The Red Sox continued trimming their roster ahead of Opening Day, now less than two weeks away.
Boston re-assigned pitchers Seth Martinez, Wyatt Olds, T.J. Sikkema and Noah Song to minor league camp. It marks the club’s third round of cuts this spring, and all four are expected to begin the season with Triple-A Worcester, which opens play next Friday at Polar Park.
Martinez and Song were among the more intriguing bullpen candidates. Song, in particular, impressed this spring, posting a 1.13 ERA with nine strikeouts and one save over eight innings (six appearances).
Back with the WooSox, Song is expected to continue refining his arsenal in the pitching lab as he works toward a potential big league call-up later this season.
“I think the cutter is a pitch that they talked about during the meeting — just getting it involved,” Alex Cora said. “But overall, he was a good one.”
Song is coming off Tommy John surgery and split last season across multiple levels in the Red Sox system. He logged 43 of his 55 innings with Double-A Portland, posting a 4.19 ERA with 44 strikeouts and 22 walks. He carried that momentum into camp, allowing just one run on three hits this spring while striking out nine and walking five.
Originally drafted by Boston in the fourth round in 2019, Song stepped away from baseball for three seasons to fulfill his military service as a U.S. Naval Academy graduate. He joined Phillies camp after he was selected in the Rule 5 Draft in the winter of 2022 with a chance to make the majors, but suffered a back strain during a rapid ramp-up, derailing that opportunity. After completing flight school, Song’s request to resume his baseball career was eventually approved in early 2023.
Now healthy and back in the Red Sox system, Song has put himself
