Comparison: Alex Cora compares Red Sox righty from Alex Verdugo trade to John Schreiber
Red Sox manager Alex Cora compared new Red Sox reliever Greg Weissert to former Red Sox reliever John Schreiber.
“He’s very similar to John as far as stuff,” manager Alex Cora said Friday at JetBlue Park. “Good slider. Good fastball. We’ve just gotta make sure we throw strikes with the stuff but he’s really good.”
Cora said tough roster decisions are coming and he could see a scenario where a pitcher competing for the final two starting rotation spots might be optioned to Worcester to begin the season there as a starter instead of making Boston’s 26-man roster as a reliever. That way, he will remain stretched out as a starter.
MassLive’s latest Opening Day roster projection has Houck and Whitlock making the starting rotation and Winckowski and Criswell making the team as relievers. It has Weissert beginning the year at Worcester.
