The Boston Red Sox have signed so many rehabbing pitchers in the last two seasons that it's difficult to keep track of them all. One of their rehab candidates is expected to be ready to pitch by the start of the 2026 season.
The Red Sox signed Patrick Sandoval to a two-year, $18.25 million deal before the 2025 season. The starting pitcher was non-tendered by his former team, the Los Angeles Angels, after he underwent Tommy John surgery that kept him on the sidelines for all of the 2025 slate.
Like a few of the Sox's other signings of recovering pitchers in the last few years, they expected Sandoval to be able to pitch in the second half of the 2025 season.