Some people pregame for St. Patrick’s Day by dressing up in clover-laden jawns and by deleting a few alcoholic beverages. I pregame by writing about the Red Sox’s pitching staff...before deleting a few alcoholic beverages of my own.
At the top o’ the morning on Sunday, multiple people within the Boston sports media landscape let us know that Red Sox manager Alex Cora came to a decision regarding right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski’s status to begin the 2024 season: he’ll be in the bullpen.
Cora: “we talked to Winck, we’re going to move him to the bullpen”
— Lou Merloni (@LouMerloni) March 17, 2024
Winck had been shaping up to at least be a candidate for the starting rotation at season’s open alongside fellow reliever-starter hybrids Tanner Houck, Garrett Whitlock, and Cooper Criswell.