Still simply 25 years of age, Arroyo was a 2013 first-round pick by the Giants who is now joining his 4th major league club. San Francisco at first traded him to Tampa Bay– when present chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was a senior VP of baseball ops with the Rays– in the Evan Longoria swap. Arroyo went to Cleveland alongside righty Hunter Wood in a 2019 deadline offer.
The right-handed-hitting Arroyo has actually appeared in 71 big league video games and tallied 251 plate appearances, though he has just a. 215/.280/.342 slash to show for it. Arroyo, however, is a profession.298/.359/.487 hitter in 418 Triple-A plate looks, and he comes to the BoSox with experience at shortstop (2574 innings), 3rd base (1257 innings) and 2nd base (519 innings).
The outlook at 2nd base is far murkier, though, given Dustin Pedroias now years-long knee problems. Jose Peraza was signed to a cheap 1 year offer this winter season and has actually coupled with Rule 5 pick Jonathan Arauz and Tzu-Wei Lin to handle the workload at second base. That trio, however, has combined for a dreadful.224/.235/.299 slash. Arroyo adds another choice to the stack, and its hard to picture he d use much of a downgrade from that cumulative output. Hes out of minors alternatives, so hell need to remain on Bostons active lineup otherwise be designated for assignment when again.
At his prospect peak, Arroyo was called a hit-over-power gamer at the plate with a strong throwing arm but questionable range at shortstop. Thats not an issue for the Red Sox, who have Xander Bogaerts entrenched at brief with Rafael Devers similarly locked in at 3rd base.
The Red Sox announced that they have actually claimed infielder Christian Arroyo off waivers from the Indians, who d designated him for task recently. Bostons 40-man roster and 60-man gamer swimming pool are now full.
