Who will get bumped when some healthy players return?

Dalbec a strike out machine. Over 50% rate. I imagine he’s the one.

I agree with this except that I think depending on how Valdez is playing Grissom might stay in AAA.

Westbrook optioned for Romy.

At this point it seems unlikely Bobby D will ever be able to hit major league pitching with any consistency, but he’s turned himself into a solid defender at multiple positions and somehow has 86th percentile sprint speed this year. Ideally they find an improvement for that righty bench corner infielder roster slot next year, but for now it’s understandable that they’d prefer someone who has late-game situational value to someone who might project as a better (but still below average) hitter while providing none of the other positives Dalbec does.

As an example, there’s no doubt in my mind that Niko Kavadas would have gotten a shot by now if he could do the stuff Dalbec can, but since all his value is tied up in his bat and his struggles with swing and miss in general, and spin in particular, suggest that he will struggle against big league pitching, it’s gonna be tough for him to get the call over Dalbec.

Is keller gone tmrw for martin??

Eventually is it one of mata keller or anderson
Would keller or anderson clear waivers?

Abrau and casas pretty much has to be dom and Bobby
Who backs up 1rst. Ref? Romy( played 1rst in rehab)

I cant see Grissom called up until hes hitting, but it would be nice to have the RH bat. Does Yorke get a chance ?

Is Wink next up in line if need a starter?

Unfortunately there will probably be more injuries or poor play. Hopefully its limited.

There is almost zero positional value as a late game defensive sub for corner infield only. You are not going to sit Devers for Dalbec for a likely slight glove upgrade. That makes him a RHP glove-first 1B who strikes out more than half of the time. He has speed, yes, but is not a base-stealing threat, which limits his utility... He is a waste of a roster spot and has been this entire season.

Like, Romy Gonzalez has 90th percentile sprint speed, the same solid defense at 1B, a non-black-hole RHH bat, and he can mix in anywhere on the field defensively. What does Dalbec offer that Romy doesn't?

Also see Keller over Anderson and really winkowski over both of them as the super long guy.

Anderson's time has run it's course, especially with Campbell healthy now and Martin ready to be activated.

I didn't see Criswell going to Woo - I liked his pitching approach and results, for the most part. Four starters listed - Winck coming up soon? Do we need all of Booser, Anderson and Keller?

When Abreu returns - Dom or Bobby D departs?

Team is coming into focus with increased health.

Because of off days, the Red Sox are going to need a fifth starter just once in the 15 days Criswell will be down. Made all the sense in the world to send him down to keep Kelly up and both Anderson and Keller on the roster, and just go with one bullpen game (will need to be sometime between 6/22 and 6/25).

When Abreu comes back Dalbec probably goes back down assuming all else remains the same. Then creates interesting questions of how to divide playing time depending on matchups - you can push Rafaela back to SS more often, but do you really want to sit Hamilton or Valdez right now against RHP? File under good problems to have.

Smith is around until Casas comes back. He's the starting 1B. (And again, how bad must Refsnyder have been at 1B for them to pull the plug on that so quickly? Such an obvious way to help get the best 9 bats into the lineup...)

Doubt it. They'd need to send someone down to do it then, presumably, send down Winckowski and recall Campbell.

The Marlins series on July 1 Casas was targeting doesn’t seem realistic right now if he’s barely swinging. First series after the All-Star Break is July 19th @ the Dodgers, exactly one month from now.

Agreed, IMO, Winckowski gets a couple more starts in Worcester then becomes the Fifth starter in the rotation when it is needed for regular turns.