The Red Sox announced that they have filed a lawsuit Christian Arroyo farewell to the Indians, who had appointed him last week for assignment. 40-man roster and 60-man pool are now full.
Still just 25 years old, Arroyo was a pick in the first round of 2013 by the Giants who are now members of his fourth major league club. San Francisco initially traded him to Tampa Bay – when current chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was a senior VP of baseball ops with the Rays – in the Evan Longoria exchange. Arroyo went next to the right to Cleveland Hunter Wood in a deadline of 2019.
Judge Arroyo has appeared in 71 major league games and recorded 251 record appearances, though he has only a .215 / .280 / .342 streak to look forward to. However, Arroyo is a career .298 / .359 / .487 hitter in 418 Triple-A record appearances, and he joins the BoSox with experience on shortstop (2574 innings), third base (1257 innings) and second base (519 innings).
At his vantage point, Arroyo was known as a hit-over-power player on the plate with a strong throwing arm, but doubtful range at shortstop. That’s not a problem for the Red Sox, who have Xander Bogaerts shortened with Rafael Devers equally locked up on third base.
The view on the second base, however, is darker, given Dustin Pedroiais now having years of knee problems. Jose Peraza was signed this winter on a cheap one-year deal and has a pair with Rule 5 pick Jonathan Arauz en Tzu-Wei Lin to handle the workload on a second basis. However, that trio has combined for a disastrous .224 / .235 / .299 slash. Arroyo adds another option to the pole, and it’s hard to imagine he would offer much of a downgrade from that collective output. He has no options for small leagues, so he will have to stay on the active roster of Boston if otherwise re-appointed for assignment.
