{"id":98933,"date":"2025-04-08T17:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=98933"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:13:17","slug":"connor-wong-placed-on-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/08\/connor-wong-placed-on-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Wong Placed On IL, Red Sox Recall Sabol"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Red Sox recalled catcher Blake Sabol and right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski<\/a> from Triple-A Worcester on April 8. In corresponding moves, catcher Connor Wong<\/a> was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left fifth finger fracture. And right-handed pitcher Robert Stock was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

Red Sox Place Connor Wong on IL, Recall Sabol<\/h3>\n

Connor Wong left at the top of the second inning of Boston\u2019s 6-2 loss against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 7 after fracturing his left pinkie. One inning prior, he was called for catcher’s interference after right-fielder George Springer’s bat hit his glove. Wong remained in the game but was soon replaced by Carlos Narvaez<\/a>. The Red Sox\u2019s primary catcher is hitting a miserable .087\/.192\/.087 with zero runs scored, RBI, or home runs.<\/p>\n

Narvaez looks to receive most of the playing time behind the plate while Connor Wong is out. The former New York Yankee is batting an impressive .333\/.455\/.500 over five games. He also has three doubles, four RBI, and has drawn four walks.<\/p>\n

Blake Sabol, who spent the past two seasons with the San Francisco Giants, will spell Narvaez as needed. Through six games with Worcester, he\u2019s hit .250\/.400\/.350 with two doubles, four RBI, five walks, and a stolen base. However, according to Tyler Milliken<\/a>, the catcher is a \u201crough blocker behind the plate\u201d and has allowed 14 stolen bases this season alone.<\/p>\n

Boston Recalls Winckowski, DFA’s Stock<\/h3>\n

After failing to make the Red Sox\u2019s opening day roster, Josh Winckowski has continued to struggle at Worcester. He sports a 4.50 ERA through six innings but has recorded nine strikeouts and only issued one walk. Though not exactly stellar, those numbers are a vast improvement over his Spring Training stats. He posted a 15.43 ERA over seven innings across five appearances this preseason, allowing 12 runs, 15 hits, two home runs, and six walks. He struck out four.<\/p>\n

However, manager Alex Cora sees Winckowski as an improvement over Robert Stock. On April 7, the 35-year-old right-hander made his first MLB appearance since 2021. He went two innings, giving up three hits, a walk, and an earned run. He did not record a strikeout.<\/p>\n

The journeyman has a strong cult following, and news of his DFA was met with heartfelt words of support<\/a> from fans. Many commenters hope Stock will go unclaimed and return to the Red Sox bullpen soon. His unorthodox throwing motion<\/a> makes him an intriguing option in later innings, and he could provide needed depth as the season progresses.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credits: \u00a0Chris Tilley-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Boston Red Sox recalled catcher Blake Sabol and right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski from Triple-A Worcester on April 8. In corresponding moves, catcher Connor Wong was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left fifth finger fracture. And right-handed pitcher Robert Stock was designated for assignment. Red Sox Place Connor Wong on IL, Recall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5479,"featured_media":98945,"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":[6253,240,1854,4604,3966],"class_list":["post-98933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","tag-blake-sabol","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-connor-wong","tag-josh-winckowski","tag-robert-stock"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98933","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\/5479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98933"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98947,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98933\/revisions\/98947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}