Red Sox 3-Time All-Star 'Likely' To Take Big Step Towards Boston

The Red Sox should get a big piece with the team in the near future

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The Boston Red Sox's bullpen has been pretty good to kick off the 2025 Major League Baseball season.

Boston's bullpen currently ranks 10th in the big leagues with a 4.10 ERA, but that has been skewed after a couple of tough days. It's early in the season and numbers are volatile. Allowing one or two earned runs can completely shift a stat at this point in the year due to a small sample size.

There's a lot to like about the bullpen, though. Aroldis Chapman and Justin Wilson have combined to strike out seven batters in 7 1/3 innings pitched and neither have allowed an earned run. Garrett Whitlock has a 3.38 ERA in eight innings pitched and Greg Weissert also has a 3.38 ERA and he's appeared in six games. Brennan Bernardino has appeared in three games and hasn't allowed a run.

There is a big piece on the way back to the big league club as well. Through the season so far, the Red Sox have been without the services of three-time All-Star Liam Hendriks. He was dealing with right elbow inflammation but MassLive.com's Chris Cotillo reported on Tuesday that he threw a bullpen on Monday and could be ready for a rehab assignment as soon as this weekend.

"(Lucas Giolito) will make a rehab start Wednesday with the WooSox after Tuesday was postponed," Cotillo said. "Hendriks threw a bullpen yesterday and is likely to go on a rehab assignment by the weekend."

Boston's bullpen already looks better than it did last year. Now, it seems like an All-Star could be on his way to help in the near future.

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