{"id":83077,"date":"2024-08-14T16:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=83077"},"modified":"2024-08-14T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:46:57","slug":"jarren-duran-red-sox-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/14\/jarren-duran-red-sox-roster-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Outfielder&#8217;s Return From Suspension Among Red Sox Roster Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the Boston Red Sox\u2019s potential series-sweeping contest against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, the organization made multiple roster moves. Boston has already made multiple transactions in recent days, calling up two players for their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/chase-shugart-mlb-debut-red-sox\/\" target=\"_self\">MLB debut<\/a>. Both of those rookies survived the next round of moves. The Red Sox\u2019s Wednesday transactions include the return of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarren Duran<\/a> from suspension, an injury, and a swap of players.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarren Duran<\/a> reinstated.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booseca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Booser<\/a> to IL (elbow inflammation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bernabr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brennan Bernardino<\/a> back<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/valdeen01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enmanuel Valdez<\/a> optioned to Worcester<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmittyOnMLB\/status\/1823783683423146049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jarren Duran&#8217;s Return Among Red Sox Roster Moves<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Duran Rejoins Red Sox After Suspension<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breakout outfielder Jarren Duran made a quick return to Boston after missing the last two days. Duran received a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/jarren-duran-suspended-two-games\/\" target=\"_self\">two-game suspension<\/a> on Sunday after saying a homophobic slur toward a fan. The 27-year-old\u2019s suspended salary was donated to the PFLAG, the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. The incident occurred during a Duran at-bat in the sixth inning against the Houston Astros.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedSox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RedSox<\/a> today issued a two-game suspension to Jarren Duran. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YlinXxOAWy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YlinXxOAWy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Sox (@RedSox) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedSox\/status\/1823075714700038641?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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duran has been very strong in 2024. The 2018 seventh-round pick is batting .291 with a .853 OPS and 14 home runs. Duran ranks fifth among all MLB players with a 6.5 WAR, sitting above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindofr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francisco Lindor<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirjo01,ramirjo02&amp;search=Jos\u00e9+Ram\u00edrez&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez<\/a>, among others. He won the 2024 MLB All-Star Game MVP after smashing a two-run homer off Cincinnati Reds starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greenhu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunter Greene<\/a>. Duran has primarily been Boston\u2019s leadoff hitter this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Enmanuel Vald\u00e9z Optioned to Triple-A<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infielder <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/valdeen01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enmanuel Vald\u00e9z<\/a>, who leads Boston in appearances at second base this season, went down to Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. It marks the third time the 25-year-old has played with the WooSox in 2024. Valdez spent most of July and early August in the minors and was recently called back up to MLB on August 7. He\u2019s mostly struggled with Boston, batting just .224 with a .282 on-base percentage and six home runs. Valdez had been better as of late, though, posting a .300 average in his last 30 MLB games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Valdez sends it to the pen! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4v5Iw2XDFt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4v5Iw2XDFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Sox (@RedSox) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedSox\/status\/1797006595458580745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valdez\u2019s demotion shows the trust that the Red Sox have in infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sogarni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Sogard<\/a>. The 26-year-old was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/31\/red-sox-roster-moves-sims-sogard\/\" target=\"_self\">called up<\/a> for his major league debut on July 31. He\u2019s appeared 10 times for Boston, with eight coming at second base. Sogard is batting .278 with five RBI in his short time in MLB. Valdez played just three times between his most recent promotion and Wednesday\u2019s optioning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Cam Booser Hits Injured List With Elbow Injury<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second Red Sox player making way is reliever <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booseca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Booser<\/a>, who made his MLB debut in April. The left-hander has bounced between the minors and majors this season. He landed on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday due to left elbow inflammation. Booser has been solid with Boston in 2024, recording a 3.00 ERA in 41 contests. He\u2019s limited the long ball, allowing just one homer since May 18. The 32-year-old has a 2.57 ERA in his last 15 outings, including one win.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cam Booser has been placed on the 15-day IL with elbow inflammation, the Red Sox announced. Something clearly didn\u2019t look right last night.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan Bernardino is back up to take his place. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gMAjP0C3VJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gMAjP0C3VJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Sports Gordo (@BOSSportsGordo) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOSSportsGordo\/status\/1823784620262895947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Brennan Bernardino Returns To Boston After Short Worcester Stint<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Left-handed reliever <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bernabr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brennan Bernardino<\/a> replaced Cam Booser on the Red Sox roster. The Red Sox sent him down on Sunday after he struggled in a matchup against the Houston Astros. He started the year off hot, having a 1.20 ERA at the end of June. It hasn\u2019t been pretty since, though, with Bernardino now posting an ERA over 10.00 in consecutive months. He has a disastrous 10.97 ERA in his last 15 games. In just 10 \u2154 innings, Bernardino allowed 20 hits and 13 runs over that period. The California native joined the Red Sox in early 2023 after his release by the Seattle Mariners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the Boston Red Sox\u2019s potential series-sweeping contest against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, the organization made multiple roster moves. Boston has already made multiple transactions in recent days, calling up two players for their MLB debut. Both of those rookies survived the next round of moves. The Red Sox\u2019s Wednesday transactions include the return [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5152,"featured_media":83091,"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":[4,1071,35],"tags":[28525,28606,6314,380,246,1277,3029,596,2178,259],"class_list":["post-83077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","category-mlb","category-news","tag-brennan-bernardino","tag-cam-booser","tag-enmanuel-valdez","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-houston-astros","tag-hunter-greene","tag-jarren-duran","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-texas-rangers"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83077","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=83077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}