Over the Monster · Jun 5, 2023
The Red Sox Were Wrong To Let Raimel Tapia Go
The Red Sox just activated Christian Arroyo from the injured list. Surprisingly, instead of optioning either Enmanuel Valdez or Jarren Duran to Triple-A Worcester, the team DFA’d Raimel Tapia to make room for Arroyo. This was the wrong decision.
If you look at this move on the surface it makes some sense. Duran has a better wRC+ at 108 vs 92 for Tapia. You could also argue that, even though Tapia has a nearly identical wRC+ to Valdez, the current roster construction makes the middle infielder more valuable than Tapia. I’d argue that looking at solely these numbers is a mistake.
