Player Red Sox Traded Away For Caleb Durbin Is Off To Great Start With Brewers
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The Boston Red Sox traded for Caleb Durbin this offseason, and one of the players they traded away is off to a great start.
Durbin was the centerpiece in a six-player deal between the Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. The Red Sox gave up left-handed pitchers Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan and infielder David Hamilton for Durbin, Andruw Monasterio and Anthony Seigler. Harrison was acquired in the Rafael Devers trade, but he only appeared in three games for the Red Sox.
Harrison made 12 minor league starts for the Red Sox as well. He had a 3.75 ERA with Triple-A Worcester and a 3.00 ERA with the Red Sox. He has a great fastball, and on the Brewers, he has looked like a star. Through two starts, he has 14 strikeouts and has allowed just three earned runs in 10 1/3 innings of work.
His strikeout rate is the highest it has been in the big leagues, and part of that is due to the changes the Brewers have made with his delivery. He has issued three walks, but overall looks much different than he did with the San Francisco Giants and Red Sox organizations.
Meanwhile, Durbin has gotten off to a very slow start. He is 2-for-28 to start the season, and right now it looks like the Red Sox are on the wrong end of this trade. However, there is plenty of season to go, and Durbin could start to heat up and look more like the player he was last season.
Harrison is not scheduled to pitch when the Brewers come to town on Monday, but this could be a great opportunity for Durbin to turn things on. What better team to do it against than the team that shipped him off?
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