The Red Sox have designated 30-year old righty swinging 1B Ryan Shealy for assignment. Shealy played in only 5 games for the Red Sox and he was 0 for 7 (.000 avg) with 2 whiffs. The Red Sox didn’t need another 1B type on the team so they decided to let Shealy go. I have a feeling he will reject a minor league assignment and become a free agent. The Red Sox won’t miss him too much as they didn’t have anywhere for him to play.

The Boston Red Sox minor league system is all torn up right now. With that in mind I would look to make a couple of small deals with the Pirates and A’s. I would trade infielder Jed Lowrie and catcher Mark Wagner (#25 prospect coming into this year) to the Pirates for catcher Ryan Doumit and righty reliever D.J. Carrasco. Doumit would fill a huge hole for the Red Sox until Victor Martinez comes back and Carrasco works a lot of innings saving a bullpen. Then I would flip outfielder Che-Hsuan Lin (#20 prospect heading into this year) to the A’s for lefty reliever Craig Breslow. The Red Sox could really use another lefty reliever and Breslow is one of the better ones on the market. Doumit, Breslow and Carrasco might not be sexy names on the trade market but they also don’t cost top dollar prospect wise and adding them would make the Red Sox a lot better going forward.

22-year old lefty swinging outfielder Ryan Kalish is ripping the ball in the minors right now. He came into this season as the Red Sox’ #5 prospect according to Baseball America. Kalish has played in 66 games in AA+AAA-ball so far this year and he is 75 of 243 (.309 avg, .922 OPS) with 50 runs scored, 10 homers, 40 RBIs and 22 stolen bases. Kalish is also showing great discipline this season as he has walked 40 times while only whiffing 39 times this season. He is on the rise and he could be the next young outfielder given a call if the need arises for Boston.

The Red Sox have designated 28-year old righty swinging catcher Gustavo Molina for assignment. Molina played in 4 games for the Red Sox this year and he was 1 for 7 (.143 avg, .286 OPS) with 1 run scored. The Red Sox called up 28-year old righty swinging Dusty Brown last night to replace him on the roster. He went 0 for 1 last night. Brown has played in 55 games in Rookie+A+AAA-ball this year and he was 43 of 179 (.240 avg, .758 OPS) with 25 runs scored, 5 homers and 24 RBIs. The Red Sox have also recalled 23-year old righty starting pitcher Michael Bowden with the idea of using him out of the pen. Bowden has pitched in 20 games (16 starts) in AAA-ball so far this season and he was 6-3 with 1 save, a 3.52 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP. Bowden only gave up 67 hits in 92 innings in the minors this year. He has pitched in 9 games (2 starts) in his career with the Red Sox and he is 2-1 with a 8.14 ERA and a 1.76 WHIP. Hopefully he’ll do better this time around.

The Red Sox have designated 28-year old righty reliever Fernando Cabrera for assignment. Cabrera made his Red Sox season debut last night against the Rangers in which he worked 1 1/3 innings giving up 2 hits, 3 earned runs and he walked 2 batters. One of the hits he gave up was a grand slam to Bengie Molina. The Red Sox have activated Manny Delcarmen off the D.L. to replace Cabrera in the bullpen. Delcarmen has pitched in 33 games (0 starts) this season for the Red Sox and he is 2-2 with a 4.59 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP.