{"id":82812,"date":"2024-08-12T17:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82812"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:32:19","slug":"chase-shugart-mlb-debut-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/chase-shugart-mlb-debut-red-sox\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Select Pitcher&#8217;s Contract For MLB Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a day where <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/11\/bernardino-paxton-bello-red-sox-roster-moves\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multiple roster moves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will occur, the Boston Red Sox are calling up right-hander <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=shugar000cha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Shugart<\/a> on Monday, according to MassLive\u2019s <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Cotillo<\/a>. The reliever has spent most of the last three seasons at Triple-A Worcester. Shugart likely replaces <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bernabr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brennan Bernardino<\/a>, who is headed the other way. The 27-year-old\u2019s first appearance will be his MLB debut.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An arm expected to join the Red Sox today: Chase Shugart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/1823066960319627475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Red Sox Select Chase Shugart\u2019s Contract For MLB Debut<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shugart has been in Boston\u2019s system since they drafted him in the 12th round of the 2018 draft. He reached Triple-A with the Worcester Red Sox for the first time in 2022. Shugart\u2019s first two seasons in AAA weren\u2019t pretty, posting ERA\u2019s of 6.82 and 8.22, respectively. Shugart has been better in 2024. He has a 4.98 ERA in just under 60 innings this season. Shugart is a strong strikeout pitcher, sitting down 71 opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chase Shugart is joining the Red Sox bullpen, per <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCotillo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ChrisCotillo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s posted a 4.98 ERA\/4.20 FIP in 52.2 IP at AAA this season. Misses bats with a 10.7 K\/9, but gives up walks with a 4.4 BB\/9.<\/p>\n<p>Fastball tops out at 97. 12-6 shaped curveball.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyR9JGLvJP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eyR9JGLvJP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Milliken \u26be\ufe0f (@tylermilliken_) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylermilliken_\/status\/1823072814326251834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shugart\u2019s current campaign has been inconsistent at times. He had a 5.19 ERA at the end of May, allowing runs in eight of his 14 appearances. Shugart turned things around in a dominant June. He threw 12 \u2154 innings, gave up just one earned run and punched out 20 batters. Things turned the other way in July and August, though. Shugart has allowed 17 runs in his last 21 innings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Texas native has mostly appeared out of the bullpen this season. Shugart started five of his 28 contests in 2024, recording a single save. Three of his last five outings are starts, but they didn\u2019t go well. Shugart posted a 7.20 ERA in those appearances, lasting just under 11 total innings. He does have a strikeout in 23 straight games, though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Red Sox Monday Roster Moves<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shugart was one of many roster moves that Boston made on Monday. Catcher\/infielder <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=gasper000mic\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mickey Gasper<\/a> was also selected from Triple-A to make his major league debut. Starter <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellobr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayan Bello<\/a>, who was on the paternity list, and reliever <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hornba01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bailey Horn<\/a>, who has spent time in MLB, returned to the Red Sox. Boston also designated utilityman <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/westbja02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Westbrook<\/a> for assignment. Westbrook batted just .150 in 40 major league at-bats this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Bello, Horn, Shugart, and Gasper added. Duran (suspended), Paxton (IL), Bernardino and Keller (optioned). Westbrook DFA. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7hKsYuoG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/X7hKsYuoG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/1823085081969197401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a day where multiple roster moves will occur, the Boston Red Sox are calling up right-hander Chase Shugart on Monday, according to MassLive\u2019s Chris Cotillo. The reliever has spent most of the last three seasons at Triple-A Worcester. Shugart likely replaces Brennan Bernardino, who is headed the other way. The 27-year-old\u2019s first appearance will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5152,"featured_media":82818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5056,6119,28525],"class_list":["post-82812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","tag-bailey-horn","tag-brayan-bello","tag-brennan-bernardino"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}