Dave Martinez has joked the last few springs about wanting multiple lefty relievers. This year, they enter the season w/Jose A. Ferrer and Robert García on the 40-man. Both showed flashes of potential in 2023. Bleier gives the Nats more depth w/Joe La Sorsa as well.”
The Red Sox traded Matt Barnes to the Marlins for Bleier in January of 2023 after initially designating Barnes for assignment.
Bleier, 36, appeared in 27 games for the Sox. He was 1-0 with a 5.28 ERA and a 1.370 WHIP and had just 16 strikeouts in 30.2 innings for Boston before being cut loose in August.
Jayson Tatum believes so, comparing Porzingis’ early impact with Boston to the success the Lakers enjoyed after Pau Gasol joined Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles in 2008.
“Kobe really needed Pau for those last two championships that they won together,” Tatum said, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne in a piece published Thursday. “Whatever path that I’m on and we’re on, KP really feels like the missing piece.”
The Lakers won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 after losing to the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. While it’s obviously difficult to attach such lofty expectations to any team or individual player, Boston clearly is in championship or bust mode after several close calls in recent years.
