James Paxton will be on the mound boston red sox wednesday night against los angeles angels In Anaheim, Calif., neither the lefty nor the organization can be sure what will happen a few months ago
Paxton’s first two starts red sox Earlier this month, a year and a half after he signed with the club as a free agent.this red sox Reached a deal with Paxton in December 2021, though he’s expected to miss the entire 2022 season due to Tommy John surgery
this red sox Paxton was paid $6 million in 2022, mostly to rehabilitate the former Mariners and Yankees. However, the club declined an option to pay him $13 million per season in 2023 and 2024.Still, Paxton had a $4 million player option to stay in Boston through 2023, and he grabbed it.
“For me, I’m just trying to get my footing back in the big leagues,” Paxton said. “these people( red soxThe training staff and medical team) know me very well and have been rehabilitating me for the entire last year and they have done a fantastic job. I feel very comfortable with this group. I just feel like this is the right team to get me back on my feet in the big leagues.
Paxton could have gotten more on the open market, but after speaking with his agent Scott Boras, the 34-year-old Canadian decided to stay.
“It’s not the longest conversation we’ve ever had,” Paxton said. “It’s just, ‘Look, you haven’t pitched in a few years, and now you’re comfortable there. It’s about getting you back on the mound again, and making you feel good.’ I just felt like it was the right place, And (Boras) agreed.
“Also with that article, I feel like I owe it to the team to pitch here.”
He’s 1-0 in two starts this season with a 2.45 ERA, including his first win since Aug. 15, 2020, when he allowed just one in six innings against the San Diego Padres on Friday. Runs and five hits.
Paxton is fighting Angel For his career, he’s 4-3 with a 2.43 ERA in 12 career starts.he will try to help red sox avoid being swept Angel 2-1 on Monday and 4-0 on Tuesday after losing the first two games of the series
Lefty Tyler Anderson (1-0, 5.27 ERA) will make his ninth start of the season Angel. He won his first game against the Oakland A’s on April 2, but he has been without a decision in all seven games since.In his most recent game, Thursday at Baltimore, Anderson allowed three runs and six hits in five innings
In two career starts with Boston, he is 0-0 with a 7.56 ERA.
Anderson has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his past four starts, including his longest appearance of the season on April 28, when he went 6 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers Give up one run and five hits to end a season-high seven.
“That was one of his best,” Angel manager Phil Nevin said. “That’s what we saw last year (15-5 with a 2.57 ERA when Anderson pitched for the Dodgers). Position was really good. Changeup was really good. He added some speed. I think he’s really good .
this red sox Hopefully they can run more offense against Anderson than they did in the first two games of the series.Boston allowed 1 run, 6 hits and 4 walks while striking out 16 in two losses
–Field-level media