the rotation using the opener concept.