BOSTON --- The Red Sox have made a trio of roster moves in the past two days, cutting down to the 28-man limit and changing their 60-man player pool.

Pitchers Chris Mazza and Matt Hall were optioned to the alternate site in Pawtucket. Massachusetts native John Andreoli, an outfielder, was released Friday to create room for the signing of right-handed pitcher Seth Blair.

Mazza threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Saturday’s 5-2 loss against the Yankees. Hall has [...]

BOSTON --- The Red Sox have made a trio of roster moves in the past two days, cutting down to the 28-man limit and changing their 60-man player pool.

Pitchers Chris Mazza and Matt Hall were optioned to the alternate site in Pawtucket. Massachusetts native John Andreoli, an outfielder, was released Friday to create room for the signing of right-handed pitcher Seth Blair.

Mazza threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Saturday’s 5-2 loss against the Yankees. Hall has struggled in each of his two outings, surrendering a combined eight earned runs in just 4 2/3 frames. His latest effort came in Sunday’s 9-7 defeat against New York, a two-inning stint in which he allowed four hits, two walks and five earned.

"In Mazza’s case, really difficult after he comes up and throws (three) great innings against the Yankees," Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke said. "We told him that. Sometimes it’s not fair what happens to guys.

"Hall hasn’t pitched as well, but we know he’s going to pitch better than what he’s shown. He knows it. Just trying to get him back to a point where we know he should be and to come back up and help us."

Andreoli was one of Boston’s last cuts out of Summer Camp. Blair is the latest in a slew of pitchers picked up by the Red Sox, the 46th overall pick by the Cardinals in the 2010 draft. The 31-year-old reached Triple-A with St. Louis in 2014, was out of affiliated baseball for the next four years and returned with the Padres at Class A Lake Elsinore in 2019.

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