The Red Sox announced on Thursday 10 non-roster invitees to their 2019 Spring Training, including reliever Carson Smith, who the team recently brought back on a Minor League deal. Smith had been outrighted and removed from the team's 40-man roster shortly after the Red Sox's World Series win.
The 29-year-old right-hander is still recovering from the surgery he had last June to repair a partial labrum tear and subluxation in his pitching shoulder, and he isn't expected to be ready for the start of the season. But Smith could end up a contributor in the Red Sox's bullpen later in the year.